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Metal detecting holidays in England with the Worlds most successful metal detecting club Twinned with Midwest Historical Research Society USA |
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Metal detecting holidays in England with the Worlds most successful metal detecting club Twinned with Midwest Historical Research Society USA |
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11th April Guys finds ID'ed and back from experts
posted at bottom of page 16th March 2003 Guys go back to the sunny USA Overall a very interesting hunt with 5 pieces of Celtic turning up including that magnificent statue. It will be interesting to see what they are dated at after the report returns from the experts. I will update this page and post the report as soon as I get a copy. |
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18thC Scabbard hook/frog
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16/17th C lead token chequer
design
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Lead leather decoration
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Possible 16th C cast c/a
sword pommel top
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15th C c/a belt decoration
diamond shaped centre square punched
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15thC Acorn belt decoration
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Strap end, no idea of date
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1940's Army badge
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Roman bronze
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Georgian ornate hook
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15thC lead token
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Very interesting dark stone (amber) set in a bronze mount |
15th C lead token
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1800's Victorian silver half
crown
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1690 William III silver shilling
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William and Mary trade weight
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13thC quarter hammered silver
penny
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18thC Bell clapper
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17thC token
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13thC longcross penny
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Sword hanger
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1690's Willam III silver
sixpence
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13thMarch 2003
Vancouver Dave, Mac and Brent head back to sunny Canada & Detroit Darrel joins the hunt The hunt is going well with a varied bunch of finds, usual Roman bronzes, early coppers but again unusually high numbers of early milled silver coins are turning up. Some of the new land is fairly quiet but we are only spending a half day here and there. One field however is noisy in patches and has produce 4 Roman coins (grots) and two milled silver so far, it is really huge and will require a lot more work to find the hotspots. One of the old productive fields produced another 9 bits of silver yesterday which I will post later when I have snapped them. |
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Huge 1600's Charles 1st milled
Halfcrown, really great find as this is the cross over period from hammered
to milled silver. The inside is perfect and will be sent to be professionally
straightened as this is a rare find by Calfornian Rob
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George III 1796 Guinea forgery
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18thC Barrel tap
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Clog fastener
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Lead rabbit 19thC
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Naval button
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17thC button
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Two early 1800's sixpences
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1745 George II shilling
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17th shoe buckle
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18thC Key
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17thC ornate belt buckle
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Clothes fastner no idea of
date
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Interesting carving
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1900's Military badge
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Clipped 13thC longcross silver
penny
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Probably modern jewellery with stone remaining |
18thC trade token
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Great eyeball find, early bone dice |
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Ipswich trade token 17thC
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Medieval button
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3 worn 1690's silver coins,
possibly love tokens
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1850 French Napoleon copper
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Possible Roman comb
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17thC decorated silver thimble
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Early lead token
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17thC button
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Clothe fitting no idea of
date yet
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19thC butterfly brooch with
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18thC Flower button
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19thC monogrammed button
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13th March 2003 This weeks finds page has been completely altered to speed up load times so check it out and bookmark it as this is where you will get the latest news. Each hunt now has an individual page with the ID form for each group attached (those finds sent for ID to the experts and returned with the information) I will post more finds tonight and redo the 'previous finds' into the same per hunt format.
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8th March Vancouver Brent takes the coin count crown The current hunt is going really well, unusual amounts of early and late milled silver are turning up. Two of the best copper coins I have ever seen came out of the ground yesterday, a 1803 George III penny by Californian Rob, huge coin that I have never seen before in absolutely mint condition (apart form a few bits of green grunge) and a George 1st 1705 penny. Both must have been uncirculated when they were dropped (not cleaned yet). We tried one of the new fields yesterday morning on the recently acquired 800 acre patch and we all ended up with 10 pound boots as the land is clay based and it rained hard during the night. However even with those conditions three large Roman coins were found in a couple of hours and we all agreed that this could be a 'very' good field once it has dried out a bit. The farmer came out for a chat and told us of 'bits' he had unearthed by the plough to wet our appetite but we had to move onto some drier ground. Milwaukee Mike also made a discovery amongst his finds a single 60BC to 40 AD Celtic ring money coin (deleted the photo by mistake on my camera so I cannot show it) , it has been sent to David Barwell for verification as this could be a brilliant find. Canadian Brent has taken the weekly coin count crown with 63 and also his silver tally to 9 with a beautiful early milled silver shilling. I will post more finds later when I get the time. |
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George 1st 1705 Penny
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Interesting disc
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Early encrusted broach
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Huge amazingly detailed 1806
George III penny
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Belt decoration, no idea
of date yet
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Medallion probably late 1800's
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Georgian pewter 'wheatsheaf'
button
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George 1771 farthing
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Early clothes fastener |
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Fragment 15th C Pilgrims
ampulla - shell design
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1500's Elizabeth 1st Groat
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1880'sLate bust Victorian
shilling
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1731 George 1st silver shilling
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1931 2 shilling silver (rare
find !!!)
