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No, it wasn't Cru'Dad cartwheeling across the field, as he got another Gold Stater.
It was the first time we have ever found a 1797 Two-penny. Funny how it happened, he started off finding the 1797 Penny, & I stated we still have had a two-penny yet, & after Lunch he got one! Matching set on the same day.
Our detecting window was only 3 hours 45 minutes on the 2nd of the Barley Stubble Fields. I was expecting lots of average finds & hoped for 1 hammered, & strangely enough a nice 17th C Token - Dad got one of them.
1 scrappy (first ever from this field)
17th C Button
2 Lead Powder Flask Lids (17th C)
1797 Penny & Two-penny
1920 Halfcrown (rare find for us)
London 17th C Token (no book price, so a rare example in great condition)
Surprise find whilst cleaning the scrap lead- Found a Circa 14th C Lead Trade Weight - Very little is known about the early countermarks, & very few survived as the lead was melted down for re-use. Seeking expert opinion, as the Long Cross in circle punch is not one I can find. The Sword represents London, so some detail but not enough to date it.
PS. I'm beginning to wonder if the other hole is an I, & maybe a faint Crown over it - That would make it James I, so later than I first thought.
UPDATE FROM EXPERT;
''The only thing that is clear is that this is intended to be a fourounce weight. The sword/dagger is very like
the mark used in London by the Plumber's Company in the reigns of James I to George II, but their weights
also had the crowned initial and the 'angel and scales'. Theround mark is similar to ones used elsewhere
to denote the denomination, but usually a four ounce weight would have four such marks.''
It was the first time we have ever found a 1797 Two-penny. Funny how it happened, he started off finding the 1797 Penny, & I stated we still have had a two-penny yet, & after Lunch he got one! Matching set on the same day.Our detecting window was only 3 hours 45 minutes on the 2nd of the Barley Stubble Fields. I was expecting lots of average finds & hoped for 1 hammered, & strangely enough a nice 17th C Token - Dad got one of them.
1 scrappy (first ever from this field)
17th C Button
2 Lead Powder Flask Lids (17th C)
1797 Penny & Two-penny
1920 Halfcrown (rare find for us)
London 17th C Token (no book price, so a rare example in great condition)
Surprise find whilst cleaning the scrap lead- Found a Circa 14th C Lead Trade Weight - Very little is known about the early countermarks, & very few survived as the lead was melted down for re-use. Seeking expert opinion, as the Long Cross in circle punch is not one I can find. The Sword represents London, so some detail but not enough to date it.
PS. I'm beginning to wonder if the other hole is an I, & maybe a faint Crown over it - That would make it James I, so later than I first thought.
UPDATE FROM EXPERT;
''The only thing that is clear is that this is intended to be a fourounce weight. The sword/dagger is very like
the mark used in London by the Plumber's Company in the reigns of James I to George II, but their weights
also had the crowned initial and the 'angel and scales'. Theround mark is similar to ones used elsewhere
to denote the denomination, but usually a four ounce weight would have four such marks.''
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