The Cumbrian Detectorist

Now that the inquest has been done and it's public knowledge, I can tell you about the Bronze Age hoard I found at the start of the year. Current thinking is that it is a founders hoard due to the presence of a bronze ingot.

fair play to this part of Cumbria for producing both England's World Cup back-up keepers, James Trafford and Dean Henderson, *and* WC2006 back-up Scott Carson. The Gipuzkoa of goalkeeping.

@Dodgypunter51 Not sure, wasn't cleaned by time I left and I'm not on site today. Hopefully someone will let me know!

@DetectCumbria Suspence is killing me!! ☺️ any ideas?

I was at the URC dig again yesteday. After a days digging and not finding much, I got the detector out for the last hour and managed to get this coin out of the spoil.

@Dodgypunter51 Most are within 150 years old, not complaining though!

@DetectCumbria Wow! Look at you (so not jealous right now ☺️) 3 hours too! I am hoping to get out on Sunday but it would take me at least a month of Sunday’s to find that quantity 😂

11 coins in only 3 hours and only a small section of field. Elizabeth 2nd: 3 x two shillings 1962 (twice), 1967 1 x sixpence 1966 1 x shilling 1968 George 6th 2 x three pence 1944, 194? Victorian 2 x half pence 1862, and ?? 1 x penny 1866 The last one is a Hibernia halfpenny.

I remember watching that fly in from the North Stand. Good times!

And Eerie Edith 😬

Column base near the temple area.

My first day back on the URC dig. I was working on this section resting up alongside the wall of the bathhouse/palace/imperial building. Finding lots of lumps of clay, and a floor surface. Lovely examples of different sections of occupation shows up well. *thread

What a turnaround! COYR

@Dodgypunter51 I do have an electrolysis kit somewhere, but I think I'll try the salty water method first and see how that goes 👍

@DetectCumbria Nice find, have you tried electrolysis? a few minutes in salty water and clean with cloth/ toothbrush should at least lift the worst off and hopefully show the date in better detail 🤷🏽‍♂️ but defo looks like 1600’s date.

It's a bit of difficult one to ID, but I think we have a William III halfpenny. There's definitely a bust facing right on the 1st picture, and I think the date at the bottom on the 2nd photo says 1696. Any thoughts? Excuse the state of my hands!

@Dave_H_King And that's one of the better ones of the 6 I found!

@DetectCumbria Tbf your hands are in much better nick than the coin! 😂

@Dodgypunter51 @YORYM_FLO Maybe a bracelet? Nice find.

I could use any pointers as to what this item is, varies from possible Roman through to Medieval? Many thanks in advance 🙏🏼 @YORYM_FLO @DetectCumbria

@Dodgypunter51 Very interesting. These caves are all man made unfortunately, result of mining activity in the 19th/20th Century.

@DetectCumbria Stunning pictures, i also love a cave! Lucky to have a couple on current land, i do believe they found prehistoric bones and human activity by a chap called Edward Widger 🤷🏽‍♂️☺️ Image 1) entrance image 2) where original dig occurred

Another wander into the Lake District today. Cathedral caves, Slaters bridge and a visit to Yew Tree Farm which Beatrix Potter used to own!

@Simon_Gleaden Correct 👍

@DetectCumbria 50% real silver, I believe?

The 1943 sixpence, looking like it only fell out of someone's pocket yesterday. Great condition.

@BloodNelsons Unfortunately not. In 1947 it changed again. They didnt have any silver content, just made out of cupro nickel!

@DetectCumbria I have a 1949 one, could it have silver

@BloodNelsons Coinage started to be debased in 1920 as a result of the state of the economy after WW1.

@DetectCumbria Nice. When did they stop putting silver in?