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Mint condition 17thC decorated crotal bell | |
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Very interesting Richard
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Back of a gold locket, looks modern | Looks Roman but does not feel like one !! | |
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13thC Silver halfgroat (2
pence)
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1849 Victorian Hanover coin
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Silver thimble, not sure
of date
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William IV 1834 silver sixpence
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William IV 1830 silver sixpence
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Another William III 1696
silver shilling
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5th March 2003 Celtic day Look at the find of the day, Canadian Dave's possible Celtic bronze statue, what a find. Too many finds to upload in one go, more to follow shortly. Canadian Brent is well in front of Rod's 57 coin record with 2 days to go. |
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17thC middle eastern
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Happy Yank & Canadian
treasure hunters on a Celtic holiday
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Celtic bronze 65BC to 40AD
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Celtic decoration
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Celtic AE probably Kentish
- boar right, pellet in ring below - ? Horse galloping right
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Charles 1st 1620AD
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Small early jewellery item
with gem stones
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William III silver shilling
1696
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1st C AD Roman brooch
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17thC spur & 16thC knee
buckles
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Roman silver coin
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Don't know date yet
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Silver hammered foreign coin
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Decorated thimble very unusual |
Victorian silver shilling
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19thC Covent garden 6 pence
token
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Flower decorated cylinder
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1679 Lead sack seal
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17th C cast copper alloy
dagger belt fitment or sword fitting suspended from a baldric
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James 1st 1603
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18thC working toy cannon
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Edward 1st hammered penny
1272 AD
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13/14th C Religious lead/pewter
mix document seal
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U decoration
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Roman silver coin
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1747 School Button
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17thC Crotal bell
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17th lead token
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1st to 4thC Roman bronze
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17thC spur mount
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1875 Victorian 3 pence
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18thC sheep bell
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Early clothes fastener
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17thC decorated silver thimble
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Roman knee brooch (stem part)
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Pre 1820 3rd East Kent regiment
button
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Early military badge ?
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16th C Cast c/a key
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Foreign hammered silver
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Henry II cut short-cross penny 1216-47 Canterbury mint |
Edward III Florin penny 1344-51
Canterbury mint
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| Sundays new hunt started off really well with Vancouver Mac (82 years old) giving all us 'young' guys a good lesson in dectecting by bagging a 13th C Longcross hammered silver penny and a beautiful 1690's James 1st milled shilling. Lot's of great artefacts and early coppers have turned up ready for photographing but the waether is so nice that I have been out detecting all day and not had time to upload. Today has been exceptional on previous proven fields and have produced so far another 8 silver coins, 2 Romans, 13thC longcross, Charles 1st penny, early foreign hammered like a Spanish reale and a nice Commonweath 16thC hammered that could be rare. A fantasic day, great finds, flat fields and warm sunny weather. I will upload later if I get the time. |
Guys ID's back from the experts
