The Village Field - Day 7 - 7 Hammered & TREASURE...

[CRUSADER]

Although this is the first attempt on this field after the Pea Harvest, I'm calling it day 7 because we are gridding on from where we left off last time.
Never had to detect pea stalks before but they are great - low down, mostly mashed up & soft to push through.
Today we detected for 5 hours & finally we are back in our stride, after a slow start to the harvest.

1 Scrappy
Livery Button
3 Tudor Buttons
Jetton
1923 French Token (a first)
Medieval Spindle Whorl
Georgian Trade Weight
Mystery 4 legged Tudor item?
13th C Bell (earliest type we have found & a another first)
7 Hammered - Mostly Ed I Pennies, but 1 Lizzy & 1 Ed III Halfpenny
Tudor Silver-Gilt Clothes Fastener (missing its hook) TREASURE

 

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[pepperj]

Well the field just keeps giving up the hammered.
A couple are in fine shape, and congrats on the little treasure.
Would it be possible to see the four legged item standing up so to see it at a different angle?

 

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Would it be possible to see the four legged item standing up so to see it at a different angle?

Here is the weird little hollow thingy;

 

[pepperj]

Here is the weird little hollow thingy;

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You know the drill.
2cm or 20cm?
Please tell.thanks

 

[DownEast_Detecting]

I don't bother researching a full ID on these unless they are high grade examples. This Nuremburg example is from circa 16th-17th C.
In Nuremburg it was illegal for the Jetton Makers to leave the Country with their trade. By this point they had demolished the English & French manufacturers & flooded the market with boat loads of Jettons. I find it a little hard to believe that there are only '2 known' examples of any type of Jetton in the quantities that they produced them in. (Maybe they didn't research hard enough?)

they could of totally not researched them enough, i mean you should see this place it not exactly the Tate. makes it seem super rare. Its one of the reason's i remember it and took a picture. Also wondered why it was in someones boot. Could be anything really, but was thinking if it was made out of gold that would make sense. It would make sense why someone would keep it in the toe of their boot. But also why there are only 2 examples. Of course it doesnt say what it is made out of. Could be brass that they polished up i suppose.

 

[CRUSADER]

You know the drill.
2cm or 20cm?
Please tell.thanks

35mm height & 24mm wide

 

[CRUSADER]

they could of totally not researched them enough, i mean you should see this place it not exactly the Tate. makes it seem super rare. Its one of the reason's i remember it and took a picture. Also wondered why it was in someones boot. Could be anything really, but was thinking if it was made out of gold that would make sense. It would make sense why someone would keep it in the toe of their boot. But also why there are only 2 examples. Of course it doesnt say what it is made out of. Could be brass that they polished up i suppose.

They were all brass or copper-alloy, as they were just a thin cheap counting token. Some were nailed up around pub fireplaces as decor.

 

[DownEast_Detecting]

They were all brass or copper-alloy, as they were just a thin cheap counting token. Some were nailed up around pub fireplaces as decor.

good to know. I wonder what one was doing in the toe of a boot. maybe they stole it? or they were so poor that a piece of brass was the most valuable thing they had, and didnt want it stolen? hmmmmm
not really expecting you to answer this one, just thinking out loud. LOL

 

[CRUSADER]

good to know. I wonder what one was doing in the toe of a boot. maybe they stole it? or they were so poor that a piece of brass was the most valuable thing they had, and didnt want it stolen? hmmmmm
not really expecting you to answer this one, just thinking out loud. LOL

They didn't have any monetary value, so stealing it would be fairly pointless.
If it were a Thames find, the token may have washed in, or maybe someone did a weird boot sacrifice to the river Gods...lol