Viking Brooch

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Wow! That must be pretty cool digging something that old. Congratulations
 

Damn Rob what a special piece that is! Great find bud
 

That's awesome! Have you found any other viking or celtic finds?
 

Great stuff Rob :thumbsup: see what you can do with a little bit of pushing :laughing7:

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robfinds said:
The lead was as soft as butter Colin.
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You should do a bit more of a write up for our Colonial Cousins across the water, after all you and I know what it is, they don't...think I will vote Banner on this, it's quite a rare find.:thumbsup:

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Yeap, super rare for a complete one. I've never had a piece of a Lead type, so that would be a nice addition....
 

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You should do a bit more of a write up for our Colonial Cousins across the water, after all you and I know what it is, they don't...think I will vote Banner on this, it's quite a rare find.:thumbsup:

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These type of disc brooches, where worn in pairs by Viking women. This was to fasten their apron dresses. I've had 3 Viking disc brooches over the years. The first was found about 50 feet away from this one, about ten years ago. It was about the same size, but a different design (borre style). It was though cast in bronze, it is now in the Retford museum. I think although different in decoration, they could be from the same person, maybe an odd pair. I would guess somewhere near are the remains of a long dead Viking lady, who was buried with her finest brooches. I would say that the brooch is probably 10th/11th Century. During that time, this area was in the Dane Law, that is controled and ruled by the Vikings. Thousands settled in the Dane Law at that time, the land was good to farm. The Vikings certainly left their mark on Yorkshire, culturally and language wise (broad Yorkshire language is very Danish in a lot of it's tone). This site every season gives up small amounts of Viking and Saxon metal work, there's got to be a nice coin lurking somewhere !.
 

robfinds said:
These type of disc brooches, where worn in pairs by Viking women. This was to fasten their apron dresses. I've had 3 Viking disc brooches over the years. The first was found about 50 feet away from this one, about ten years ago. It was about the same size, but a different design (borre style). It was though cast in bronze, it is now in the Retford museum. I think although different in decoration, they could be from the same person, maybe an odd pair. I would guess somewhere near are the remains of a long dead Viking lady, who was buried with her finest brooches. I would say that the brooch is probably 10th/11th Century. During that time, this area was in the Dane Law, that is controled and ruled by the Vikings. Thousands settled in the Dane Law at that time, the land was good to farm. The Vikings certainly left their mark on Yorkshire, culturally and language wise (broad Yorkshire language is very Danish in a lot of it's tone). This site every season gives up small amounts of Viking and Saxon metal work, there's got to be a nice coin lurking somewhere !.
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Sounds like a great field, I look forward to a invite.:laughing7:

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Silver Searcher said:
Sounds like a great field, I look forward to a invite.:laughing7:

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May only get one more short session on it Colin, probably Thursday afternoon. You're welcome. The seeds are in, maybe as late as Friday afternoon, would only be a few hours though.
Robert.
 

You know, can't recall when I may have seen any posting regarding a Viking brooch, pieces or other. If I could figure out how to vote banner from my iPhone I would have it by now (and no, I don't bother with the app).
Tremendous find. Banner worthy. Now look for the lady.
 

bump this rare find........
 

We didn't seen a 1000year old Viking lead brooch like this here on T-Net before....Congrats on a rare find! I'm in the boat! Banner find!
 

Sweet! You also did a good job on bending it back in place.
 

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