| | 
** NEW APRIL 2026 - NOW IN STOCK **
METAL DETECTING FINDS - BUTTONS
Metal Detecting Finds: Buttons by Brian Read is the definitive reference guide to identifying metal buttons and button-like objects discovered by metal detectorists, archaeologists, mudlarks and collectors. Covering over 4,000 years of history, from 2150 BC to AD 1900, this beautifully illustrated hardback explains the development, manufacture, dating and use of buttons, button-and-loop fasteners, toggles, cufflinks, studs and other early dress fastenings.
Featuring hundreds of colour photographs and detailed line drawings, the book makes it easier to identify metal detecting finds accurately and understand their historical significance. Whether you've uncovered a medieval button in a ploughed field, a Roman dress fastening or a Victorian military button, this comprehensive guide provides expert information to help identify and date your discoveries.
Written by leading artefact specialist Brian Read, this essential reference book will prove invaluable for metal detectorists, archaeologists, mudlarks, dress historians, museums and anyone with an interest in the history of clothing, personal adornment and archaeological finds.
By Brian Read | Greenlight Publishing (2026)
5 out of 5 ⭐️ on Amazon
ISBN: 9781897738986
A4 softback, 238 pages, 1,400+ photographs and line drawings
|
| | | 
Identifying Detector Finds: Buckles by Brian Read
4.7 out of 5 ⭐️ on Amazon
A Must-Have Book for Every Metal Detectorist and Archaeologist!
This beautifully produced hardback edition spans over 340 pages and showcases 1,775 individual buckles, ranging from Roman times to the Post-medieval period.
If youre looking to identify, date, or simply admire ancient buckles, this book is an essential addition to your collection.
A4 Hardback, 344 pages, £27.95, UK P&P free
ISBN: 9781897738412
|
| | | 
A4 HARDBACK - ONLY £26.95
IDENTIFYING DETECTOR FINDS by Brian Read
4.8 out of 5 ⭐️ on Amazon
This fantastic A4 Hardback book is a must have for anyone trying to identify metal detecting finds.
With 320 pages packed with over 1,700 artefacts, all beautifully hand drawn and fully described including find locations, there has never been an easier way to identify your finds.
Most of the artefacts illustrated in this book have been recorded by the author since 1995, the majority previously unpublished.
Contents include: Mounts Horse Harness fittings Religious Objects Axes, Spears, Knives & Daggers Tools & Instruments Vessels and Receptacles Jewellery and Fasteners Personal Objects Weights Keys & Padlocks Militaria Miscellaneous
A4 Hardback, 320 pages
|
| | | 
METAL DETECTING FINDS: HOOKED-CLASPS AND EYES
by Brian Read
5 out of 5 ⭐️ on Amazon
This book draws together an extensive range of small metal artefacture with one or more hooks, variously known as clothing-fasteners, clothing-hooks, dress-fasteners, dress-hooks, hooked-fasteners, hooked-tags, hooks and eyes, cloak-fasteners, cloak-clasps and scarf-hooks.
Periods covered are Roman, early medieval, late medieval, early post-medieval and late post-medieval.
The author explains both textually and illustratively what is currently known about when, where and how these objects were used, and their manufacture. Also covered are miscellaneous objects with hooks, eyes, loops, rings or toggles.
Intriguing and frequently beautiful works of art, these objects are subjected to their in-depth study under one cover.
A4, softback, 242 pages.
ISBN: 9781897738535
|
| | | 
Metal Sewing Thimbles Found in Britain by Brian Read
5 out of 5 ⭐️ on Amazon
(1st Published 2018 by Archeopress)
This is the first reference book that deals specifically with all types of sewing-thimble found in Britain, made from copper-alloy or silver, or either of these metals combined with iron or steel; also included is a seemingly rare gold specimen. Domed, ring-type and open-top (here the latter classed as a new type) sewing-thimbles are described, among them unusual examples and others previously absent from the known record. From Britain the earliest reliable dating for these humble yet fascinating tools is between c.1270 - c.1350, and continues through the medieval and early post-medieval period and into the 18th and 19th centuries.
Hundreds of colour photographs and archaeological drawings.
118 pages, A4, softback, £21.95
|
| | | 
Formerly published as "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, now re-printed as a great aid to identification and dating of metal detecting finds.
4.8 out of 5 ⭐️ on Amazon
This is a well-researched and illustrated title from Brian Read and contains hundreds of archaeological quality line drawing, allowing the reader to identify their finds with ease. The book covers such items as: Mounts - Pendant Suspension Mounts and Pendants - Strap Distributors - Terrets - Spurs and Spur Fittings - Horses' Bit - Keys and Locks - Seal-Boxes - Seal Matrices - Daggers and Knives and their Fittings - Sword Fittings - Spear - Tools - Spoons - Brooches - Weights and Weighing Apparatus - Candleholders - Lamp Suspenders and Lanterns - Purse Bars and Pendent Frames -Lead Tokens.
A4, 144 pages, over 950 archaeological quality illustrations. Foreword by Geoff Egan.
|
|
|
