Suffolk Detectorist

I didn't really appreciate how important this fragment of #gold #torc was until I had a brilliant meeting with two researchers last year. Dr Tess Machling @Tess_Machling and Roland Williamson @bodgit_bendit. Read their superb research and write up here. bigbookoftorcs.com/2020/02/0…

Best bits from today, all clean and sparkly 😊 I think my favourite is the snake buckle, part of, (bottom left) the first I've found, and in very close second place, the clog clasp (bottom right)

The crop of Oil Seed Rape on one of my more productive fields has partly failed. Of course the failed bit is on the least productive area, but it is good for scrap metal..... 😂

A nice day to finish off the roof 😎

Silver coins (50% silver) were replaced in 1947 by Cupro-Nickel. Hence the bottom two being in a corroded state. A few hours in the tumbler leaves them in a respectable state 😁

When the pyramids of Egypt were being built, we were probably in the transition stage of stone to metal. Neolithic - Bronze Age.

If you only know the decimal coin system, good luck understanding the pre-decimal 😂 The Half Crown. First issued for Henry VIII and discontinued in 1970. One eighth of a pound Or Two Shillings & Sixpence Or 30 pence. Elizabeth I Charles II George V George VI Elizabeth II

My button finds are not of great historical importance, but I do like them. The variety I've found has really surprised me, only revealed when I started cleaning them. Now up to 156 different designs.

Medieval silver groats (four pence) Edward III x2 Henry VI x1 Edward IV x3 1352-1477 Mints of London x3 York x2 Calais x1

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper We come to the end of our day, with the trusty timetable in hand, which is more a guide 😂🤣

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper Paper cup & poster, abandoned by the rails

Engine number 20. Completed in 1863 and is the country’s oldest working steam locomotive

Going back in time today 😁

25th October 1760 King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II

Another new local button for me today. "Goldsmith Sudbury" Also a small "Best Ring Edge"

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper

Elizabeth I penny Edward III halfpenny Unidentified penny, mint of York. Fragment of Medieval purse bar. Several buttons today, a few will need cleaning before I can read them. And a nice little hammer head, from a kiddys toolbox?

That's me done for today, back has had enough, and I don't think the rain is far away. 3 silver hammered coins Medieval purse bar fragment Victoria halfpenny, 1861. And the all important thingy 🤷🏻‍♂️

A fragment of a Medieval purse bar. Showing the common diagonal line, but with the addition of further engraving between, which I've not seen before.

An Eddy halfpenny

A very worn hammered coin. Most likely of Elizabeth I.