My first Harness pendant, a Saxon pin head and a hammered

[hammered]

Well, the rain stopped sometime in the early hours of the morning, so after a short lie in I thought I would go detecting. Yeah right, first of all I had to tidy the garden, sweep leaves etc, then give Benson his insulin, then wash the car and the list went on. I did manage 3 hours this afternoon though, and I'm glad I did. The field is still stubble, but now with a lot of weeds growing through making it quite hard to detect. But after a while I got a weak good signal and dug up my first harness pendant 12th to 14th century , then lots of tombac buttons and then some utility buttons. I stopped for a cup of coffee and to admire the pendant, and decided to go over to the Saxon part of the field. 20 minutes or so later the Bessy penny popped up followed shortly by the Saxon pin head (Circa 8th - mid 10th century AD) and the crown of a silver thimble. Along the way I saw an old ink bottle lying on the surface, so I took that home and gave it a clean. All in all a good day for me . Did I tell you, it's my first harness pendant


The face of the harness pendant, still showing some gilt


Back of the pendant


Saxon pin head


Crown from a thimble


Elizabeth 1st penny (I think) obverse


Reverse


Small Tudor button


The rest of the stuff including a 50 cal bullet


The ink bottle



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[shaun7]

You did well mate....nice one

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeap, thats a good day

 

[romeo-1]

Great finds!!

 

[hammered]

You did well mate....nice one

Cheers mate, you'll have to come up for the day when things are sorted out

Yeap, thats a good day

You didn't do too bad either

Great finds!!

Thanks mate , you should see the pendant now it's cleaned


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[HISPAN]

Nice pendant Ian .....congrats!
H

 

[cntrydncr1]

awesome hunt! love the pinhead!

 

[hammered]

Nice pendant Ian .....congrats!
H

Thanks "H", but not a patch on yours

awesome hunt! love the pinhead!

Thanks cntrydncr1, I thought it was cool too


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[DMN]

I like the pendant. Thanks for showing the flip-side. It's nice to see the manufacturing, not just the face of the object. At first pass I thought it might have been cast. Clearly it is not. Great finds, altogether.

 

[hammered]

I like the pendant. Thanks for showing the flip-side. It's nice to see the manufacturing, not just the face of the object. At first pass I thought it might have been cast. Clearly it is not. Great finds, altogether.

Thanks mate , I like to show all sides of a find if I can, it helps on research


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[James23]

Hi I was detecting on a field the other day and found what I believe is a Saxon pin head. It is gold plated. Has any1 came across 1?

 

[HISPAN]

Hi I was detecting on a field the other day and found what I believe is a Saxon pin head. It is gold plated. Has any1 came across 1?

it is almost certain that is a medieval and possibly Saxony ..... I think Hammered not answer days ago and not posting .... is sad that some great T.Net hunters are no posting .....

 

[CRUSADER]

Hi I was detecting on a field the other day and found what I believe is a Saxon pin head. It is gold plated. Has any1 came across 1?

Not gold plated, but could be possible, if you take a photo I could tell you in seconds.

 

[Nutriasub]

Just missing roman! Hahaha

Great day congrats!

 

[hammered]

If it is almost certain that is a medieval and possibly Saxony ..... I think Hammered not answer days ago and not posting .... is sad that some great T.Net hunters are no posting .....

Hi "H". To quote Mark Twain "The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated". I have been a bit too busy to go detecting for a while, but I will be going out soon, and hopefully find something worth posting


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[CRUSADER]

Hi "H". To quote Mark Twain "The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated". I have been a bit too busy to go detecting for a while, but I will be going out soon, and hopefully find something worth posting


hammered

If you do not, I will have to kill you.

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[johnnyblaze]

Hammy those are some killer relics

That Saxon pin head is a great early find..

Blaze

 

[SOLExDIGGERx808]

Admiring the finds=) super digging...HH

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[yo6oej]

Congrats Beautiful finds