Big piece of silver, Tudor hammered and 17th C Buckle - South Wales.

[Welsh Neil]

Managed to get out briefly today at about 10am with Johnny from www.DetectingWales.com to one of his fields.

Johnny started the ball rolling with a well and truly battered hammie - looks to be Tudor Period. I followed this with a Medieval mount of some kind - with fixing hooks still on the back. Shortly after this I had a lovely signal and I was soon holding a long piece of silver - hallmarked and with some hand engraved marks at either end. Does anyone have any suggestions? It has a joint that rotates on the end, but its quite crude. Johnny thought maybe a stem from glasses - I'm not sure personally.

Anyway the finds dried up and I had to be home soon - rugby and wife were calling! Well done Wales on beating Australia by the way . So we quickly packed up and headed to some pasture I have nearby, where Johnny found a nice 17th C buckle with pin intact and I weighed in with my customery 1797 Cartwheel Penny and of course a bloody pidgeon ring yet again!
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cheers
Neil

 

[king-ghidorah]

Some nice finds. THanks for posting the pics.

 

[Crispytoo]

Can you research the hallmarks and see if those silversmiths specialized in particular types of silver crafting? Maybe that could narrow down the possibilities. Otherwise I couldn't even venture a guess.



Crispytoo