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.

@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?

@BloodNelsons 50% silver

@DetectCumbria Silver?

@Wolfofsteele Very interesting, thanks Simon. Was it just the IND IMP that was removed?

@DetectCumbria The letters mean Georgius Rex Imperator. This style of title was removed after 1948. Thus the reign of George VI can be split into two numismatically.

@SunrayStarlight @SDetectorist @yorkdetectorist @MetalDetectingU Nice one. There were a few forgeries from George III era I believe, I have a bank token forgery dated 1811.

Up yesterday, I thought I’d found a bit of modern tat (5 New Pence) but it’s contemporary forgery posing as a GRIII Shilling probably manufactured 1816/1820 years due to a severe shortage of official silver coinage. @SDetectorist @yorkdetectorist @MetalDetectingU @DetectCumbria

@feakins25 Thanks Sally.

@DetectCumbria Nice finds

Not out for long today as the battery died on the detector, but it was productive. Two bits of silver, first of 2026! One Victorian silver spoon, and an immaculate George VI sixpence dated 1943. Also a harness ring/buckle/ring money/thing.

@SDetectorist Thanks. I'm taking it to the land owner next week for them to see, so I'll see what they want to do with it before I touch it!

@DetectCumbria It might go back. If I was doing it I would anneal it, then straighten a fraction, the repeat. The shaft should be relatively straight forward, but I always struggle with the bowls.

@StephenMarnick Too right! I found one last year, went to look at it the next day and found out the Mrs has binned it! Gutted.

@DetectCumbria 1857 Newcastle upon Tyne. Nice bit of 925 silver and remember, it's £1.94 a gram so don't throw it away :-)

Hallmarks and initials on the Victorian silver spoon found earlier.

@Dodgypunter51 Creepy, but also quite cool. If i owned a castle I'd have one, maybe not 8 though!

@DetectCumbria Haha 😂 you know i do find them quite eerie, why on earth would you want boar heads on walls in the main hallway 😳 creepy, also they are all from France circa 1700’s 🤷🏽‍♂️

Three more boars head livery buttons up today. I must be in double figures for the amount I've found of them in this particulat field, and I've only covered about a third of it! I seem to remember that it was a crest of the Warcop family.

@Dodgypunter51 If I'm reading it the right way up, looks like it could be CW?

@DetectCumbria Nice finds, silver spoon looks like it has initials on it? 😌

@Dodgypunter51 Did you have the feeling you were being watched?!

@DetectCumbria Boars 🐗 head you say! ☺️ customer had approx 10 hanging her walls 😳

@DetectCumbria I will absolutely tag and credit you! Thank you! I’m such a fan! Love seeing all your amazing finds!!

Swapped the detector for some hiking boots today - Fairfield Horseshoe (extended version)