The Celtic and hammered silvers are all amazing. The Roman enameled broach is so intricate and the strap ends so ornate. The artisans back then took pride in their work with such attention to detail. What a thrill to pull something out of the ground and to know some of its history. Thank you, John, for sharing those finds with us. Get well my friend and will see you on the next dig. Good hunting
Hi John, Greatly enjoyed all four parts of Detectival 2023. The hippocampus is not a mythical beast but rather the genus of the seahorse. A wonderful small creature of the sea that even fascinated the Celts. The Allobroges tribe of Gaul decorated their silver coins with their images.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video, John. Your explanations about the history behind these coins is astounding, you're such a brilliant historian which is why your videos are so valuable to us. Those Roman and Medieval coins and their history is quite remarkable. You should teach a history course with your knowledge. Get better, my friend.
Amazing recap thanks for showing and explaining some of the best of the best! Oh burrr frost on the tents, and who doesn’t love some ice water to 🤷🏼♀️😂
Hello from Tennessee USA. You guys must of had a few cold drinks because it looked like you were driving on the wrong side of the road. I’m glad you’re feeling better. I’m not able to get out of bed much so I watch your videos. I’ve been watching them from the beginning. I really enjoy watching.
Really nice to see the compilation of all the good finds was some absolute belters in there glad yous had a great weekend and nice to see Simon getting his first hammered coin well done lads!!
What a Super Video youve put together, I just wish I had been there to see things as theyve come up. well done an im looking forward tae yer ain digs videos. all the Best. Mac.
Hi John, I'm obviously a complete novice in metal detecting, but I thought that you would enjoy my story. I borrowed a cheap detector a few times and only found hundreds of bullet casings. That's because this place was a military base in both world wars. The only thing of value was a 1932 silver shilling. I never found the Viking gold :( The Vikings were here for about 1000 years, you'd think that they could have lost some treasure :)
The silver cutlery handle at 8:30 is most likely British, I think it's known as the fiddle pattern, with the Griffin family crest. Other than that I have no idea.
The round up of finds at the end of the final Detectival was amazing the coins, and other artefacts were fascinating , so much history. Thanks for going to the trouble of filming them all.
What some great finds. Glad you found some big silver. Hope you feel better sir and can't wait to see you back in the fields. Keep up the beep, good luck and happy hunting
Wonderful finds John, and there was me very pleased with my first silver this weekend, a 1932 shilling, and only 50% silver at that. I'm very jealous of your beautiful Elizabeth 1st shilling. But your tips are paying off as I am finding things, thanks for that.
Such fun. Thanks for putting this together. Finding a gold stater must be a heart stopping event. Just amazing. One day John. Fingers crossed. Lol, just had the thought that it will probably be Simon finding one. 😂 those beginners sure pull some crazy things out of the ground.
It certainly got my heart going for a a minute or so but then spotted some damage on the back and convinced myself it was a fake, so spent all day thinking I'd found a forgery, so when the FLO told me it was real, that's when the adrenaline really kicked in. My first ever gold coin, too. I was buzzing for hours afterwards (and yes, I did a little gold dance on my way out of the finds tent!!)
@@NeilSmithMetalDetecting that must have been a day Neil! Congratulations on finding it, I'm sure it will always hold a most special place in your Metal Detecting heart. Well done! Good luck going forward.
The gold curved piece looks like a base clef. The other piece (broach) looks more like a pipe cleaner/tamper for a tobacco smoking pipe. Cool finds. Blessings.
Thank you for putting the video up even though you aren’t well, seeing the frost on your tent no wonder you got poorly. Lovely coins worth going to the detect.
Where’s your Crotal bell John? Good to see all yours and other finds. Mine were just a silver George shilling and a faceless silver hammered. My hubby who you chatted to found the German Fenning from the Eccles Monastery/ Cathedral from 1762 so we missed out on the other amazing finds apart from as you mentioned so many buttons - I think people must have gone around with their clothes popping open in Oxfordshire 😂 but it was a great weekend and good to chat to you face to face 😄
With you on the lead item at 7.20-7.30, that I am sure is a portion of a medieval lead seal. My late father got a near complete and similar one near Edinburgh with the gothic-style inscription around the edge just as in yours. It was identified as being English in origin, but more than that I can't be sure of as I never found it in his collection after my Dad passed away.
