Three buckle day

[Westfront]

We went to a field we got some nice medieval finds before. Weather was warm and sunny after the day started with frozen windows on the car.
I wasn't that good today with finds, but still happy to pull three buckles on one day.

Lead

Buttons

Modern coins

Coin weight with George spearing the dragon

Three roman scrappies and bronze (Hair)pin

One of the romans laying right on top

The three buckles starting with the oldest left. Top row is a badge with rifle and flame and one with the crest of Cologne and crossed swords. Weird find there...

Thanks for looking!

 

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[CRUSADER]

Looks OK to me.

I'm looking forward to getting out tomorrow before the bad weather...

 

[Westfront]

Looks OK to me.

I'm looking forward to getting out tomorrow before the bad weather...

Thanks Cru!
They started harvesting carrots on a good site today. We hope to manage some hrs there before the mud battle starts here too.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[WG2020]

Westfront,

Great hunt, definitely a lot of nice finds. I especially like the coin weight - George spearing the dragon, very unique, do you know what coin it was a weight for. Those are some old looking buckles. Good luck with your hunts. Walt

 

[Westfront]

Westfront,

Great hunt, definitely a lot of nice finds. I especially like the coin weight - George spearing the dragon, very unique, do you know what coin it was a weight for. Those are some old looking buckles. Good luck with your hunts. Walt

Hi Walt, i tried to find out the coin with no success. If i date the buckles right we start early medieval to 18thC.

 

[cudamark]

Only in Europe would you call coins from the 1800's "modern"! Most of us would be thrilled with a U.S. coin from the 1800's.

 

[Noah_D]

I've not detected in Europe but looks like a great hunt!

Only in Europe would you call coins from the 1800's "modern"! Most of us would be thrilled with a U.S. coin from the 1800's.

Yeah, I did a double take when he said "modern coins" and I saw 18_5. I started detecting this year and I only have three or four 1800s coins.

 

[Locke]

Phenomenal finds, love the three buckles.

Yeah we get “shafted” with land age here in US, I’ve detected in Netherlands and Latvia and the date range is so much broader out there...

 

[jewelerguy]

you're probably aware, but others viewing this post might not know that the broken part of a badge with a rifle is a WW2 German Infantry Assault badge. That one was probably a later war version made of zinc

 

[washingtonian]

Man that has got to be fun to find things from the medieval times. I lose my mind whenever I find something from the 1800s! Haha

 

[CRUSADER]

Hi Walt, i tried to find out the coin with no success. If i date the buckles right we start early medieval to 18thC.

It's actually St Micheal spearing a Dragon & depending on size its to weigh an English Gold Angel or Half Angel. 15-16th C.

 

[Mud Hut]

Beautiful bag of artifacts! Well done.

 

[Silver Searcher]

I would date the buckles a bit older, probably 14/15 hundreds, good day

SS

 

[Westfront]

Only in Europe would you call coins from the 1800's "modern"! Most of us would be thrilled with a U.S. coin from the 1800's.

That's just because these prussian coins lay everywhere. With the currency reform after WWI they were worthless. Play money for the kids. You find way less coins minted after 1945 than the ones before. And most of them predate 1910.

 

[Westfront]

you're probably aware, but others viewing this post might not know that the broken part of a badge with a rifle is a WW2 German Infantry Assault badge. That one was probably a later war version made of zinc

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You got me. I knew i'd seen this design before but the zinc embossed piece lead me in the wrong direction. Most are cast aluminum, later ones cast zinc. This must be a very late production what matches the site. The villages around saw action in Feb. Mar. 1945.

 

[Westfront]

It's actually St Micheal spearing a Dragon & depending on size its to weigh an English Gold Angel or Half Angel. 15-16th C.

The coin weight is exactly 3.1g.
Do you call him St. Michael? I know the legend of St. Georg who speared the dragon in a bay in (now) Beirut and the people became christians after. The red cross on his banner is also called Georgs cross here.

 

[CRUSADER]

The coin weight is exactly 3.1g.
Do you call him St. Michael? I know the legend of St. Georg who speared the dragon in a bay in (now) Beirut and the people became christians after. The red cross on his banner is also called Georgs cross here.

No a different story;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Michael_Fighting_the_Dragon
At 3.1g its close to the 37-40 grains of a 1/2 Angel.

 

[Westfront]

No a different story;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Michael_Fighting_the_Dragon
At 3.1g its close to the 37-40 grains of a 1/2 Angel.

Many dragons to kill back them. Here's my read: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_(Heiliger)

 

[Westfront]

No a different story;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Michael_Fighting_the_Dragon
At 3.1g its close to the 37-40 grains of a 1/2 Angel.

You know what my Lady said? 'Maybe it's St. George Michael'