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Nice one Dave and probably worth a bob or twoIan Russell - Still 2 Fighting Fit Downunder -
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As daft as it sounds Ian, monetry value is not the main inspiration for me.It,s the buzz I get of digging something like this up that was obviously lost probably on some hunting foray 500 years ago. If these things could talk,what interesting tales would they tell?Comment
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Just having my tea Dave, don't want to know about tudor's ring.I have always set myself a very low standard, and constantly fail to achieve it.Comment
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Keep stum about what was found!,i dare say someones relative left it for them !Comment
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What do you think it's value would be Dave?"We're surrounded on all sides... Good... you're obviously in the right place".Comment
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It,s difficult to value artefacts accurately Don. It,s a question of what someone is willing to pay,so usually the best way to go is in a specialist auction which I have done before,but the only problem with that is the overall cost of using a top auction room.A few years ago I sold a gold and silver Tudor brooch through Bonhams which as an outsider looking in did quite well,but in reality when you take away the fee for cataloguing and their 20% fee plus vat,out of a grand I came out with 700 quid.
So unless you go the private sale route which obviously restricts the number of potential buyers,if you can afford to do so it,s better to keep stuff until that inevitable "rainy day" arrives.Comment
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Great find Dave.
Will be upto your hunting ground in the near future.
By the way, what's the ring size?
Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
A Great Civilization is not Conquered from without
Until it has destroyed itself from within
W.Durant
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Be great to see you up here John, plenty of detecting land to go at. Surprisingly the ring size is quite big for that era,so could have been a geezers, it,s about 19mm.Comment
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i really really want to say something, but i'm going to be mature for a change.Originally posted by Dave Burgess View PostI have always set myself a very low standard, and constantly fail to achieve it.Comment
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Mature?
You?Time for another visit to the doc methinks,you've obviously been climbing trees again and given the old noggin a bang!
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Originally posted by stephenfrank View Post
Me too Steve. I thought it was a cock ring, but it didn't want to lower the tone. The Sqn is above that."We're surrounded on all sides... Good... you're obviously in the right place".Comment
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Dave, I'm going to have to buy myself one of those hurdy gurdy's mate, I was watching a programme on the box recently and it was about some bloke who discovered a Saxon hoard of gold and silver. There was so much of it that they thought it had been taken from the dead after some battle and stored away. But as you say it's the excitement on hearing the beep and wondering what your going to come up with is what it's all about. Knowing my luck, it would probably be a 1930's enamel 50 Shilling piss pot with a hole in it !
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It aint all bad news Bob when the owd treasure proves elusive, it,s a lot like fishing,patience is the key. The amount o scrap I,ve dug up over the years is unbelievable,loads o brass and copper that have dropped off owd farm tractors and implements,and loads o lead.Big f.ck off lumps o the stuff,mind you the Romans used loads,I,ve even found brooches and buttons made o lead,and ofcourse the smelting of musket balls was usually done in the field whil,st they were blasting away with the owd muskets. So weigh in time comes at least once a year,usually the week before Chrimbo.Comment
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Dave... this would be the place for your talents mate. When I was a kid I crawled and played over every square inch of this place. Got into every nook and cranny.
I bet you would do well here. Its a boozer and a restaurant now but its historical integrity was kept intact. Wonderful illegal playground for a kid.
I have been up all the chimneys and out on to the roofs. Got me Swift's egg outta the big one in the Great Room.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bromwich_Manor_House
The trust was reorganized by Act of Parliament in 1819, and in 1845 was still providing £151 (some 27%) of the minister’s annual income.
(Have we had inflation) ?
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