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I took the detecting stick over to the bottle dump to see if I could find any silver tea sets,sadly I only found a few corroded bits of cutlery (and a few nice bottles).

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Today,I took the detecting stick for a stroll across a local permission.
The ground was saturated and it was very difficult to dig in but I managed to find a dry patch,it wasn't long before the bits started rolling in.

The finds of note are:-
1 old penny (1900s)
4 old half pennies (3 1900s 1 1800s)
1 bell
1 (hallmarked) keyring
1 (non hallmarked) ring

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Today I had a chance to get out detecting again,I took the detecting stick to my local permission for a couple of hours again.
There I was,head down,scanning the ground when I spotted a little silver ring lying on the surface......great start I thought to myself.

Well,before I knew it,it was soon time to head back home.

The finds of note are:-

2 old ship half pennies
2 threepence's
1 silver ring
1 Blackburn corporation button
1 sixpence
1 1904 one cent coin

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Today I managed to secure another permission for a local (pasture) field.
Believe me,buying a detector is the easy part it's getting permission from land owners where the challenge lays.
I don't think I'd of been so determined to find land if I hadn't of committed to buying myself a detector that's for sure.

Anyhow,after spending 4hrs wondering in the cold with nothing except two pre-decimal half pennies,I began thinking to myself that the detecting gods were sat laughing at me.
Plundering on wether to call it a day or not, I decided to try beneath a few old trees at the bottom of the field.

After trying a few trees without a signal my detector starting screeching my ears out and I wasn't digging very long when out popped a (ornate) gold looking object.
My heart was racing as I scanned for a hallmark,sadly it wasn't to be :(
However,soon after I did find a hallmarked sterling silver kermit the frog pedant :alright:.

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It may not be hallmarked but what a fascinating thing.
4 claws? Looks quite old. Worth investigating!

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Yes,plenty of detail on it,defiantly worth investigating...


...watch this space ;)

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Pretty similar, is your new permission in Tibet?:D

Sm 4? Tibetan Buddhist Brass Double Vajra Dorje Sacred Dharma Item | The Himalayan Traders

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Interesting item & I'd say GP24's picture is a pretty good match.

Curiouser & curiouser. :)

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Tibetan. Potent male symbol! You'll have to try it out??

These Tibetans know things we don't.

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No,it's a little more local than Tibet :D
It looks like you've pegged it,I hear they were also used as a throwing weapon :eek:

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Hey, your heart could be beating even so, there must be plenty of golden objects from before hallmarks where used, maybe you are lucky.

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Don't Less,it's been a rollercoaster of emotions already today ;)

I think hallmarks became compulsory around the 30s,I don't think it's that old :confused:

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Introduced 700 years ago. Ahh well.
Looks like brass, as per Gpicks example.
Still a lovely find.

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Still a lovely find.

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Time for a musical interlude :)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p8PGl9A9V08