Metal detecting holidays in England with the World's most successful metal detecting club.
Twinned with Midwest Historical Research Society USA
|
Finds page March 2004
Vancouver Mac 84 and still giving us all detecting lesson, slow and low. |
|||
 (z) |
 |
 (c) |
 |
|
Edward Ist
1326AD hammered silver farthing London Mint
|
13thC Medieval
Seal (Vessica shape) Very unusual design with symbol on rear
|
||
 |
Clay impression
of Vancouver Brent's Medieval seal find. S'AGHETE DE NAIS
|
||
 (m) |
 |
 |
 |
|
No hallmarks
will make this gold ring difficult to date 19thC(c)
|
1632 AD Charles
1st half groat(2 pence)(c)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
1757AD- 2
reale Spanish milled silver(z)
|
1st Regiment
of foot one piece gilded officers button(z)
|
Very early
looking metal casket lock plate(c)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Superb !
complete 1720 decorated buckle(z)
|
1825 George
IIII milled silver sixpence(z)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Decorated
book clasp(x)
|
Georgian
furniture decoration(c)
|
Worn Victorian
milled silver three pence(y)
|
Monogrammed
livery button(y)
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
16thC belt
decoration(z)
|
Domitian
AD 1 to 96 sestertius(c)
|
1770 Russian
sack seal(c)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Typical condition
1753 George II half penny(x)
|
Superb condition
1754 George II half penny(z)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
George IV
1823 Irish half penny(z)
|
Mary hammered
silver penny 1530 AD(y)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
|
|
An earlier large Roman sestertius find cleaned up really well and I think it is a Antoninus Pius 131 to 161 AD(c) |
19thC livery
button(b)
|
17thC belt
decoration(b)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Unusual 17thC
French milled silver love token
|
1923 George
V milled silver sixpence(x)
|
17thC Dutch
low countries sack seal(c)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Unusual ornate
button(x)
|
Medical Corp
button(x)
|
Early Glostershire
Regiment button(x)
|
Medieval
Alnage seal(x)
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Huge decorated
Georgian belt buckle(z)
|
1500's Elizabeth
1st hammered silver groat (4 pence)(c)
|
Pierced decorated
button(x)
|
Worn early
milled silver with 'H' over stamp(x)
|
 |
 |
||
|
Sword/dagger/bayonet
guard with helmet decoration - looks like the war of 1812 period(y)
|
|||
|
 |
 |
 |
|
1748 Copper
coin - Danish Skilling (c)
|
1820 George
III milled silver sixpence(c)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Could be
a pipe damper(x)
|
Charles 1st
1640 hammered silver one pence(r)
|
||
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Henry II
1154 AD cut hammered silver halfpenny(y)
|
1600's Charles
1st hammered silver six pence(y)
|
||
 |
 |
||
|
Bronze interlaced
rope design pendant - not sure of date(y)
|
1808 AD Bristol
Silver ring with a full set of hallmarks(y)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Pipe damper
or seal matrix ? with complete shell design on the end(b)
|
18thC gaming
token(x)
|
17thC gilded
hanger(x)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
16thC hat
buckle(x)
|
15thC lead
cross token(z)
|
15thC long
cross lead token(z)
|
17thC spur
buckle(x)
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
1855 Victorian milled silver 3 pence(c)
|
Bronze ring
with inscription(c)
|
22ct Gold
ring 1959 Leopard Mark (y)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Saxon Primary
silver Sceattas c 680 - 710 AD(y)Ob:Diademed bust right, Rev Blundered
lengend, Bird on cross, annulet at each end of horizontal arm
|
North Eastern
Railway button(b)
|
||
 |
|
 |
 |
|
1818 Russian
sack seal(y)
|
Early Alnage
seal
|
Bronze cross(x)
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Roman female
bronze (y)
|
Book clasp(x)Clog
fastener
|
Bronze bell(x)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Silver chain
melted to a 1930's halfpenny and gold sticking out to the left ! (c)
|
1757 George
II silver sixpence (m)
|
||
|
 |
 |
|
|
1827 Captains
one piece Naval button(b)
|
1774 one
piece Naval button(b)
