My Detecting pal is a good friend by the name of Roy, between us we have a few joint permissions and called up to one the other day. It was a field that had just been ploughed and ready to take seeded potatoes in a few days so we thought we would give it a go.
A few bits and pieces turned up such as bag seals, buckles and the odd worn coin mainly georgian era and younger.
A few hours in to the day and roy gave me a shout on the walkie talkies and says " you better come over here, i might need you to help me find the other bit of something"
Very ominous I thought! so I trudged over the other side of the field to where he was to find him with a very large grin on his face holding a piece of gold between his fingers.. very very lovely old yellowy buttery gold too i might add!
It tirned out to be a broken Gold Armorial ring with a coat of arms we are currently working on deciphering which was used as a form of seal matrix. When Roy cleaned it up it even still had a small piece of wax in it.
The ring we think dates to about the 15th Century and looks to have Scottish connections so who only knows what it was doing in a field in Cheshire.
Hopefully we will get a good ID on it soon and I will update the Blog when I do.. Its off to the FLO tomorrow to be declared as treasure under the Treasure act and in accordance with British Law so no doubt it will end up having a spell with the folk at the BM until its final resting place is decided.
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