Wow, amazing finds. I enjoy learning about the history. Great video! Thanks for mentioning the quantity of finds. I'm curious how many detecting hours per find? Thanks for sharing. GL👨🦯HH
Heee Your videos are unbelievable... I am an Austrian Trasure Hunter in the woods of Salzburg! I hope i have the chance to see you at the next dedektival in England and we Drink a good English Beer...!!! Your English is emasing good for me❤
Thanks for the update. Was thinking back to all the crazy finds you've had. Your first gold coin. Your friend goes right over it , then last year you get the gold coin by a pop can. Finally this year the guy walks over the large hammy. So crazy !
Thank you, looked like some amazing finds!! Don’t even know what my favorite was, thinking that gold ring or silver ring. Every coin is just totally captivating, the history. 😮 glad you feel better.
Hi, good to see you have recovered and are feeling better. Thank you for showing some of the collective finds from your weekends adventure in Oxfordshire, it must have been an exhilarating, if cold, time.🤩I am guessing so many indicate their function would have been to pin their clothes together, rather than just be decoration. I have an image of Roman Centurions with their clothes flapping around in the freezing cold. Have a good week.
Fantastic to see you back John i was looking every day for a new upload Some excellent finds at Detectival wish i had enough experience to go I hope you are feeling better and look after yourself Best Wishes
Given the number of ammunition cases discovered on these rallies, I’d say it might be worth talking to an ammunition collectors guild about providing an expert. I was rather excited by your pin fire shotgun shell, as they match to a rather limited place in history. No doubt all manner of cartridges would be unearthed on these estates and who knows what information might be gleaned from the finds. Thank you for the content.
Just amazing! So much history! Thinking about all the finds that are so much older and you had the pleasure of holding them all. That little face you showed…my first thought was Egyptian? Maybe? A Mark Anthony was found…or am I over thinking it?
I’ve been Googling the silver spoon and the other Griffin embossed spoons are usually Georgian and made in Ireland. Similar one on Etsy but not the same hallmarks!
well dug john, shilling is a cracker, the snake scale item at 7:40 is part of a toy petronel pistol handle that actually used gun powder to work, think they date to 1700's to late 1800's. cheers from team steptoe. (alan).
The spoon may be pewter or pseudo-silver or pure (un-taxed) silver with fake markings. The bottom mark resembles the tree-fish-bell mark from Glasgow but for the silver mark it would have a stamped rectangle background. There is also no datemark or purity mark for silver. I looked for a maker's mark that would match on google to no avail. Probably 19th century judging by the styling/workmanship.
I love to see all these old things uncovered. The UK is a very special place to detect. Stuff is everywhere! On a completely different topic - you could be actor George Clooney's doppelganger... you two have similar looks and are about the same age.
17:18 could that possibly be an artifact of the slave trade? That said, I would have thought it unusual to depict such a person with a sailors hat maybe. I'm wondering if this would be anything to do with the somewhat controversial Dutch Christmas time story of 'Black Pete'. Typically thought of relating to a particularly nasty and persistent Spanish sailor, who would have at the time likely been a person of Moorish descent, he was claimed to sneak in at Christmas to steal the kids presents. There's a whole bunch of parades with someone akin to an English minstrel being chased outs town I believe (probably best to look up the specifics online for yourself as my recollection maybe full of holes...but, generally speaking, that's what goes on)
Simon has now bought his own detector too, a minelab equinox so he’s addicted. Wether he ever finds anything is another question 😂 but hopefully he gets better at digging holes 😂
The Celtic and hammered silvers are all amazing. The Roman enameled broach is so intricate and the strap ends so ornate. The artisans back then took pride in their work with such attention to detail. What a thrill to pull something out of the ground and to know some of its history. Thank you, John, for sharing those finds with us. Get well my friend and will see you on the next dig. Good hunting
These videos were wonderful. Thank you. Loved all of it including the re-cap.
