Poking around, try to settle...

[CRUSADER]

As there has been a bit of rain we thought we would try & catch one of the farmers at home, it worked, he was in. We had a 2 day trial on their farm last year & it seems we passed because we now have free rein of all their land. Although no workable fields were available yet. Therefore, we drove around looking at the state & crop type of a few nearby farms & found 1 field which had been ploughed & was just flat enough (A low priority field with few finds & no sites).
I'm still solo hunting with Cru'Dad watching & recording, so after 1.5 hours I reported in with just 1 nice 14th C Buckle & a Hunts Button (fox). Although I thought with another 3 hours I may get 1 hammered it was time to move.
The new spot which has a nice square crop mark on it was still in crop (Wheat), so it was back onto the 1st Barley Stubble Field for 3 hours;

4 Roman Coins
Great Western Railway (GWR) Button
Star Find a Roman leather Mount. I have never seen a similar & there are none like on on both UK Databases. I need more research but for now I'm calling it a Military (Cavalry) Horse Mount.
UPDATE:
Lucked in or lucked out?
My Roman Military contact has never seen the likes of my Mount. I should be surprised but I'm not, I knew it was a rare find as soon as I dug it.

 

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[dirtlooter]

love your posts, always very awesome finds. I know that some of them may be common type finds for you but I can't imagine finding anything like them. hope you get to hunt the other places soon enough, can't wait to see what you find

 

[lairmo]

Cool. You found Chewbacca!!!

 

[Mzjavert]

One of these days I'm going to your side of the pond to hunt.

Love all your finds.

 

[wagbert]

Horse Mounts ? Yes, but other than that.....What have the Romans ever done for us ?

Always interesting posts Cru'. Thank you !

 

[CRUSADER]

Cool. You found Chewbacca!!!

It's a strange little terracotta teddy bear. No idea on date or function/point of it.

 

[Javadroid]

That's a very productive hunt - congrats to you on all the interesting finds!

 

[mk4125]

I like that one-legged horse rider guy...very cool stuff.

 

[ecmjamsit]

Looks like a .50 caliber bullet found too! I wonder if it was a P-51 Mustang that fired it? I just read in wikipedia that it was the RAF that pushed for the developement of the P-51 Mustang and was its first user.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang

 

[Westfront]

Congrats! What a nice surprise! Did some research and couldn't find a match here. Some close as Fibula/Brooch but never as a leather mount.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on more nice stuff

 

[Scrappy]

That's an amazing mount. Now if it's not catalogued what happens then? Does antiquities document it at that point?


Quite a buckle too. Congrats Cru!

 

[Tnmountains]

Nothing like new ground that is giving up ancient relics. It is 98 degrees here with a heat index of 105. It is like a jungle here.Very nice horse mount design. Was it used to secure two leather pieces? I have to always learn about the items you guys find.

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks like a .50 caliber bullet found too! I wonder if it was a P-51 Mustang that fired it? I just read in wikipedia that it was the RAF that pushed for the developement of the P-51 Mustang and was its first user.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang

No idea which WWII aircraft but thats where it came from. (Black I seem to remember is armour piercing)

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats! What a nice surprise! Did some research and couldn't find a match here. Some close as Fibula/Brooch but never as a leather mount.

Thanks, I think it maybe an unknown type, but I would need confirmation.

 

[CRUSADER]

That's an amazing mount. Now if it's not catalogued what happens then? Does antiquities document it at that point?


Quite a buckle too. Congrats Cru!

If I decide to have it recorded on the PAS, which in this case I will, not a lot will happen. It will take 5-6 months to get recorded & described & that's it.

 

[CRUSADER]

Nothing like new ground that is giving up ancient relics. It is 98 degrees here with a heat index of 105. It is like a jungle here.Very nice horse mount design. Was it used to secure two leather pieces? I have to always learn about the items you guys find.

These decorative mounts where just basically horse bling, no function just someone showing off their wealth & station.

 

[CRUSADER]

I like that one-legged horse rider guy...very cool stuff.

I like your thinking, all I could think of was a tractor driver & it looked odd for that.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Nice to add an unknown example to the list, I'm glad guys like you are contributing. Really cool finds yet again.

 

[Tnmountains]

These decorative mounts where just basically horse bling, no function just someone showing off their wealth & station.

I was thinking rosette. Thank you for responding. I like the bling!