Gaz T

Was it a detector find? , I have found a few bag seals that look similar to this. Is there any sign of it being in two pieces or once having a hole in the edge that a piece of string once threaded through. The hole is always difficult to see as the seal would have been squashed over the thread.

Hi, Most of the research I do is checking old maps to modern ordinance maps. I live in the Peak District so a lot of penny shooting on the hills, I suppose over the years people have used the hills as there holiday destination so lots of small change being dropped. Plus I have gained over the years some really nice historical farm land to search .. I’m always on the search for new land to detect, like Terry says there is a lot of new people taking the hobby up, I don’t think this is a bad thing as we are filling the museums up with wonderful artefacts and at the same time removing all the junk from the farmers fields especially now they are spreading green waste. As to going out and finding bugger all I’ve been there hundreds of times. Just keep plodding on.

It looks like cast iron, I’ve just put a few of the field found coins in the dishwasher to see if they come out like yours, then I will bake a few tomorrow 😁

What has happened to that penny Terry ? it looks like its been baked in the oven. I have never found a penny before with that type of corrosion. This is how many copper coins it took over the last few months to find the three reasonable coins I posted.

And quite a good half penny.

And this one.

A few of the better looking detecting penny finds from the last few weeks of searching. The 1868 coin has some kind of stamp on the Queens chest.

A 9mm across half penny. How on earth were these used as currency. It was a real pain to find in the mud! I can really understand how someone would have lost this.

A detecting find from a couple of years a go, 9mm across silver. I have no idea what this could be.

Thanks Paddy that's great. The little coin was a long way from home, makes me wonder how many hands it had passed through to get where it was found.

Thanks Paddy. Just put it on the scales again to make sure.

Paddy if you don't mind that would be much appreciated. The weight of the coin is 0.27g

I was thinking the same Rob, but what a strange coin to find in the middle of a field.

It was a real pig to find 😉and yes it was one of them lovely wet winter detecting days.

Another tiny find 9mm across.

Thanks Rob.

Ex Baldwin's fixed price list, summer 2011. info on the ticket appreciated.

any ideas on this 15mm across plain on rev. Not sure if its even a coin.

Its definitely not a scarborough not at all modern. Found this today having a search on the net for something completely different. City of Hamburg. 1725-1768. 1 Schilling. Silver. 17mm diameter.

Hi all. Thought I would share this little Gem with you. This coin was the start of 30 odd years of Treasure Hunting. Only found one more Celtic coin in all that time. Beautiful coin.

Some nice finds then Jerry. I would love to detect wales just for the breath taking landscapes. I'm mainly in the midlands and a few rally's dotted around the country. One of my old sites has been ok over the years and worked out!! as i thought. Not the case as a club got permission on a few of the fields, some lovely finds came off including a lovely Stater. So I will never write off a field. I'm sure if you keep going at it your gold Stater will show its face.

Thanks Sword and Paddy for the comments. I have had a trawl through the net for any info on the medal. I believe that the stamp on the side of the medal has the Cornucopia (horn of plenty) before the word BRONZE. This was used by the French mint, So I believe it is an official French restrike of the original. I'm not quite sure about the F stamp but maybe that's just for France. The Cornucopia was used from Jan 1st 1880 - 1898, 1901. And in the 1960s the Cornucopia was used with the year stamped. So looking at the clasp attached and the amount of crud under it I'm going to stick my neck out and put it as late Victorian - Edwardian. Thanks again chaps.

Yep someone got it wrong! I would say its more like gilt bronze.

Hi all. Picked this in an antique shop for £45 but not so sure its a genuine medal or reproduction. The description label that came with it says Medal in vermeil, i believe this is silver-gilt. The medal is stamped Bronze with a little f above on the side of the medal, I cant imagine this being period. Its also had a loop fitted at some point which is gold, maybe the best thing going for it. The weight and size of the medal are correct to the description that came with it. Sold by house Platt, i have no idea what this could be. any ideas much appreciated. Genuine or not for the money i can live with it.

How does this guy get away with selling these on ebay, it says nothing about them being fakes! with 100% feed back..... zotdrago0