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With thanks to the farmer for giving me the chance to show the history of Chigwell

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18 September 2012, after over 2,000 hours of detecting, an amazing Roman item is found. Click here to see the live video

Finds from Chigwell for 2010-2014, having detected for over 2,500 hours. 

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Anti-aircraft military fuzes identified by www.bocn.co.uk

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Mary More ob 17 Sep 1716 found in 2014 now in Museum of London for analysis. Georgian mourning ring. See video below of me finding it and more photos. ETrac open screen. Must have taken another 1,000 hours to find this beautiful ring. It was amongst a load of V2 metal and those pieces were mostly coming out as 40s and this was number 15
Museum of London were glad it was 298 years old so they didn't have to report it for treasure. They said the outside is a skull mark. Here is the history so far: Henry Fuller died in 1602. (fn. 24) Appletons passed successively to his son (d. 1623) and his grandson, both named Henry. (fn. 25) Henry Fuller of Appletons appears in a presentment of 1668. (fn. 26) Thomas Buckford held Appletons from 1671 until his death in 1688. (fn. 27) In 1692 another Thomas Buckford sold it to Francis More. (fn. 28)
I hope you find similar one day
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Roman, zoomorphic mount in the form of a fish or turtle or something like that :o). I call it the fishringthingy :o) Identified by the Curator of Roman exhibitions at the British musum. There is a video on the website of its finding, live
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Letter received from The British Museum concerning the ring below found on 10/10/10 and declared under The Treasure Act 1996. Recorded here: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/411716. Cornoer's inquest 14 October 2011. Declared treasure

Ring scripted 29 August 1657 You must or willst follow Gt M . Photos below. 
Treasure Act number 2010 T644. Declared treasure 141011. 

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Click on image to see ring more closely (will open in new window)) Unusual design with a raised centre
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Click on image to see ring more closely (will open in new window)) "You must or willst follow"
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Click on image to see ring more closely (will open in new window)) 1657 Hallmarked with a B
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Click on image to see ring more closely (will open in new window)) "Gt M?"
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1150-1450 medieval, possibly lyre-playing, musician's silver ring found 13 December, 2011. Reported to the Museum of London under the Treasure Act, 1996. Treasure Act number 2012T16
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There is a mark on the end of this. Could be a cross. In the Museum of London January 2012
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some beautiful coin ids from the Portable Antiquty Scheme

A Medieval silver groat of Edward IV

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A Post Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I

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1426-1429 Henry VI groat minted in Calais
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1426-1429 Henry VI groat minted in Calais
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very old piece of silver
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Silver button. Unsure of age
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Stone of a ring and gold surround. Deposited in the Museum of London 2 November, 2011
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Its back. The ring was worn across the finger and not along it
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Stone fell out when I dropped it. I think it would have had a silvering inside but unsure
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1600s? Maker's mark: J.C. The thimble is to be taken to the Museum of London to be assessed under the Treasure Act. Deposited in the Museum of London 2 November, 2011
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Charles I 1625-1649 Scotish silver 20 pence (20p)
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head of Charles I 1625-1649 Scotish silver 20 pence (20p)
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Nice piece of flint
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Big musket balls found in the same field along with 5 hammered coins and poesie treasure ring Battle or shooting cattle or?
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Old pottery, Unsure of age
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Very old cricketing scene
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Edward II long cross Penny. 1284 - 1327 Coin ID: http://hammered-coin.co.uk/
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Part of a very old brick
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Probably 16th or 17th century. Silver on lead
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Very old pottery
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A World War One Anti-Zeppelin or German Gotha heavy bomber fuze No. 80 Mk VII Waygood & Otis, Falmouth Road, London, SE1
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A World War Two Anti Aircraft Fuze British No.199 fuze made by Vickers Armstrong Developments (VAD) in May 1936 (5/36) and filled in November 1936 (11/36). '41' is the Lot number. It was probably fired by a 3.7' AA gun. The material at the nose is a zinc alloy, and as the fuze has been fired it is no longer dangerous. The scale on the fuze is essentially one of time and was adjusted by the mechanical fuze setter on the gun from the information provided by the predictor.
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British anti-aircraft fuze from World War Two. No.209 Mk I fuze used only on British 4.5 inch anti-aircraft shells from 1939 to about 1941. It was made in Switzerland by Tavaro, and no further stocks could be bought after the Swiss stopped selling arms to the allies from October 1940
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Old Groat
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A Hammered Silver Penny
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A Hammered Silver Penny
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A Richard I Silver Penny....my oldest find to date
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A Hammered Silver Penny: Henry III class 5b2 long cross penny of Canterbury 1251 - 1272 Obverse Legend: HENRICVS REX III Reverse Legend: NICOLE ON CANT
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A Mason's Fob
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A Medieval Buckle
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A Crotal Bell
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A Medieval Spur
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A lead head
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A 19th Century Seal
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A Medieval Horse Decoration
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A Musket Gun Flint....eyes only find
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A big lump of Quartz Crystal
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