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TREASURE HUNTING NOVEMBER 2021

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TREASURE HUNTING NOVEMBER 2021

This month's contents include:

News and Views – Alongside the many fascinating finds featured this month (including several gold coins, rings and a stunning Anglo-Saxon sword pommel), is the gruesome find of a thimble with the fingertip still inside.

 

Our First Dig – Godfrey Pratt documents some of the trials and tribulations of organising a dig in Norfolk.

 

Roman Silver Hoard – A stroke of luck leads Ray Stobbs to a new permission with amazing results.

 

PAS Corner – This month, John Naylor uses finds recorded on the PAS database to focus on early-medieval finds from Wales, as well as pilgrims’ ampullae and badges.

 

Reader Finds – A round-up of some of our readers’ recent finds.

 

My Medieval Compass and Other Examples – Dave Crisp investigatesthese rare artefact finds, only six of which have been recorded with PAS.

 

Pastures New – Max Peberdy unearths a fabulous selection of finds in Oxfordshire with his new Minelab Equinox 800.

 

A Wartime Mystery – Norbert Antkowiak embarks on some painstaking research in an effort to identify and return six WW2 US Army dog tags.

 

Not Another Button! – The first article of a new series by Gordon Bailey,looking at the history of buttons through the centuries, illustrated with some of the many beautiful examples in Gordon’s collection.

 

Identifying Medieval Coins – In the latest installment of this fascinating series, Carl Savage explains how to identify the later coinage of Edward I and the coinage of Edward II.

 

Days Out with the XP ORX – Deus user Paul Bancroft tests out an XP ORX on his Roman site.

 

Celtic Coin Values – Details and sale prices of beautiful Celtic coins soldrecently by Chris Rudd Auctions.

 

The Rodney Cook Rally 2021 – Julian Evan-Hart reports back from this year’s event and photographs a selection of some of the great finds made.

 

Auction Round-Up – A selection of lots sold at TimeLine Auctions’ recent sale.