Hunt1

Metal detecting holidays in England with the World's most successful metal detecting club.

Twinned with Midwest Historical Research Society USA

2003 Finds Pages
New hunts page 3	New hunts page 2	New hunts page 4	New hunts page 5


Georgian cufflink	2- trade weights with a hallmark that is not in the reference book	17thC Sword hanger	19thC lead Indian figure

1792 Copper penny		19thC livery button	17th Jetton

Charles 1st 1625 hammered silver half groat		Medieval Jetton

14thC Hammered silver groat halved, not in the book !!

Edward 1st 1272 hammered silver half groat		Edward 1st 1272 hammered silver penny

William and Adelaide Medal 1831		George III 'bull head' silver shilling

Elizabethan purse bar swivel		Nice decorated watch winder	20thC thimble

1649 Commonwealth hammered silver half groat		1455 Hans Scultz Nuremberg jetton

Wiiliam III silver shilling 1696	1955 cupro nickle sixpence, nice to see one again !	George V shilling	Horse bell

Decorated ring, no idea of date		Bronze acorn mount possible medieval

19thC Harness mount		21stC copy of a 1788 gaming piece ?? or was someone having a joke ?

Foreign hammered silver coin fragment	Georgian buckle	1580 Elizabeth 1st hammerd silver sixpence

Victorian decorated handle

Lace bar	All Saints North Peckam badge	17thC trade farthing

18thC shoe buckle	Wasted bullet, first one I have seen here	Large butterfly, probably Victorian	Music stand sheet holder

19thC livery button	Tiny disc with markings, seal ?	13thC hammerd silver shortcross penny

Quartered full hammered silver goat, not in books (looks Irish perhaps)		13thC hammerd silver shortcross penny

Lots of different watch winders		James 1st 1603 hammered silver halfpenny

13thC hammerd silver shortcross penny		Lots of sack seals 17th to 19thC	17thC cloak hook

Unusual Roman 1st to 4thC brooch		Lots of nice early buckle finds

1580 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver groat

Billericay 'the hammered man' Mark

Look at this little beauty 18thC fob seal intaglio

Found by Californian Dan


12th -13thC Pilgrims lead ampoule, what a find		Great eyeball find, Civil war 1600's caronade stone cannon ball

Looks early, no idea of use yet	Victorian commemorative medal

Georgian silver shield	Henry III hammered silver penny		Naval belt buckle

Early scales ?		Another early decorated piece	Bowl foot

George III hallmarked trade weight	Elizabeth 1st silver hammered half groat (2 pence)		19thCLivery button


Decorated Medieval spindle work	Early piece yet to be ID'd	Part of a 17th C spur	Very interesting early crotal bell filled with lead and used as a weight

Caffing dish handle 16thC	Tudor period snake buckle		Flower decorated silver disc, large button size yet to be dated

1724 George nice condition copper dump halfpenny		Solid silver handle, no hallmarks- Georgian	19thC Really nice small heraldic shield

Medieval hook mount		Looks like an ambulance type badge	Large George VI and Elizabeth II commemorative medal

18thC decorated clog fastener	1568 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half graot	4thC Roman bronze	Interesting small hand made tool

Roman bronze	Roman bronze		17thC hammered trade farthing

Victoria 1885 One third farthing (never seen one before)		17thC sword hanger	17thC sword hanger

William coronation medal 1831		17thC hammered trade farthing	17thC hammered trade farthing

19thC livery button	Pretty 18thC button	Gilded Georgian buckle	17thC hammered trade farthing

Early lead cross


Solid gold mount around a monk stone. Probably modern	14thC seal	Charles 1st 1625 hammered silver penny

1603James 1st hammered silver shilling		1700's toy cannon

8th Saxon hanger with a face moulding

8thC Saxon key (rare find)		Probable 15thC lead token	18thC shoe buckle

1649 Commonwealth hammered silver half groat		Richard II 1377 AD hammered silver halfpenny

Victorian milled silver sixpence 1889		Trade weight	Early spur

Nice engraved Georgian pewter button	Chop stick rest, doubt that it is of the ming dynasty !!
		Heraldic pendant with traces of red,blue and green enamelling remaining, First Earl of Lancaster, Edmond " Crunchback" , son of King Henry III. Around the end of `1200's
Silver locket front	Bronze cross off a known Saxon field

Hallmarked solid silver spoon, not dated yet		Moth brooch with rear pin intact, no idea of date yet


Modern age axe head

1327 AD Edward III hammered silver Groat (4 pence)

Edward 1st 1272Ad Silver hammered penny		Apostle spoon handle	18th C Button

Early decorated bronze squashed ring, no idea of date yet	Charles 1st early 17thC Rose farthing coin	1934 Indian head USA 5 cents (what a find !!!)

2 rough Medieval jettons		Huge George 1st 1714 AD London hallmarked trade weight	Unknown military button

1844 Victorian shilling		Celtic or Saxon period stater (needs museum to ID)

Lots of unknown early bits bagged ready for the museum to ID

17thC tudor button	Solid silver 17thC spoon handle		Naval Military badge

18thC bayonet frog		Victorian Gemstone in setting	Naval button

17thC token		17thC 1 Ounce trade weight

12thC seal matrix, lamb with legs tucked underneath

Royal Air force tiny silver insignia		19thC Livery button	Sack seal

2- George III 1800's silver milled shilling and a silver sixpence
	Lead skeleton statue no idea of date yet	Elizabeth 1st 1579 Hammered silver sixpence	17thC sword belt fitting

12thC strap end	Medieval spur rowel	17thC decorated crotal bell	Post medieval mount

Very ornate and twisted, concensous is it of Roman period	Military button	Unusual button	Coloured enamelled disk, could be Saxon