|
Interesting
what's it(x)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Debased Silver
Roman coin (uncleaned or ID'd yet)(b)
|
Another interesting
what'sit(x)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
1794 Colchester
half penny(y)
|
Flower decorated
button(x)
|
Trade weight
probably William III or IV (b)
|
|
 |
 |
||
|
Huge medallion
- Lion coat of arms on one side - Rider on horseback reverse - no idea
of date yet(c)
|
|||
 |
 |
|
 |
|
14thC long
cross hammered silver penny(y)
|
1327 AD Edward
1st hammered silver penny(m)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Mary hammered
silver penny 1530 AD(d)
|
1895 German
fennig coin(c)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
(y) | |
| Copper alloy early bronze age flat axe 2000 BC. These are quite a rare find in Essex, so this one will be looked at by the British Museum for confirmation. They are abundant in Norfolk, with quite a few in Suffolk". | ||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Complete
and mint condition cloth seal, double B's with crown. Used in the town
of Bocholt in Germany during the reign of Charles II(x)
|
Huge George
III 1806 one penny(x)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
7thC Saxon
bronze(y)
|
Earlier find
Id'd 1746 Portuguese moidor coin weight(b)
|
Very interesting pendant Reads "Conquerer to set free, Russia, Korea -Wellington Prinze Swartzenburg" This is a very exciting find if it refers to the Duke of Wellington the victor at the battle of Waterloo(y) |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Clean George
II 1732 copper penny(z)
|
1/2 Oz trade
weight(y)
|
Earlier find
Id'd as Roman coin weight - Eight scriptula(x)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
1763 George
III milled silver 3 pence(y)
|
Earlier find
ID'd 17thC solid silver button(x)
|
17thC solid
silver button(z)
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Copper alloy
Heraldic shield shape mount - Medieval harness mount(y)
|
Stunning
condition early 1500's button(y)
|
||
|
 |
 |
 |
|
1300's Edward
1st hammered silver half graot (2 pence)(y)
|
Mint condition
Charles 1st 1600's hammered Rose farthing(y)
|
||
|
 |
 |
 |
|
1640 Mint
condition Colchester hammered farthing IACOB VOL BAYMAKER rev Colchester
VIL(y)
|
Interesting
little ornate do-dad(y)
|
Huge ornate
Georgian period button(y)
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
1921 George
V milled silver florin (24 pence)(y)
|
1738 George
II half penny in great shape
|
Ornate finger
ring no idea of date(y)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
1943 George
VI milled silver 2 shillings (24 pence)(y)
|
Silver thimble
19thC(y)
|
Not sure
about this piece, no mounting points(y)
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
Edward IV
hammered silver groat, first reign light coinage 1465 - 1470 (4 pence)(y)
|
Comparison
of an Edward farthing to an Edward groat
|
||
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Belt or harness
decoration(z)
|
Complete
16thC belt decoration(y)
|
||
 |
 |
||
|
1/4 groat
size of a Boy Bishop medieval lead token
|
Large Army
Service Corp gilt badge(m)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
1578 Elizabeth
1st sixpence(c)
|
1566 Elizabeth
1st sixpence(c)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Silver hammered
Stuiver Karle de Stout Brugge mint 1481 (y)
|
Early cloth
seal V on weave pattern(c)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Huge 1/8"
thick 1stC Roman bronze(m)
|
15thC lead
token(c)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Roman silver coin with the dreaded 'horn silver growing' on it Anyone have any ideas of how to safely remove it without not hurting the coin ?(y) |
Interesting
silvered mount(y)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Fake 1816
George III silver sixpence(c)
|
Harlow one
shilling traders token(x)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Medieval
spur rowel(c)
|
15thC lead
token(c)
|
Lots of nice
decorated watch winders turning up
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
Unusual button
with diamond and arrows pattern
|
Rose with
crown military button ?
