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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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.
Click on images to get a better view of the find .
Anti-aircraft military fuzes identified by www.bocn.co.uk
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
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
Ring scripted 29 August 1657 You must or willst follow Gt M . Photos below.
Treasure Act number 2010 T644. Declared treasure 141011.
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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A Medieval silver groat of Edward IV
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A Post Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I
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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.