At last my first Roman coin. This is a small bronze/copper AE4 type possibly Postumus 260-268AD, it is difficult to tell with so little detail.

A Roman coin of (TRAIANVS HADRIANVS) Hadrian 117-138AD. Known as a Dupondius and made from Roman mountain brass, Orichalium.

Another coin (Sestertius) from the reign of Hadrian 117-138AD. Inscriptions are illegible but the reverse resembles Britannia seated. The book says "Extremely Rare!" but there are many variations in Roman coinage and the coin is too poor to know for sure.

This Roman coin came from a club dig and was one of only two found that day.

A small bronze coin which probably dates to the late Roman Empire, roughly 300 to 400AD.

This coin is probably a Dupondius and dates to the early Roman Empire. Even though everything is worn smooth the head is still quite raised and this suggests to me that it might be one of those early Emperors like Nero, Hadrian etc. Who Knows!

This Roman Coin looks like it has seen better days, still it's nice when you get one!

This small coin shows a figure standing on the reverse. It’s a shame the obverse has corroded away so I can’t see who the Emperor is.

One of the smallest Roman coins I have ever found and in good condition too!

I've been told this coin is of Emperor Crispus and dates to the late Roman Empire.

Another nice find! This time it's Empress Faustina Jnr who was wife of Marcus Aurelius.

I believe this Roman Sestertius to be of Emperor Marcus Aurelius 161 to 180AD.

This corroded Dupondius shows a figure seated on the reverse. I think it might be Faustina Jnr but it’s hard to tell.

A Better than average late Roman Bronze.

This large bronze Sestertius from the reign of Hadrian 117-138AD is my favourite Roman coin find to date. It took me nearly an hour to reveal its hidden details.

I believe this Dupondius to be attributed to Emperor Titus who ruled over the Empire between 79 and 81AD.

This coin like many of the later Roman Empire boasts the ruler wearing a radiate crown and for this reason they are called Radiates.

Another Roman Radiate I found recently.

A copper Farthing of William III circa 1695-1701. (Heavy corrosion due to acidic soil.)

Copper Half Penny 1740 George II, Old Head. (Very worn.)

An early milled Half Penny of George III dated 1772. (Well preserved but again very worn.)

A young head Victorian copper Farthing with date just visible 1841.

A bronze Penny of Victoria 1860. First issue of the bronze penny which is why I have included it on my finds page.

Another bronze Penny of Victoria this time dated 1873. Well preserved and just laying on the surface.

A bronze Penny 1902 Edward VII.

One Penny 1907 Edward VII. (This was an unbelievable 12ins down.)

A Bronze Half Penny 1915 George V.

One Penny 1917 George V.

A Bronze Farthing 1920 George V.

It is nice to find a late type bronze George V Half Penny. Dated 1931 the late type has a smaller head than the earlier George V coins.

One Penny 1938 George VI. (Found only 2ins below.)

One Penny George VI 1939.

Here we have a cupro-nickel Two Shillings from 1962. Sadly even though it has a silverish colour there is not a drop of silver in it. The red/pink hue in the photo is caused by the copper content in the metal alloy of the coin.

One Penny Elizabeth II 1963. (Well preserved.)

A cupro-nickel Shilling of George VI 1948.

Strictly speaking not a great find but I don't get these Half crowns very often. This one's the cupro-nickel version, George VI dated 1948.

The second Penny I have found dated 1917. This one was found on a pasture field and has been well preserved by the soil since it was dropped.

Quite a nice Victorian Farthing dated 1879.

One Penny 1937. Very well preserved compared to others I have seen from this reign.

Although modern this Cupro-nickel Shilling of 1962 still look nice after it has been cleaned up.

These two Sixpences of Elizabeth II were both found on the same day with my White's MXT.

A well preserved bronze Penny of George V 1914.

I managed to dig up this William III Half Penny from almost 15 inches down near the edge of a grass field. This one dates to 1700 right at the beginning of the 18^th Century.

These Victorian Farthings always appear to be well preserved. This one is dated 1867 and came from roughly the same area as the William III copper Half Penny.

Another one of those George V Pennies, this time dated 1919.

It is always nice to find something different! This Irish Cupro-nickel Threepence (3d) dates to George VI's reign and was found on a club dig.

Here is another example of a Cupro-nickel Florin or Two Shillings. This one was minted under George VI and is dated 1950.

A bronze Half Penny of Edward VII 1910.

