livery button

After yesterday’s sun, this morning we were back to a far more normal misty damp morning, so we headed back off to the Court House site. And boy did it keep us busy! We dug 37 scrappy bits of lead plus the usual musket balls, a gorgeous livery button, made by Armfield of Birmingham. 2 lead...

So today we had an extra digging day. We stayed close to the village as there is an ancient spring in the lower field so wanted to give it a try. First out for me a beautiful livery button 😍 . The signals were thick and fast today! Got an amazing mix of buttons, crotal bells, a Brightside Co...

So day 2 of our long weekend was spent soothing our addiction. went to an old field really close to the village that still has the ridge and furrow lumps nd bumps across it. Having never searched here we were as ever excited himself especially as he loves finding the coins… (he has “Crusader...

We managed a few hours out today, a nice surprise, what I assumed was a dog I’d tag, turns out to be a 1875 Queen Victoria! Part of a crotal ball, pot leg and possible metal pot? a clip (?) the usual lead and of course buttons. A weird piece of glass and another metal mushroom! A cracking...