Suffolk Detectorist

My button finds are not of great historical importance, but I do like them. The variety I've found has really surprised me, only revealed when I started cleaning them. Now up to 156 different designs.

Medieval silver groats (four pence) Edward III x2 Henry VI x1 Edward IV x3 1352-1477 Mints of London x3 York x2 Calais x1

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper We come to the end of our day, with the trusty timetable in hand, which is more a guide 😂🤣

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper Paper cup & poster, abandoned by the rails

Engine number 20. Completed in 1863 and is the country’s oldest working steam locomotive

Going back in time today 😁

25th October 1760 King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II

Another new local button for me today. "Goldsmith Sudbury" Also a small "Best Ring Edge"

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper

Elizabeth I penny Edward III halfpenny Unidentified penny, mint of York. Fragment of Medieval purse bar. Several buttons today, a few will need cleaning before I can read them. And a nice little hammer head, from a kiddys toolbox?

That's me done for today, back has had enough, and I don't think the rain is far away. 3 silver hammered coins Medieval purse bar fragment Victoria halfpenny, 1861. And the all important thingy 🤷🏻‍♂️

A fragment of a Medieval purse bar. Showing the common diagonal line, but with the addition of further engraving between, which I've not seen before.

An Eddy halfpenny

A very worn hammered coin. Most likely of Elizabeth I.

Good morning from a Suffolk field 😊

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper You could get lost in here for days 😊

There are many variations of hammered coin reverses, especially the earlier coins. Here are a few examples that I have. Cross pommee with wedges Small cross Eagles Hammer cross Quatrefoil on cross fleury Cross & crosslets Voided short cross Voided long cross Long cross

There were many mints operating to produce medieval coins. Here are 9 that were operating during the reigns of Edward 1st, 2nd & 3rd. AD 1280-1377 Most popular first. London Canterbury York Durham Bury St Edmunds Lincoln Bristol Newcastle Berwick-upon-Tweed

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper Wallpaper and posters. This was our playroom back in the 1980's.

22nd October 1995 Medieval silver penny of Henry III Voided short cross Minted by Nichole of London Class 7c2 1240-1241

Found eyes only whilst metal detecting in Mid Suffolk. An almost complete Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrow head with all over bifacial working. It has shallow S and reversed S edge profiles. 4000BC - 2200BC Discovered in 2002

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper Mum found some old letters 20th September 1973. I had my first proper hair cut. Cost 35p 😱😂

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper I don't only do coins 😂🤣

Some of my better Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint scrapers. Stacked to show off the worked edges 🥰

Opps, I made a boo-boo. I wash the bits I've found in the tumbler, forgot I had a fragile watch winder in the mix. Therefore damaged before it went in for a polish. New button to me, T. Knight of Maldon And a few bits from yesterday also went in for a polish up.

Just noticed a black stone, shining through the rust. It appears to line up with the 4 circular indentations that make up part of the pattern 🤗

I dropped a grid onto the site of a 19th century farmhouse and garden today, now demolished. Didn't find as much as I thought I would, but still a reasonable selection A couple of coins, buttons, bath leg 😂🤣 The pommel I found on the way back too, and not far from the car

Something a bit special to finish the session on 🥰 A beautifully decorated bronze sword pommel, with gilding still present. Dare I say early medieval 🤗

Watch winder, with crown and crossed sword/staff design.

George VI penny, dated 1938

In the will of Nicholas Shepherd he leaves all his messuages, lands, tennamen'ts, horoditum'ts in Benhall and Saxmundham to his two daughters, Elizabeth & Sarah 20 shillings to each grandchild £5 lawful money to John Dawson Signed on 6th April 1692

Thomas Fovlger of Stradbroke I think his name is Thomas Foullier? perhaps mis-transcribed when the token was ordered Married to Elizabeth with at least 5 children, 1658-1670 Buried Feb 1673 A Memoranda of his will dated Jan 1674, he leaves everything to his Wife, Elizabeth.

Spent a few hours down the Suffolk Records Office, just to see if I can find any snippets about the life of 17th century trade token issuers Concentrated on Nicholas Shepherd of Saxmundham, Thomas Fovlger of Stradbroke & lohn Blvmfield of Worlingworth Study time now required ☺️

Such a privilege to be custodian to these gorgeous historical coins 🥰

NICHOLAS SHEPHERD (drapers arms) IN SAXMVNDHAM. DRAPR (as spelt on token) (NMS) A 17th trade token found 15 years ago today, 16th October 2011.

15th October 2023 I was pleasantly surprised to find this lovely early medieval / viking zoomorphic stirrup mount 🥰 Currently with Suffolk Archeology awaiting identification and recording @findsorguk.bsky.social

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpaque A beautiful opaque turquoise medieval ring. Found in 1991

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpaque The boundary between land, sea and light house is obscured by the fogs opacity 😊

13th October 2003. A nice silver halfgroat of James I revealed itself to me. Initial mark of a Rose 1605-1606

Fixtures and fittings.... Odds and sods.... I use these finds to bulk out the tumbler/polisher batches. Over the years I've probably found hundreds of thousands of fragments of metal, lost or discarded. And someone was responsible for originally designing and producing them.

12th October 2025 A 17th century farthing trade token Issued by Charles Fareweather of Ipswich. 1656. Ship on obverse C(rosette)F on reverse

Today's selection. Rose farthing, 1625-49 Vicky halfpenny, 1861 A lead alloy something, looks to be a very faint design on one side Elizabeth I halfgroat, Tun initial mark, 1591-94 Lots of other stuff including quite a few buttons. Probably my most buttony field

A nice Elizabeth I silver halfgroat, just minutes from the car.

Vicky halfpenny, 1861. Was still legal tender 108 years later, 31st July 1969.

Fairly Loaf, just waiting to be found 🤗

Down to stubble bashing now. First find up, and apart from the horrible crack, a decent looking rose Farthing.

Four silver spoon finds. Can you guess which one was found in Grandads shed, as a paint stirrer 😂

"6024 King Edward I is a preserved Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class steam locomotive operated from 1930 to 1962 by the Great Western Railway and latterly British Railways hauling express passenger services" from wiki I might have a few coins issued for him 🤭

#PostBoxSaturday At Wansford on the Nene Valley Railway

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon An almost neon light show, 2 years ago today 🥰