| IDENTIFICATIONS Brent Edward 1st hammered penny 1272-1307 AD London mint James 1st penny 1603-25 (Spink 2650) William III shilling Exeter mint 1696-7 William III shilling 1695-1701 17th C cast copper alloy dagger belt fitment or sword fitting suspended from a baldric - variant of Read 263 Art of Antiquities (Photo - disk 1 - 458) 13/14th C Religious lead/pewter mix document seal 17th C c/a book (bible) clasp Peardrop & ring design 2 rivet fixing L55mm x 30mm bottom 25mm top 17th C c/a annular ring dia 30mm os/ 24mm inside dia. Fragment c/a 17th C clothing tag - Detector Finds 1 (34) 2 - 17th C c/a spectacle buckles 20mm x 15mm (Whitehead 305) 16th C cast c/a fragment spectacle buckle (as Whitehead 410) 17th C cast barrel tap key 70mm sq end 20mm x 15mm 17th C cast crotal bell 'Sunburst' |
| IDENTIFICATIONS Darrell Roman bronze coin Barbarous copy of Constantius Gallus 351-354 AD ? Fol temp Repartio fallen horseman type circa 360 ad Roman bronze coin - Barbarous Radiate circa 273 ad Roman bronze coin Barbarous Radiate of Tetricus I circa 273 ad Roman bronze coin Constantine I Ae3 ? Securitas Repub. Mint of Rome 337 ad Roman bronze coin Constans 337 - 36 ad AE3 Px Two Victories Roman bronze coin Constantine II 317 - 337 Ad ? Gloria Exercitus (Glory of the Army) Roman bronze coin Constantine I AE3 303 -337 ad ? Gloria Exercitus (Two Soldiers) 2 - Roman bronze coins 4th Century - illegible King John short cross penny 1199-1216 London mint Edward 1st penny 1272-1307 Canterbury mint Cut short cross penny 1189- 1247 Cut quarter penny short cross to be used as farthing 1189-1247 Edward III Half-penny 1327-77 London mint Edward III Half-penny 1327-77 London mint Edward III farthing London mint 1327-77 Edward IV half-penny York mint 1461-70 Fragment Illegible hammered Illegible Medieval hammered copper coin EuropeanWilliam III shilling 1697 Illegible Medieval hammerd East European? Illegible Medieval copper European 17th C silver love token - illegible 2 - Charles Ist copper Rose farthing 1625-49 17th C copper farthing token - illegible 16/17th C lead token chequer design 5 grms 17th C cast c/a broken buckle (Whitehead 512) 16th C c/a Tudor openwork design button Possible 16th C cast c/a sword pommel top (Photos 507 & 508) 15th C c/a belt decoration diamond shaped centre square punched 25mm x 20mm (Photo No. 509) |
| IDENTIFICATIONS Dave Roman bronze coin AE3 of Constantius 336-361 AD ? Fallen horseman type Roman Denarius of Severus Alexander 222-235 ad ? Emperor holding spear & shield Roman bronze coin AE3 of Constantine I 307-337 ad ? Gloria Exercitus - Two soldiers Roman bronze coin AE4 illegible obverse - ? Victory walking left circa 370-395 AD Roman bronze coin Antoninianus of Gallienus 253-268ad - ? illegible 2 - Roman bronze coin illegible 2nd Century Roman bronze coin Illegible 4th C AE Fragment of short cross penny 1189-1247 Edward 1st penny 1272-1307 London mint Clipped 13th C silver penny - illegible Medieval 14/15th C lead token Late 17th C copper farthing token - a local traders token Possible - Celtic bronze figurine - to be researched further (Photo - disk 1 - 456) Probable Iron Age bead 1BC - 1AD - 4 grms - depth 6mm - dia 12mm - centre hole 7mm (Photo - disk 1 - 457) 14th C cast copper alloy part of strap distributor (HBF Read 582) (481 - Read - Art of Antiquity) 14th C cast c/a strap distributor (472 Read - 'Art of Antiquity') 16th C Cast c/a clothing tag (Bailey's Detector Finds 1 design 52) 16th C broken clothing tag (HBF Read 771) 16th C Cast c/a key (565 Read Vol I Art of Antiquity) 17th C cast c/a Horse harness plain mount decorated top 17th C Lead cloth seal 'Portcullis' 17th C c/a leather decoration (belt) - (Ref 278 Read - Art of Antiquity) 17th C cast c/a spectacle buckle (As Whitehead 306) 17th C cast c/a leather mount (Ref Read 308 varient) 17th C cast c/a trapezoidal buckle (Ref Whitehead 507) |
| IDENTIFICATIONS Mac Roman bronze coin Antoninianus of Valerian II 253-255 AD - ? illegible Celtic AE probably Kentish - boar right, pellet in ring below - ? Horse galloping right Roman bronze coin AE 3 Constantius II 337-361 AD - ? Fallen horseman type " " " Marc Anthony contemporary copper forgery of silver Denarius circa 30 BC " " " 4th C AE illegible " " " 3rd C illegible Edward 1st penny 1272-1307 London mint Small Venetian coin 14th / 15th Century - circulated in England as a farthing William III shilling 1696 Fragment of silver coin circa 1700 Fragment 15th C Pilgrims ampulla - shell design 17th C leather decoration cast copper alloy - Scallop design |
| IDENTIFICATIONS Robert Roman bronze coin Barbarous Radiate circa 273 ad " " " 2nd C AD illegible Charles 1st shilling 1625-49 Oval shield tower mint Charles 1st copper Rose farthing 1625-49 Small 17th C copper coin - Continental - possible Belgium Illegible coin - probably continental Late 17th C copper farthing token William III shilling 1696 Fragment 16th C lead token cross within cross type 17th C copper alloy dagger pommel - spherical - badly damaged 15th C lead token line edge to centre design 7 lines 5 grms 16th C cast c/a decorated purse bar (one side) cross hatched with turned knop Lead weight - low slope conical - not finished 54 grms 14/15th C conical lead weight large centre hole 29 grms 17th C fragment spectacle buckle escallop moulding (Whitehead 430) |
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IDENTIFICATIONS Mike |
