Viking Dagger Chape (UPDATED ID)

[Silver Searcher]

Hi all......I've not been finding much lately so this post is down to my detecting partner Michael, it came from our Villa field just before Christmas and has been away for the last three weeks at York Museum. It's a Viking Dagger Chape, dagger chapes are quite a common detectorist find in the UK but this on from the 10 Century is the first of this kind to be recorded in the UK. Dagger chapes are the part of the daggers sheath located at the bottom to prevent the dagger cutting through the mane part of the sheath that would have been made from leather, they come in different forms this one depicts a beasts head, I have added a couple of small finds from one of my last outings also including a nice 14 Century Jetton with the Kings head defaced so it couldn't be circulated as a coin

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Great finds! I think Viking and Saxon are probably the most sought after relics in the UK. Here in Germany, any find would be great about now, LOL. Congrats and HH, Mike

 

[AmericanCoinHunting]

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V E R Y..................N I C E ..............I N D E E D.............

 

[crazyjarhead]

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Nice find and appears to be quite old. Hope you can get it ID'd

 

[cjprice]

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Great Finds!!!

~Chris
Cape Coral, FL

 

[Deno]

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Those are unreal. Is this the best hobby in the world or what. Congratulations.

 

[Silver Searcher]

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Nice find and appears to be quite old. Hope you can get it ID'd

Hi Ron....it's older than I first thought and also the York Museum are wrong with there ID it's actually a Half of a Celtic Dragoeque Brooch from the First Century I should have picked this up myself because I have already found a Dragonesque Brooch which was my first Banner slot it just goes to show that even the experts can get it wrong http://forum.treasurenet.com/index/php/topic,134133,html you can see by the link the shape just a different variation

 

[Woodland Detectors]

thats pretty cool stuff! cheeers

 

[robfinds]

Nice chape any viking metal work is great. Like the jeton, not had a kings head type.

 

[BuckleBoy]

That's such a cool find. One can never hope to walk out in a field and recover a zoomorphic Celtic brooch.


It's a wonderful find--and I'm sure it will take a place of honor in your collection.



Best Wishes,



Buckleboy