George111

Am I the only one who sees this ?

Found this Yestuday from another permission I've got I think it maybe a "block anvil" maybe used to make fine jewellry ect Its made of solid brass and the green patina goes right into all the divits and chips knocked off it the cast hole possibly used to "dish" the object being made its about 2" square and 1" deep Wont say how old because I always seem to be wrong LOL but the patina may make it quite old

I've been into fishing 40 yrs of my life the style and barbs is much the same now as it was when this was made You don't use a No 16 mustad barbless fine wire to catch a shark ( although I have used a No 8 offset nailer and 15lb line to catch a 95lb catfish in France LOL) I don't know if there were pike in the river Avon at the time but its only a short walk to it from the location I found this hook Pike can grow very large and have very sharp teeth so a strong hook and eye is needed And Yes please put up some pictures of some of your finds

Late I know but Happy New Year to you all

Not conclusive proof but found these go down to picture 21 http://www.ronnlucassr.com/hook-handmade2.htm

Edit should read from bend to top of loop

Roman forge made iron fishing hook with barb's, its 2 1/2" from the bend of the hook to the tip of the point which has broken off Big pike in the Avon

There has been other examples found in other parts of the country and deemed to be used as teeth not as a mould to make teeth https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/DENTAL+IMPLEMENT

So they made a mould of some H shaped teeth then filled that mould with lead then make a mould using the lead as a template to make a mould to pour gold or silver into

I cant find the actual object at the minute but I'm sure the part that can be seen poking out is square and made of iron which tappers the same as old hand made nails did

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/79170

Set of false teeth made of lead you can just see the remaining part of the iron spike which would of been hammered into the jaw bone

This is what I believe my coin is, its a from Agrippa I http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=66828q00.jpg&vpar=928&zpg=78018&fld=http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/

I'm obviously no artist but this is what I see

If you had been under the ground for 1900+ years you would not look your best either LOL

That sound right coinery It could be a fancy page book marker for the owners bible

See if this is any better

If viewing this on a mobile phone that's probably what you will see I got the orientation slightly off on the second picture tilt head right should make it better LOL

I found what I believe is a roman coin I know its not most of your area but I think I know what I see but I value the fact as you all seem to have a good eye that you may see it too Not good picture I know I've tried scanning the coin Thanks

Lead "pan" merchants weight also found in the last couple of days

Sorry I've made a mistake after another look the deposits are more likely to be lime mortar so its probably not a loom weight its more likely to be a builders plumb bob

Bent not *sent

Coin is a modern 1p for scale