Gold and Silver from South Wales . . .

[Welsh Neil]

A couple of finds from South Wales over the past few months.

The hammered coins are a Henry III voided long cross penny (Canterbury Mint) Moneyer: Nicole On Cant 1247Ad-1279AD and a Henry VI groat (4pence) Calais Mint (Annulet Issue) 1422AD-1427AD.

The one gold ring is 22ct with a large emerald. The other rings are 9ct


Silver riding crop top.

Cheers
Welsh Neil

 

[Welsh Neil]

Forgot to add found with either an X-Terra 30 or a Muskateer - not bad going for under a year.

 

[Digger]

in my opinion, the Advantage and the X-Terra are two of the best there are! Since there isn't a specific Advantage forum (and I happen to know the moderator uses an Advantage), I don't think it will hurt to talk about either on here!

Curious if those rings were found in the same area as the coins? Guess I was just wondering if they would be about the same "vintage". Thanks for sharing the info and pic. HH Randy

 

[Jackpine Savage]

Those are all nice finds Congrats!

 

[RonNH]

You guys across the ocean make me want to cry when I see the dates of some of your coins. 1200 AD, 14 and 1500 AD and even BC, how deep is something like that?? We hardly ever see anyone break into the 1600 mark over here, but we take what we can get. Real nice finds, Neil. Ron

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

I reckon that finds like that, are a detectist's dream Neil. Congrats.
Mick Evans.

 

[Welsh Neil]

To answer the question, all the items weren't found particularly deep - about 3-8 inches in pasture

The hammered coins were from ploughed fields, so litterally a couple of inches.

Gold rings were either beach or pasture - again not overly deep.


I have built up quite a collection of Roman, Medieval and Tudor artefacts - I'll post later this week. Oh and one neolithic flint scraper which is abouth 6000BC to 85000BC - now thats old!!!!

cheers
Welsh Neil

 

[Bavaria Mike]

congrats on the awesome finds, I love the hammered coins and that 22KT gold is rare! Is the ring old? Is there a stamp or did you test the quality of the gold? Could it be Roman? HH, Mike

 

[Welsh Neil]

Mike.

I have had it tested at a Jewellers in Cardiff 21.78%ct with a square cut bezzeled Emerald. the Jeweller estimated it to be Indian Gold as there is no hall marks. Date - not sure. I also thought initially it might have an age, but have shown it to my local Finds Liason Officer - Mark Lodwick and he thinks its 19thC - so not that old. the wife wears it now - so its gone to a good home. The 2 hammered came on seperate occasions from the same field along with a small poachers fishing reel, other copper coinage ranging from 16th C, a silver cane mount (found by Mark my mate)a trillobite fossil, broken clay pipe stems,and a Neolithic worked scraper. The field was then too deep in crop - but will be free again soon - can't wait to get back to it!

All the best
Neil

 

[Bavaria Mike]

I find the rare hammered silver on occasion here in Germany, they are better finds than a gold ring, LOL! A gold ring with a nice squareish green emerald suggests old 1600-1700s Spanish as well as the Roman era. Good to hear it has found a nice home on wifey's finger, showering the wife with gold and jewelry offers a lot of detecting time , LOL! HH, Mike

 

[au4me]

WOW thats real Treasure

 

[Welsh Neil]

Aye, some would say thats a bribe - but it seems to work for me! How lucky are you in a country where so few metal detect, yet the area is so deep routed in European history? Just about every invader has at one time set its eyes on Germany and Bavaria (although the Romans were taught a stiff lesson in guerilla warfare there) and never quite regained the inclination to have another go. Somewhere in the depths of the Black Forest stands the Roman Empires heaviest defeat ever - now if you can find that battleground you really will be in Seventh Heaven. The grass in the forest was reputedly stained red for over 5 miles and legend has it that the area still has a deep red colour to the grass even now. The opening scenes of Gladiator depict literally the tip of the iceberg of that battle (inaccurately). I know a gold Roman standard was found in the area a few years ago along with a cache of bronze swords, shield bosses, etc - all in a cave area. Theres a link somewhere on the web - if I can find it I will post it for you.

Happy hunting mate

Neil