What a fascinating and enjoyable summary of the best finds of the weekend! I hope you are feeling well soon.
Some absolutely amazing finds there John, thanks for taking the photos and sharing. 👍
Hi John, Greatly enjoyed all four parts of Detectival 2023. The hippocampus is not a mythical beast but rather the genus of the seahorse. A wonderful small creature of the sea that even fascinated the Celts. The Allobroges tribe of Gaul decorated their silver coins with their images.
A great coverage of what was an excellent weekend, well done John.
What fantastic finds! Thank you again for taking us along!
Thank you so much for this wonderful video, John. Your explanations about the history behind these coins is astounding, you're such a brilliant historian which is why your videos are so valuable to us. Those Roman and Medieval coins and their history is quite remarkable. You should teach a history course with your knowledge.
Get better, my friend.
Amazing recap thanks for showing and explaining some of the best of the best! Oh burrr frost on the tents, and who doesn’t love some ice water to 🤷🏼♀️😂
Great video John 👍, thanks for bearing and sharing your experience with us buddy, fantastic finds 😮. all the very best Kelvin 🙂
Looks like Detectival 2023 was a success with some great items found.
Quite a few good finds came out of that hunt. I am glad you walked away with some good pieces.
Hello from Tennessee USA. You guys must of had a few cold drinks because it looked like you were driving on the wrong side of the road. I’m glad you’re feeling better. I’m not able to get out of bed much so I watch your videos. I’ve been watching them from the beginning. I really enjoy watching.
We drive on the Left in the UK!!
Really nice to see the compilation of all the good finds was some absolute belters in there glad yous had a great weekend and nice to see Simon getting his first hammered coin well done lads!!
Thank you for sharing your amazing finds and those of others!
What a Super Video youve put together, I just wish I had been there to see things as theyve come up. well done an im looking forward tae yer ain digs videos. all the Best. Mac.
Thank you for sharing this video. What an amazing number of finds during the rally and your finds were wonderful.
Hi John, I'm obviously a complete novice in metal detecting, but I thought that you would enjoy my story.
I borrowed a cheap detector a few times and only found hundreds of bullet casings. That's because this place was a military base in both world wars. The only thing of value was a 1932 silver shilling.
I never found the Viking gold :(
The Vikings were here for about 1000 years, you'd think that they could have lost some treasure :)
you have not found Viking gold - yet
👍👍👍👍👍💪
The silver cutlery handle at 8:30 is most likely British, I think it's known as the fiddle pattern, with the Griffin family crest. Other than that I have no idea.
That griffon is super cool!!!
Many thanks. Yes I was very happy with that and about an ounce of solid silver too!! 🤩
Glad to see you all did well and enjoyed yourself. Sorry you’ve been sick afterwards, hope you recover soon! Thanks for the videos!
The round up of finds at the end of the final Detectival was amazing the coins, and other artefacts were fascinating , so much history. Thanks for going to the trouble of filming them all.
Some incredible coins and relics there,I really took a liking to the lead dug with the mad teeth,lol,just liked the strangeness of t
What some great finds. Glad you found some big silver. Hope you feel better sir and can't wait to see you back in the fields. Keep up the beep, good luck and happy hunting
Amazing finds
wow found some very interesting things, awesome
Love the Lizzy 1st shilling. Rose farthing, nice 👍
Thanks John. I really appreciate the recap. Great stuff. Bless up 👊
Thanks Nick
Wonderful finds John, and there was me very pleased with my first silver this weekend, a 1932 shilling, and only 50% silver at that. I'm very jealous of your beautiful Elizabeth 1st shilling. But your tips are paying off as I am finding things, thanks for that.
Nice roundup and congrats on your finds
Thanks so much for showing the finds! Absolutely amazing.
Stay well!
Many thanks Maureen
Hi mate 🤛, 16'.44"" it is a bronze age chisel 👌. It's my find 😉👌
Great video, love all the super fines
"Polished" Great Vid John 😁👍
Such fun. Thanks for putting this together. Finding a gold stater must be a heart stopping event. Just amazing. One day John. Fingers crossed. Lol, just had the thought that it will probably be Simon finding one. 😂 those beginners sure pull some crazy things out of the ground.