|
31st Regiment
of foot button
|
Crown with
36 sack seal
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Victorian
1/2 oz trade weight
|
Large egg
shaped lead weight
|
Small ornate
cap- no idea of date
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
1696 Willian
III milled silver sixpence(b)
|
1817 George
III milled silver sixpence(c)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
|
|
1stC decorated
Roman brooch, bow and foot only(b)
|
Very unusual
17thC fishscale decorated crotal bell with horse shoe makers mark(y)
|
Very ornate
18thC buckle fragment(b)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
1696 Willian
III milled silver shilling(y)
|
Possible
Victorian hair slide(y)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Silver 46th
South Devon Regiment button(y)
|
1839 Victorian
3 halfpence milled silver (for use in Colonies) (c)
|
Small caliber
17thC Caronade cannon shell(y)
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
1stC Roman
bronze sestertius(y)
|
Complete
cloth seal with V design(y)
|
Fake George
III 1817 shilling(y)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
1890 Victoria
gold half sovereign(y)
|
1583 Elizabeth
1st hammered silver groat (4 pence)(y)
|
||
|
 |
 |
 |
|
1819 George
III Silver Half crown fake(y)
|
Early looking
stud(y)
|
1720 Garter
buckle(y)
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Small bronze
coin, does not look Roman, could possibly be another Saxon or even Celtic(y)
|
Very unusual
raised wolf head button
|
17thC button
|
|
 |
 |
||
|
Very early
bronze finger ring - Medieval(y)
|
|||
 |
 |
||
|
Looks like
part of a spur accessory - unbroken any ideas ?
|
|||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
1923 George
V milled silver Florin (3 shillings)(z)
|
Badly chewed
William III 1696 milled silver love token
|
17thC tunic
toggle
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
17thC Superb
huge decorated cow bell with WG makers mark(y)
|
1765 Dutch
copper(z)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
337AD Constans
Roman bronze(z)
|
Portugese
coin weight 1700(z)
|
Shamrock
badge with number 12 on it(z)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
19thC leather
decoration(b)
|
The Roman coin on the left came up very near the one on the right. Both have a copper shiny appearance. What are they made of ? Looks like copper but it came out of the ground like this so it must have a high noble metal content. Arcadius AD 383-408 mintmark of SMKA (Cyzicus), Amazing condition(z) | ||
 |
 |
||
|
18thC Sword
hanger (y)
|
Complete
seal matrix probably Georgian(y)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
|
Very early
looking lead face - this could be very exciting find (y)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
|
London hallmarked
George III trade weight(b)
|
15thC long
cross token(b)
|
Pranching
Lion gilded button
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
1942 George
VI milled silver sixpence(b)
|
Medieval
looking finger ring - could be earlier(y)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
1300's hammered
silver penny(y)
|
Denmark-Holstein-Gottorp-Rendsborg 12 Skilling 1719-BH Large very pretty silver coin, slightly bigger than a groat or 2 Shilling piece(z) |
||
 |
 |
 |
|
|
1696 William
III milled silver shilling(y)
|
Belt clasp
|
||
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Very interesting
George III looking coin. 1/4 inch thick, is it made from a cartwheel penny
?
|
Plain gold
ring - not dated yet (b)
|
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
12thC seal
matrix. The clay impression clearly shows a falcon attacking a bird lying
on it's back
|
1786 George
III Guinea (b)
|
||
|
 |
|
 |
|
4thC Roman
bronzes(b)
|
1300's hammered
silver longcross penny(y)
|
||
 |
|
 |
|
|
1940's Toy
truck
|
1773 Dutch
low countries sack seal(z)
|
||
 |
|
 |
|
|
Small bronze
coin - not sure of type
|
1931 George
V milled silver 6 pence
|
||
|
 |
||
|
1853 Victoria
milled silver sixpence(z)
|
|||