An old copper Penny of George III dated 1807. This like all others of its type was struck at the Matthew Boulton mint in Soho Birmingham.

An Old Head Penny of Queen Victoria dated 1901. This was the last of of its type and was minted between 1895 and 1901.

A scarce copper Farthing from the reign of George I 1714 - 1727.

This Farthing dated 1832 is the first William IV coin I have found.

A Victorian copper Half Penny 1853.

A well preserved Farthing of Edward VII dated 1903.

A copper Half Penny of George III, shame about he big dink in the center.

A true copper Cartwheel Penny of George III. Made at the Boulton mint in Soho Birmingham 1797 and the first of a kind produced on steam presses.

Another Penny of George III this time dated 1806.

A Half Penny of George V.

My first Farthing from the reign of George IV.

A good example of a George II Half Penny and probably dates around the 1740s.

Another good example of a George II Half Penny, this time the date is clear and reads 1734.

A George III Half Penny dated 1774.

A rare Half Penny of George I from the early 1720s.

Another one of those Cartwheel Pennies.

This Penny has survived very well considering it has lain undiscovered for nearly 80 years.

A Penny of George VI showing the results after one of my cleaning sessions.

A hammered Charles I Rose Farthing from about 1630.

A Charles II Farthing dating to the 1670s. I have found many of these, all them with heavy corrosion.

A George I Farthing dated 1720.

A George IV Farthing from the early 1820s.

Another one of those scarce George I Half Pennies, date 1724.

A George III Half Penny dated 1799.

A George IV Farthing dated 1828. This shows the later head of George IV introduced in 1825.

George III Half Penny dated 1774.

Another one of those Charles II Farthings from the 1670s.

A late George II Half Penny dated 1754.

A badly bruised Victorian copper Half Penny of 1854.

Another Victorian Bun Head Penny, for some reason I don’t seem to find many of these.

Scares Irish Farthing from the reign of George I.

Nice Half Penny dated 1773, not bad for 200 years in the ground!

Another George III copper, I seem to get lots of these.

Good condition George II Farthing of 1733.

This Cartwheel Penny would have been almost new when lost. A shame corrosion got to it before I did!

Best preserved George V Penny I have ever found!

A George I Farthing, 1719.

Where do they keep coming from? Another SOHO mint Halfpenny of George III.

I don’t get many of these Edward VII Pennies, so I like to show them here.

Another George III copper Penny of 1806.

A men's bronze finger ring originally gilded with horse under shoe motif.

Two Small thimbles. (Probably Copper.)

Find update! It is now believed that this object is part of a collection of items known as staff terminals. This particular item found back in August 2003 is a good example of the Winchester style and dates roughly between 1000-1100AD. You can read more about this find in The Portable Antiquities Scheme Annual Report 2003-2004.

A little tailor's thimble known as a thymel. Dates between 1575 to 1625. Wow, this gave a quite a signal for its size, I was expecting a copper Cartwheel Penny or something.

There will always be a case where it is difficult to classify where an object should be placed. Although this whistle is made of white metal and not bronze I had to include it because I think that it is such a charming little object. It still works too!!!

A nice white metal plated copper button with insignia "Pollet Virtus," means, virtue excels Reeves coat of arms. (A family livery button.)

This is a gilded button of the Alliance Insurance Company pre 1965. Made in London and probably commemorating the start of the company in 1824. Cat No. G145 G Civilian Uniform Buttons 19th - 20th Century by D. G. Blair.

A button with the Lion and Unicorn coat of arms made in Birmingham. In this case the Kings Crown and worn by most infantry regiments between 1872 to 1924. Cat No. 541 Buttons of The Regular Army 1855-2000 by Howard Ripley.

This is a button from the Oxford University Rifle Volunteers and is likely to date from 1887-1908.

Another Bronze thimble.

I found this thimble about 9ins down over land I must of detected on about 20 times. I suppose this shows the advantages of having an Excelerator coil for my MXT.

It took quite a while to straighten out this battered brass thimble.

A very small bronze finger ring with a three leafed clover design.

What a lovely thing to find on Christmas Eve! This fragment of metal was originally a Bronze Age axe head and dates to roughly 1000BC, you can clearly see the rounded blade which incidentally is still sharp even after 3000 years.

A small 19^th Century belt hook in the form of a coiled snake.

This is a picture of a medieval spout that I found when on a Christmas outing with my club.

This is the first nickel thimble I have found and by the looks of things its probably not the last!

