collectorconor
Jr. Member
- Dec 20, 2012
- 76
- 75
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett Euroace
Teknetics EuroTek Pro
Garrett Pro-Pointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi all
Went out to one of my permissions on Thursday morning, hoping to get an hour's detecting in between showers. To be honest, I wasn't expecting to find anything much. First signal was a little medallion/medal which said something like 38th Boston Encampt. (any ideas?)
Got a good signal a few minutes afterwards, dug down only about three or four inches, and I could not believe it when I saw this. I knew straight away what it was. A Bronze Age axe.
![20131031_130706.jpg 20131031_130706.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836189-aad48b11783ad0a5e3f5c52675c1cb78.jpg)
Well I wrapped it up carefully in tissue and marked the spot where it was found, and I went home. Later on, I cleaned it up with lukewarm water, just to get the muck off. Its a little beauty!! Although, the patina looks kind of weird for Bronze, doesn't it? I can assure you, though, that it is in fact bronze.
It is a Palstave axe head and from what I gather it is from the Middle Bronze Age, I have not looked into the exact date yet but it is something like 1200 BC??
I have scoured the net and I cannot seem to find an axehead with a similar socket, maybe I have unearthed a new type of axe!
Found in a field beside a Victorian house, and on quite boggy land.(maybe that explains why it was so shallow).
![20131031_213032.jpg 20131031_213032.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836299-57bfea31ab01bb6026de6de00333299e.jpg)
![20131101_105650.jpg 20131101_105650.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836310-475d14fcb2942a7f9fdea20ca4e33682.jpg)
![20131101_105738.jpg 20131101_105738.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836314-6a8c80382b1a4d64e93af69f0a693ad6.jpg)
![20131101_105848.jpg 20131101_105848.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836316-06c873b8dbdff4381e0420caeb5f1bad.jpg)
![20131101_105953.jpg 20131101_105953.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836322-7d350c1da7c2f218926eaf6793a16872.jpg)
Thanks for looking, by far my oldest and best metallic find ever (I did find a Neolithic flint arrow head once)
Hard to believe that this is one of the first items that man made from metal.
VOTE BANNER!!!!!!
CollectorConor
By the way it will be reported to the museum when I get the chance![icon_thumleft :icon_thumleft: :icon_thumleft:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/icon_thumleft.gif)
Went out to one of my permissions on Thursday morning, hoping to get an hour's detecting in between showers. To be honest, I wasn't expecting to find anything much. First signal was a little medallion/medal which said something like 38th Boston Encampt. (any ideas?)
Got a good signal a few minutes afterwards, dug down only about three or four inches, and I could not believe it when I saw this. I knew straight away what it was. A Bronze Age axe.
![20131031_130706.jpg 20131031_130706.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836189-aad48b11783ad0a5e3f5c52675c1cb78.jpg)
Well I wrapped it up carefully in tissue and marked the spot where it was found, and I went home. Later on, I cleaned it up with lukewarm water, just to get the muck off. Its a little beauty!! Although, the patina looks kind of weird for Bronze, doesn't it? I can assure you, though, that it is in fact bronze.
It is a Palstave axe head and from what I gather it is from the Middle Bronze Age, I have not looked into the exact date yet but it is something like 1200 BC??
I have scoured the net and I cannot seem to find an axehead with a similar socket, maybe I have unearthed a new type of axe!
Found in a field beside a Victorian house, and on quite boggy land.(maybe that explains why it was so shallow).
![20131031_213032.jpg 20131031_213032.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836299-57bfea31ab01bb6026de6de00333299e.jpg)
![20131101_105650.jpg 20131101_105650.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836310-475d14fcb2942a7f9fdea20ca4e33682.jpg)
![20131101_105738.jpg 20131101_105738.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836314-6a8c80382b1a4d64e93af69f0a693ad6.jpg)
![20131101_105848.jpg 20131101_105848.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836316-06c873b8dbdff4381e0420caeb5f1bad.jpg)
![20131101_105953.jpg 20131101_105953.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/836/836322-7d350c1da7c2f218926eaf6793a16872.jpg)
Thanks for looking, by far my oldest and best metallic find ever (I did find a Neolithic flint arrow head once)
Hard to believe that this is one of the first items that man made from metal.
VOTE BANNER!!!!!!
CollectorConor
By the way it will be reported to the museum when I get the chance
![icon_thumleft :icon_thumleft: :icon_thumleft:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/icon_thumleft.gif)
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