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You may be up north Petem but that's a very familiar set of finds you've got there

I think your right Stu, we only ever post the good stuff for ID, but for most of us it's a normal days find's.
When i first started i was scared to post find's having seen all the Brooches & Hammies that apeared.
This thread will at least show the newby's it aint all treasure. :lol:

Results of my 3 hours detecting,market weighton area,very sunny but extremly cold.
The soil was almost pure sand,glacial I think ,in places it looked just like a beach,looked like sugar beet was grown there going by the off cutts.

5 shot gun cartridge ends,
5 pieces of brass shrapnel,
2 brass bolts,one large one small,
1cm thin square brass plate with engraved letter M,
5 shoddy buttons,
2 iron washers (iffy signals but dug anyway) ,
1 small brassy pen end ,finial type piece,
1 .22 airgun pellet,
2 pieces of foil,
1 pot rim ,
3 hot rocks,
1 oval name plate ,approx 2 and a half inches across x 2 " high,
1 piece of scrap brass 1 1/2 " x 1".

Total 30 finds.

Finds for Sunday 13th March
2 60mmiron rings
1 bit iron bar
1 bit lead srcap
1 copper overall botton
1 copper ferel from paint brush
1piece of toy gun
1brass plate from a thermometer
part of a copper spoon
1piece of copper with holes in
1 12mm bullet
1copper manufacturing plate
1piece of foil
1lead cell from a battery
1shot gun cartridge end cap
1george III penny 1798/9

North East Durham [freezing]
Set bye field
1 Iron axe head
2 Small ferous object like a spoon
3 On left three bits off same design i think pewter or laten
4 Nine lead bits
5 Six coins two Geo others just rubish
7 Silvery item do not know what it is, looks Victorian
8 May be bit off a spoon
9 A lot more lead and iron bits and pieces.

My finds from a Kent apple orchard 13/3/05

2 x lead pistol balls
1 x dupondius Hadrian
1 x pound coin
1 x penny 1910
3 x halfpennies 18?? 1924 1915
2 x farthings 1918 ????
1 x solid silver button
39 x copper alloy buttons
7 x bits of silver paper
2 x curtain wieghts
1 x coat hanger goergian
12 x bits of lead unidentifiable
1 x lead figure rideing a horse
15 x bits of unidentifiable copper alloy bits
6 x bag seals
1 x buckles 1 1250-1400 no 28 on CJs buckles page
1 x modern buckle
1 x lead loom weight

Total of 6hrs

Survey is going well.
Good idea for doing this Kev.
Dan

Sunday 13th March. Drying out pasture (ploughed last year) in Vale of Glamorgan near Barry. 29 metallic finds in 3 hours:

6 x pieces of shredded aluminium can
1 x aluminium tube
1 x piece of ringpull
2 x ointment tubes
2 x bottle tops
2 x pieces of scrap lead
2 x pieces of shrapnel
3 x scrap modern copper alloy
1 x copper alloy wire
1 x copper alloy button
1 x piece of leather with two copper alloy rivets (modern)
1 x .303 cartridge
1 x small bit off farm machinery
2 x copper alloy button halves
1 x 1794 Dublin halfpenny token
1 x 1863 halfpenny
1 x 1921 halfpenny

46+ Finds on Rough Ploughed Farm Land in Three Hours.

1 x Pewter Button
1 x Medieval Strap End
8 x Nails (Assorted Lengths and Ages)
3 x Large Bolts (Assorted Sizes and Metals)
1 x Toy Tractor
1 x Small Copper Plate
1 x Timber Dog
1 x Light Bulb Socket
1 x Screw-on Bottle Top
2 x Ring Pulls
1 x Small Piece of Lead Pipe
1 x Hydraulic Fitting
1 x Piece of Curved Iron Plate
1 x Wheel off a Piece of Furniture
9 x Aluminium Cans
1 x Wheel Brace
12 x Unknown Items (Assorted Metals)
Several Dozen Pieces of Car Engine.

(not a good day!)

Thursday 17/3/05 2hrs tecting

Brand new site, farm house dates back to 1480 they have 2 fields about 5 acres in all, grass but ploughed every few years.

1 x Goerge III 1806 penny
1 x victoria penny 18??
1 x farthing william III 169?
1 x farthing unidentifiable
2 x 18th century buttons
3 x modern buttons
7 x unidentifiable lumps of lead
2 x knitting niddles
4 x shot gun cartridge ends
1 x canvas ring
1 x big iron nail
1 x copper tag 4" long
6 x unidentifiable copper alloy bits
coins left with the owner as requested.

Sorry.... first time I popped in here..... this is so bloody amazing.... I will be here for hours!!!

Wow..........

maybe I am easily pleased.... but this is really interesting

BAJR

18/3/05 Finds from my new fields 1 ½ hrs tecting

1x half crown George III 1819
1x shilling George III 1816
1 x sixpence George III 1817
1 x George III penny 1806
2 x Edward VII penny 19?? 1910
1 x loom weight
1 x draw handle Georgian/Victorian
1 x copper alloy tube
1 x coat hook Georgian?
2 x spent shotgun cartridge cases
5 x assorted buttons
1 x canvas ring
1 x copper alloy plate
4 x unidentifiable bits of lead
5 x unidentifiable bits of copper alloy thin sheet

Good day for silver.

3 Hours of searching on rough ploughed field, broken clay soil revealed the following spectacular mixed bag

Nails (assorted sizes) 6
Ring pulls 3
Bottle tops 2
Screw on bottle caps 1 (still with broken glass attached!)
Foil 4
Drinks Cans 3
Assorted Iron scrap 5
lead pot mends 2
Unidentified alloy scrap 7
pewter buttons 2
Medieval buckle with plate still attached 1
alloy strap end (broken) 1
Modern coins 2
Pieces of coke 3
copper alloy canvas eyelet 1

Badger wrote:Sorry.... first time I popped in here..... this is so bloody amazing.... I will be here for hours!!!

Wow..........

maybe I am easily pleased.... but this is really interesting

BAJR

I can't wait to see the final tally of all the hunts.
Mind you, the finds are more or less as expected. I hope the results get put to good use, to qwell the myth of "treasure hunting".

Badger wrote:Sorry.... first time I popped in here..... this is so bloody amazing.... I will be here for hours!!!

Wow..........

maybe I am easily pleased.... but this is really interesting

BAJR

Please Badger, 3 hours of finds only !