Heavy rain last week made searching the local fields became quite a challenge.
Several field was impossible to search due to the surface water so it was a case of searching the small 'islands' in the fields.
My thanks once again goes to a UK forum member for the ID's on the Edward silver coins.
Thanks for looking..........Doug.
Small cannon just out of the ground.
Small hammered silver coins.
Pocket watch face.
Assorted finds.
Decimal and pre-decimal coins.
1st-4th century Roman coins & 1st-4th century Roman pottery.
Coin size comparison.
"Way back in the 1830s, Frenchman Casimir Lefaucheux came up with the pinfire concept, which was finally patented in 1835.
This was the first, somewhat-practical self-contained cartridge in the time of muzzleloaders.
During the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, the pinfire cartridge quickly gained popularity.
A pinfire revolver was quite a popular weapon, particularly in France, due to the quickness of reloading."
Two piece button?
Button.
Edward 1st Born 1239-Died 1307 Bristol farthing.
Edward 2nd Born 1284-Died 1327 Canterbury penny.
The thing that puzzled me with the cannon was there was no trunnions or signs of them?
So I went on to the PAS (Portable Antiquities Scheme) data base site to see if I could find a reason for there being no trunnions.
"The cannon may have been a working model of a miniature cannon such as may not have been toys for children but may have been used by adults."
Several field was impossible to search due to the surface water so it was a case of searching the small 'islands' in the fields.
My thanks once again goes to a UK forum member for the ID's on the Edward silver coins.
Thanks for looking..........Doug.
Small cannon just out of the ground.
Small hammered silver coins.
Pocket watch face.
Assorted finds.
Decimal and pre-decimal coins.
1st-4th century Roman coins & 1st-4th century Roman pottery.
Coin size comparison.
"Way back in the 1830s, Frenchman Casimir Lefaucheux came up with the pinfire concept, which was finally patented in 1835.
This was the first, somewhat-practical self-contained cartridge in the time of muzzleloaders.
During the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, the pinfire cartridge quickly gained popularity.
A pinfire revolver was quite a popular weapon, particularly in France, due to the quickness of reloading."
Two piece button?
Button.
Edward 1st Born 1239-Died 1307 Bristol farthing.
Edward 2nd Born 1284-Died 1327 Canterbury penny.
The thing that puzzled me with the cannon was there was no trunnions or signs of them?
So I went on to the PAS (Portable Antiquities Scheme) data base site to see if I could find a reason for there being no trunnions.
"The cannon may have been a working model of a miniature cannon such as may not have been toys for children but may have been used by adults."