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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
I took the detecting stick over to the bottle dump to see if I could find any silver tea sets,sadly I only found a few corroded bits of cutlery (and a few nice bottles).
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03-02-2016, 16:28
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
Today,I took the detecting stick for a stroll across a local permission.
The ground was saturated and it was very difficult to dig in but I managed to find a dry patch,it wasn't long before the bits started rolling in. The finds of note are:- 1 old penny (1900s) 4 old half pennies (3 1900s 1 1800s) 1 bell 1 (hallmarked) keyring 1 (non hallmarked) ring image.jpg
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05-02-2016, 21:39
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
Today I had a chance to get out detecting again,I took the detecting stick to my local permission for a couple of hours again.
There I was,head down,scanning the ground when I spotted a little silver ring lying on the surface......great start I thought to myself. Well,before I knew it,it was soon time to head back home. The finds of note are:- 2 old ship half pennies 2 threepence's 1 silver ring 1 Blackburn corporation button 1 sixpence 1 1904 one cent coin image.jpg
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13-02-2016, 18:54
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
Today I managed to secure another permission for a local (pasture) field.
Believe me,buying a detector is the easy part it's getting permission from land owners where the challenge lays. I don't think I'd of been so determined to find land if I hadn't of committed to buying myself a detector that's for sure. Anyhow,after spending 4hrs wondering in the cold with nothing except two pre-decimal half pennies,I began thinking to myself that the detecting gods were sat laughing at me. Plundering on wether to call it a day or not, I decided to try beneath a few old trees at the bottom of the field. After trying a few trees without a signal my detector starting screeching my ears out and I wasn't digging very long when out popped a (ornate) gold looking object. My heart was racing as I scanned for a hallmark,sadly it wasn't to be  However,soon after I did find a hallmarked sterling silver kermit the frog pedant  .image.jpg
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13-02-2016, 18:59
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
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4 claws? Looks quite old. Worth investigating! |
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13-02-2016, 19:08
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
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...watch this space 
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13-02-2016, 19:12
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
Pretty similar, is your new permission in Tibet?
 Sm 4? Tibetan Buddhist Brass Double Vajra Dorje Sacred Dharma Item | The Himalayan Traders |
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13-02-2016, 19:23
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
Interesting item & I'd say GP24's picture is a pretty good match.
Curiouser & curiouser. 
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13-02-2016, 19:24
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
Tibetan. Potent male symbol! You'll have to try it out??
These Tibetans know things we don't. Last edited by Gordon Booth; 13-02-2016 at 19:29. |
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13-02-2016, 19:38
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
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It looks like you've pegged it,I hear they were also used as a throwing weapon 
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13-02-2016, 19:44
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
Hey, your heart could be beating even so, there must be plenty of golden objects from before hallmarks where used, maybe you are lucky.
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13-02-2016, 19:58
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
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I think hallmarks became compulsory around the 30s,I don't think it's that old 
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
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Looks like brass, as per Gpicks example. Still a lovely find. |
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13-02-2016, 20:40
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
Still a lovely find.
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13-02-2016, 21:08
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Re: Metal Detecting (Including Finds).
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