I wanted to share a photo of this object I found in the soil over the weekend.
I think it's a buckle as it has two little pinholes on the reverse side but I'm not 100% sure. I'm not even sure how old it is (if indeed it's old at all).
Judging by the verdigris I'd say it is of bronze, copper or brass composition; it's fairly fine and detailed. It's about 4cm x 5.5cm.
I found it lying on top of the soil but the soil had been disturbed several times during the construction of a stone wall I'm building and I cannot be sure that the location I found it in was its final resting place after being lost or discarded by its owner.
Do you have any thoughts?
Whilst I class my find as (possibly) insignificant, imaging what metal detecting enthusiast Dave Crisp felt when he discovered a pot containing 53,503 Roman coins in a field near Frome, Somerset (April 2010) dating from the 3rd century?
It seems Dave's one of the good guys because, when he realised he had stumbled upon something significant, he contacted Finds Liaison Officer from Wiltshire who then set about having the pot expertly excavated and recorded.
The find goes down in history as the second largest treasure find and the largest single coin hoard found in Britain.
It is hoped the Frome Hoard - as it is now known - will go on display in Somerset, if Somerset County Council Heritage Service can raise the money - the find was declared treasure trove by the coroner on the 23rd July 2010.
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