It certainly got my heart going for a a minute or so but then spotted some damage on the back and convinced myself it was a fake, so spent all day thinking I'd found a forgery, so when the FLO told me it was real, that's when the adrenaline really kicked in. My first ever gold coin, too. I was buzzing for hours afterwards (and yes, I did a little gold dance on my way out of the finds tent!!)
@@NeilSmithMetalDetecting that must have been a day Neil! Congratulations on finding it, I'm sure it will always hold a most special place in your Metal Detecting heart. Well done! Good luck going forward.
Captivating finds, John, some real jaw droppers 🎉
Thanks for the education M8!
Awesome video 💪🏽
Yep, no wonder you got sick. Lots of great finds came up. I saw a Swede got a William the Conquerer hammered.
So many different items found in those few fields, and the time line between them all. Great video John.
The gold curved piece looks like a base clef. The other piece (broach) looks more like a pipe cleaner/tamper for a tobacco smoking pipe. Cool finds. Blessings.
Thank you for putting the video up even though you aren’t well, seeing the frost on your tent no wonder you got poorly. Lovely coins worth going to the detect.
Much appreciated Anne. The glamorous life of the Scottish Detectorist 😂
Great trip..... Thanks for the videos
You should come to Sardinia, It ll be great to detect whit you! Love your channel
Amazing!
Where’s your Crotal bell John? Good to see all yours and other finds. Mine were just a silver George shilling and a faceless silver hammered. My hubby who you chatted to found the German Fenning from the Eccles Monastery/ Cathedral from 1762 so we missed out on the other amazing finds apart from as you mentioned so many buttons - I think people must have gone around with their clothes popping open in Oxfordshire 😂 but it was a great weekend and good to chat to you face to face 😄
Thank you for this video and incredible finds. So enjoyable cheers and get feeling great soon.
Good trip and finds John. You guys aren't pups anymore lol. Those tents are for the birds
incredible finds, all
yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeee thanks john
Many thanks Alan. Enjoy
Very nicely done indeed
With you on the lead item at 7.20-7.30, that I am sure is a portion of a medieval lead seal. My late father got a near complete and similar one near Edinburgh with the gothic-style inscription around the edge just as in yours. It was identified as being English in origin, but more than that I can't be sure of as I never found it in his collection after my Dad passed away.
Much appreciated Colin. I thought that was the case. Thanks for confirming!
Maybe there is economy enough to
Rent a camper next time!? John
Are getting older. Super Spanish
💤 A tent far away🤣🤣🤣
Thankey for the round up😜🔝❤️
Fascinating!
Glad you enjoyed
Oh man you guys are so fuckin lucky. Top job son 👏 👍
Wow, amazing finds. I enjoy learning about the history. Great video!
Thanks for mentioning the quantity of finds. I'm curious how many detecting hours per find?
Thanks for sharing.
GL👨🦯HH
Heee Your videos are unbelievable... I am an Austrian Trasure Hunter in the woods of Salzburg! I hope i have the chance to see you at the next dedektival in England and we Drink a good English Beer...!!!
Your English is emasing good for me❤
Love that shilling John!!! I hope you are feeling OK now sir.👍👍😉
Thanks Al. Getting better all the time
Thanks for the update.
Was thinking back to all the crazy finds you've had.
Your first gold coin. Your friend goes right over it , then last year you get the gold coin by a pop can. Finally this year the guy walks over the large hammy.
So crazy !
You were brave sleeping in minus 2 conditions. 😮 I hope you are feeling a lot better now. Some amazing finds!
Thank you, looked like some amazing finds!! Don’t even know what my favorite was, thinking that gold ring or silver ring. Every coin is just totally captivating, the history. 😮 glad you feel better.
Great video. Glad you are better. Looking forward to seeing future finds. Take care.
Awesome finds and glad that you had a great time!
Hi, good to see you have recovered and are feeling better. Thank you for showing some of the collective finds from your weekends adventure in Oxfordshire, it must have been an exhilarating, if cold, time.🤩I am guessing so many indicate their function would have been to pin their clothes together, rather than just be decoration. I have an image of Roman Centurions with their clothes flapping around in the freezing cold. Have a good week.
