Finds of the Month

Artefact of the Month WinnerRichard ChildPolyhedral, copper alloy sword pommel. facetted sides and a central, narrowing aperture through its centre. Medieval. 2nd placeRay HarcourtSmall, copper alloy cross pendant with remains of loop. The arms of the cross expand out...

Artefact of the Month WinnerChris PearsAnglo Saxon circular gold bracteate pendant. Made from gold foil with raised border, it has repousee decoration (stamped from the reverse) featuring sinewy animals. integral loop with grooves. 5th to 8th Century. 2nd placeNorman...

Artefact of the Month WinnerRichard ChildPolyhedral, copper alloy sword pommel. facetted sides and a central, narrowing aperture through its centre. Medieval. 2nd placeRay HarcourtSmall, copper alloy cross pendant with remains of loop. The arms of the cross expand out...

Artefact of the Month WinnerChris PearsAnglo Saxon circular gold bracteate pendant. Made from gold foil with raised border, it has repousee decoration (stamped from the reverse) featuring sinewy animals. integral loop with grooves. 5th to 8th Century. 2nd placeNorman...

Artefact of the Month WinnerMike GreatbatchLarge Medieval copper alloy buckle. Six-sided ,with moulded rosettes at junctions of each side. Central bar intact but pin missing. 14th or possibly 15th Century. 2nd placeSteve HolmesLate Saxon/Scandinavian styled circular...

Artefact of the month Gold finger ring with two conjoined bezels which originally each held a stone. Both are missing. The 'D' section hoop is decorated with foliate designs leading to the bezels and the inner surface of the hoop is inscribed with what could be...

Artefact of the monthFour-headed cross shaped seal with central, circular suspension loop. One seal head is missing. The other seal faces depict an anchor, rose and galleon. 17th to 18th Century.  A. Goldson 2nd placePart Neolithic flint hand axe. Broken transversely,...

Congratulations to our winners this month. We seem to have covered a huge chunk of history with these finds!

Artefact of the monthFour-headed cross shaped seal with central, circular suspension loop. One seal head is missing. The other seal faces depict an anchor, rose and galleon. 17th to 18th Century.  A. Goldson 2nd placePart Neolithic flint hand axe. Broken transversely,...

Congratulations to our winners this month. We seem to have covered a huge chunk of history with these finds!

As usual we had a good turn out at our monthly meeting. It was the first meeting of 2019 after our winter break. There were a few less finds trays on the table due to the wintry weather and less detecting taking place but what was there was really good quality. ...

Coin of the Month 1st Place – Nigel Terry George III gold guinea. Ninja Nige unearthed the coin at our club dig on a farm South West of Norwich. He was using his Makro Multi Kruzer. He told me he'd found three shotgun cartridges before he came up with the gold, he was...