I think I may have to create a thimbles page!

Part of a Fob Seal which would originally have been attached to a watch. About 1720-1780 in date and one of my favourite finds. I have included a putty imprint so you can see what a wax seal might have looked like.

A pewter crotal bell, possibly medieval and amazingly it still rings even after all those years. It looks as though the maker's mark is a small hammer inside a shield, you can just see it on the bottom right hand side of the picture.

A nice ornate bronze buckle which probably dates around roughly 1650 to 1800.

Another one of the charming little crotal bells. Again this one's made from pewter and has the maker's mark "W G" on the bottom.

Above is a rather battered and squashed Late 15^th Century cast bronze thimble.

After quite some time I managed to identify this object as an 18^th Century pastry cutter.

An Early 20^th Century pressed buckle with hammered finish design.

These bronze thimbles just keep on coming up!

Thimble number twelve.

An absolute cracker! I believe that this is an army button, but I have been unable to trace the regiment it belongs to. Anyone out there have any ideas?

The third fully complete crotal bell I have found. This time in bronze instead of pewter.

Here's a strange thing. I found all ten of these small buckles on the same area of a field. I wonder what was going on there?

People from my club tell me that this object is either a barrel lock key, or Grandfather clock winding key and probably dates to roughly the middle of the 19^th Century.

Another nice army button with original gilding. It's a shame I can't find the regiment it belongs to.

A nice pewter buckle with shell type design. I'm not sure on age but it looks 18^th Century to me.

Find update! It turns out that this object is a Roman buckle and is much older than I thought it was. Thanks to Ros Tyrell my local FLO for an identification on this object.

It doesn't look like much but this is the second Bronze Age find I have made. This fragment of metal comes from a double bladed dagger or knife and dates between 2500-500BC

It came as quite a shock when I found this item. My local museum tells me it's a sword belt fitment and dates around 1550-1600.

This item is a small green glass good luck pendant. It looks like it was probably made in the late Victorian period; of course I could be wrong. What do you think?

A very nice example of a Tudor Spectacle Buckle. It still has the pin fully intact.

Another Spectacle Buckle, again from the Tudor Period.

A tiny bronze finger ring found on a club dig.

An absolute delight! Bronze Age axe fragments are always nice to come by and the museum always gets very excited when I find these items.

This buckle has a nice floral design and probably dates to the 18^th Century.

This army cap badge shows the emblem for Oxford and Buckinghamshire Regiment.

Wow another axe fragment and from a field that has only ever produced 18^th Century stuff. Just proves that you never know what you might find!

An army cap badge from the Fusiliers.

This buckle dates between 1620 and 1680.

A token that looks as though it might have something to do with hot air ballooning.

An 18^th Century token with an exotic palm tree design.

A Small token dated 1662. Not sure what the value would have been. Half something!

Two more bronze thimbles. I seem to be building up quite a collection.

A nice glass intaglio which seems to show a lady in Roman classical dress collecting water from a water pump. Probably dates around 1790 to 1850.

An Anglesey Mines Penny Token. Parys Mine Company was the first to issue tokens for payment to their workers in the 1780s. It says Redeemable in London and Anglesey around the edge.

Keeping it in Anglesey here’s the Half Penny version of the tokens made by Parys. Amazing I’ve never found one of these before and now I’ve found both versions all within a month.

Here’s a nice object, not much known about this yet but I think it might be a belt filling or mount and probably Tudor.

I like this Victorian Brooch, imagine how it would have looked when it was new.

At last my first key! This one looks to be around 400 years old.

I can’t believe my luck, just two weeks after finding my first key I went and found another one. This example is probably a 17^th Century casket key.

I currently believe this item to be a shoe buckle from around 1790-1800. The bronze part is very well preserved but sadly, as is often the case, the iron mid section and pin have long since rotted away.

This pewter buckle is in stunning condition when considering it was lost over 300 years ago.

A nice shoe or knee buckle, 1680 to 1720.

Lady of sorrows 18^th century Roman revival copper pendant.

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jetton. One of the most common types amongst Jetton finds.

My first coin weight! Bust of James I 1603 – 1625, crown mark and inscription XXII s for a value of 22 Shillings, 1 gold Unite.

A very nice Great War era cap badge from the Royal Engineers.

This is a nice example of a 16^th century snake belt hook which appears to have swans heads on it rather than the more usual design.

Another snake belt hood but this time from the 18^th century.