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Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Post medieval coin weight with shield, sword and ewer stamped into it -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
I know I've already put a similar object on here but this has part of the lock that locked onto the tap ie tap lock -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Unfortunatly I am leaning towards it being just a nail -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
I like -
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George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
That's not a fold its the corner of the object it "square" its flat on 2 sides and domed on 2 it is a solid constrution made of "brass" its just short of the length of a rizla packet 2 and a bit inch's The marks do sort of look like our modern day "ring shank" nails I just thought brass nails would be rather an expensive waste of brass which pointed me in the direction of thinking it maybe a cloths pin of some sort in a button/toggle kind of way -
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George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Roman/medieval brooch pin ? its made of bronze/brass last holiday there are some strange marks on it but I'm not totally sure it would be a nail of some sort I'm am sure Flash or Jelida could put me right -
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George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
I'm sure you have a lot more interesting finds than I've found in all the yrs you've been detecting, that I can only hope I might find too one day -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Another stud type horse harness decoration probably post medieval -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
LOL -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Decorative lead stud off a horse's harness probably post medieval -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Probably were the phase "with all the trimmings" comes from this is post medieval "trappings" made to hold a plume of feathers to decorate a horse -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
No its not a coat hook LOL its a post medieval rein guide -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Only been detecting 2 yrs a lot of stuff I find is purely guess work on my part to what it is or was part of Horse harness stud has some redness on parts so I'm guessing it was decorated with red enamel/paint think it could be medieval in date -
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George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Its deffo not a staple :( was joined to make a whole circle It deffo looks and the size and shape to be a bangle/bracelet its flat on the inside and domed on the outside the two ends were joined as one but are snapped I did put a ? mark after roman -
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George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
One side of a strap end probably medieval in date -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Roman? copper alloy bangle/bracelet obviously a bit out of shape -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
The style of this I think would suggest its 17th-18th century "dandy's" style decorative shoe buckle maybe for decoration rather than functionality -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Horse harness mount 1700c-1900c -
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George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Maybe off a pony small horse harness deffo looks a functional object rather than decorative but cant find anything like it on the www to know for sure what it is Copper alloy (brass) hoofed feet off a cooking pot I doubt they are from the same pot as one is larger than the other, could be anywhere between 1200-1800 in date -
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George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
I'm sure it was "rivited" to leather and the loop is about the size of a modern 1p -
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George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
I believe this to be a incompleat Iron age/ earlyRoman terret ring rein guide off of a horse's bridle -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
No these are all finds I've had since I started about 2 years ago I use a good finds web site with a huge data base and look each find up till I find what they are or similar matching object, could of been a nipple guard -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Part of a post medieval harness mount "boss" -
Interesting metal detecting finds
George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Nose ring from a bull probably post medieval/modern -
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George111 replied to George111's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Not sure what "coin" or "token" this is looks like it could be a George III half penny its the stamped in letters wonder what there for ? Maybe a company advertising not got a clue