Whats the oldest thing you have found

[Derrick Hughes]

My bit of Bog Wood i think trumps the lot of you but im not sure by how much

 

[bluebell]

thats the thing, that these so called experts miss? history of europe? land here has been farmed, settled for thousands of years, the finds and discoveries made by people and metal detectorists show this? Unlike the countires as our friends in canada show, that land has only recently been settled, farmed ?

 

[Cowmansam]

Found a few fossils snaily type things

 

[7610 super q]

Found this recently.

 

[robs1]

Guy who does some metal dectoring here found a earth jar of Roman coins in nov 2019, heard from Salisbury museum only yesterday thats it's not been deemed treasure so it's being returned

 

[Widgetone]

Its amazing to think whats still out there waiting to be found.
Would love to spot a treasure trove..

Seems a pity that detectorists generally are treated with such suspicion by a lot of landowners.
Most of them must be happy amateurs.

 

[goodevans]

Here is a picture of the axe my brother found, we are a getting quite a toolkit together

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

I found this piece of fossilised tree a few years ago whilst ploughing .

 

[Bill the Bass]

A 6000 year old axe head made from green stone sourced from Great Langdale .

There are shepherds and National Trust tenants older than that in Great Langdale

 

[Hindsight]

Around the Fens pull out Bog Oaks - several stacked by roadside. They are about 4000 years old. A farm near Lincoln I visit regularly has a couple of fields with shards of Roman pottery scattered on the surface after cultivations. I am poor at spotting them but have spent an interesting time with a local amateur archaeologist who spots them like no tomorrow. And the field marks this summer around Maxey date back to Iron Age dwellings and field enclosures. Outline of Iron Age houses as per reconstructed at Flag Fen. I sometimes stand and ponder if they discussed the weather 2500 years ago.

 

[DrWazzock]

This flint tool while beet harvesting. Apparently it’s a Thetford flint, maybe.

 

[DrWazzock]

Funny thing is we still use flints for cutting baler twine .

 

[Red Fred]

Funny thing is we still use flints for cutting baler twine .

Same here, never go blunt, unlike my penknife

 

[Kidds]

Always used flint to open the cwt fert sacks too.

 

[Exfarmer]

On one farm I had we had a roman settlement, but the farm in Bucks was more exciting with a Roman Road still the main drive through the farm. We cut hrough it when installing a grain drying oit.
It also had evidence of the Beaker people who were Bronze age one day we came across a firepit we believe was dug by them but sadly no evidence of a beaker they often left behind just a few charred bones

 

[robbie]

I found a Mesolithic mace head head while lifting beet, other items include Roman coins, a Roman cloak clasp and a bronze axe head. Oh and dad has found a couple of ww2 anti tank land mines while clearing ground in the 70s with a bulldozer.

 

[flowerpot]

Detectorists found some arrow flints, wish I had kept one. Then they found several Roman coins and rings, and then found some gold pre Roman coins.

All the finds were reported to the Finds Officer, some went to the British Museum. One gold coin and a little ring are in the local museum _ they did a very good job of restoring the ring, it looks a lot nicer now than when it was found and I have a gold coin.

When I walk in one particular field I keep seeing small pottery pieces and I pick them up and keep them in a box to show an archaeologist when I can.

 

[steveR]

Chap who metal detects on our land found a wheel bolt for a Roman chariot.
It’s in Ludlow museum.
quite a big find as it proved that the Romans came through this part of Shropshire.

There was a route from Wroxeter to Leintwardine, but pretty sure that there were Villas and farmsteads all over on the best land... As yours must be

The Romans liked good farming land, just like us. Leave the Hills to the peasant Celts!!


Later, http://www.shropshirehistory.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20061122101531

 

[steveR]

Quite often find flint tools and there is no natural flint around here. Have found bronze stuff but the thing that fascinates me most were the razor shells dug up that look just like they came off the beach. The sea is 20 miles away.

Wait until Global Warming kicks in and sea levels rise... again. Boats coming up the Dee...

But it always amazes me how much international trade there was back 2000 yrs ago and longer...

 

[steveR]

Found this recently.

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Early hammer from FoMoCo tool kit......