Digging in Estonia.

[Locke]

I stepped up my antiquity game a bit, and moved to Estonia Mapped out a few potential spots and had a great few days of digging! (If anyone can venture a guess on the age and origin (Viking?) of “strap end” or “leather mount” I would greatly appreciate it!
The two silver coins are:

1 Pfennig - Andreas Pepler (1468-1473)​

And
Heller - Karl IV von Luxemburg (1368-1370)

Thanks for looking!

 

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[oldmxrat]

Very nice finds, congrats!

 

[Locke]

Very nice finds, congrats!

Thank you!

 

[CRUSADER]

I know nothing of the history & objects of Estonia, so can't help with ID, only make educated guesses based on my UK experience.

Drilling holes after casting was very common in the 17th C, so think thats when the bell dates to.
Probably went on a horse with lots of others but also looks small enough to be on a large hunting bird.

The other item is like nothing we see over here. The slot I assume took a leather strap, so I assume it was a belt decoration, similar to a belt stiffener. It doesn't look like a Viking era object to me (9th-11th C AD). Looks more Late Medieval circa 15th C.

Well done on the 2 Hammered.

 

[Locke]

I know nothing of the history & objects of Estonia, so can't help with ID, only make educated guesses based on my UK experience.

Drilling holes after casting was very common in the 17th C, so think thats when the bells dates to.
Probably went on a horse with lots of others but also looks small enough to be on a large hunting bird.

The other item is like nothing we see over here. The slot I assume took a leather strap, so I assume it was a belt decoration, similar to a belt stiffener. It doesn't look like a Viking era object to me (9th-11th C AD). Looks more Late Medieval circa 15th C.

Well done on the 2 Hammered.

Thank you Crusader, you are always a wealth of knowledge!

 

[Gare]

I know nothing of the history & objects of Estonia, so can't help with ID, only make educated guesses based on my UK experience.

Drilling holes after casting was very common in the 17th C, so think thats when the bells dates to.
Probably went on a horse with lots of others but also looks small enough to be on a large hunting bird.

The other item is like nothing we see over here. The slot I assume took a leather strap, so I assume it was a belt decoration, similar to a belt stiffener. It doesn't look like a Viking era object to me (9th-11th C AD). Looks more Late Medieval circa 15th C.

Well done on the 2 Hammered.

I stepped up my antiquity game a bit, and moved to Estonia Mapped out a few potential spots and had a great few days of digging! (If anyone can venture a guess on the age and origin (Viking?) of “strap end” or “leather mount” I would greatly appreciate it!
The two silver coins are:

1 Pfennig - Andreas Pepler (1468-1473)​

And
Heller - Karl IV von Luxemburg (1368-1370)

Thanks for looking!

FANTASTIS FINDS How or where do you ;look for research ? Where do you get your information to the history spots you didg ?
BTW Thanks for sharing

 

[Gare]

I know nothing of the history & objects of Estonia, so can't help with ID, only make educated guesses based on my UK experience.

Drilling holes after casting was very common in the 17th C, so think thats when the bells dates to.
Probably went on a horse with lots of others but also looks small enough to be on a large hunting bird.

The other item is like nothing we see over here. The slot I assume took a leather strap, so I assume it was a belt decoration, similar to a belt stiffener. It doesn't look like a Viking era object to me (9th-11th C AD). Looks more Late Medieval circa 15th C.

Well done on the 2 Hammered.

Crusader I sure am glad your on this site !!!! Thank you so VERY MUCH for all the INFORMATION you give to help others !!!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Amazing !!!

 

[Digger RJ]

I stepped up my antiquity game a bit, and moved to Estonia Mapped out a few potential spots and had a great few days of digging! (If anyone can venture a guess on the age and origin (Viking?) of “strap end” or “leather mount” I would greatly appreciate it!
The two silver coins are:

1 Pfennig - Andreas Pepler (1468-1473)​

And
Heller - Karl IV von Luxemburg (1368-1370)

Thanks for looking!

Awesome!! Congrats!!!

 

[Locke]

Awesome!! Congrats!!!

Thank you!

 

[pepperj]

Now that's a great day of recoveries, congrats on the silver.
The belt slide/tensioner is top shelf.

 

[Locke]

FANTASTIS FINDS How or where do you ;look for research ? Where do you get your information to the history spots you didg ?
BTW Thanks for sharing

Hey Gare,
When I hunted in US I did a lot of research through “Library of Congress map archives”. I pretty much do online searches for old maps and try to go from there.