Great presentation!
Many thanks 😊
Fantastic to see you back John i was looking every day for a new upload Some excellent finds at Detectival wish i had enough experience to go I hope you are feeling better and look after yourself
Best Wishes
I do enjoy seeing a bit of Perthshire,as I was born in Perth royal infirmary,and know the place well though I didn't live there
Glad you are feeling better! 😁. Enjoying your video’s in Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Love your hard work cheers...
Much appreciated Les
Given the number of ammunition cases discovered on these rallies, I’d say it might be worth talking to an ammunition collectors guild about providing an expert. I was rather excited by your pin fire shotgun shell, as they match to a rather limited place in history. No doubt all manner of cartridges would be unearthed on these estates and who knows what information might be gleaned from the finds. Thank you for the content.
👋🏼. Hey John! I see you have recovered enough! Best wishes!
Just amazing! So much history! Thinking about all the finds that are so much older and you had the pleasure of holding them all. That little face you showed…my first thought was Egyptian? Maybe? A Mark Anthony was found…or am I over thinking it?
A Mark Anthony was found and he was on good terms with Cleopatra, so you never know!!
I’ve been Googling the silver spoon and the other Griffin embossed spoons are usually Georgian and made in Ireland. Similar one on Etsy but not the same hallmarks!
Please post an update on the ring with stones you found!
I’ll do that first chance i get ! Much appreciated
well dug john, shilling is a cracker, the snake scale item at 7:40 is part of a toy petronel pistol handle that actually used gun powder to work, think they date to 1700's to late 1800's. cheers from team steptoe. (alan).
Hello from New Zealand John! I love your videos! A question if I may - Are you a full time detectorist? Do you sell what you find for your income?
great vid as usual , thinking your small scaled partifact could be part of a petronel ?
14:12 could be a fob seal? 👍🏻
Looking at that Tent, No Wonder youv'e been Laid Up for a Week!Should have rented a Caravanette Off Nicola Sturgeon LOL!
You have certainly been in the war's health wise,but roll on your summer.
People quite often would sew coins into clothes or keep on a thread hense holes
The spoon may be pewter or pseudo-silver or pure (un-taxed) silver with fake markings. The bottom mark resembles the tree-fish-bell mark from Glasgow but for the silver mark it would have a stamped rectangle background. There is also no datemark or purity mark for silver. I looked for a maker's mark that would match on google to no avail. Probably 19th century judging by the styling/workmanship.
I love to see all these old things uncovered. The UK is a very special place to detect. Stuff is everywhere! On a completely different topic - you could be actor George Clooney's doppelganger... you two have similar looks and are about the same age.
first yeehaa
Haha 😆 thanks
The life of a metal detector 😢 hope u feel better 😅
24K!!!!!!!!
That costume jewelry looks masonic to me. With the all seeing eye.
That’s a good shout Uncle Tom, it does have that look doesn’t it
17:18 could that possibly be an artifact of the slave trade?
That said, I would have thought it unusual to depict such a person with a sailors hat maybe.
I'm wondering if this would be anything to do with the somewhat controversial Dutch Christmas time story of 'Black Pete'.
Typically thought of relating to a particularly nasty and persistent Spanish sailor, who would have at the time likely been a person of Moorish descent, he was claimed to sneak in at Christmas to steal the kids presents. There's a whole bunch of parades with someone akin to an English minstrel being chased outs town I believe (probably best to look up the specifics online for yourself as my recollection maybe full of holes...but, generally speaking, that's what goes on)
7.47 part of a small pistol !!
some nice finds john but simon stolen the show lol glad that you are well thanks to the boys aswell
Thanks Alan
Simon has now bought his own detector too, a minelab equinox so he’s addicted. Wether he ever finds anything is another question 😂 but hopefully he gets better at digging holes 😂
Neither wonder you have a cold
Yes I think you might be right Audrey!
RealityTV 🤣
Yeah the reality of sleeping in a freezing cold damp wet tent for three nights and realising at 44 you aren’t as young as you think 😂
No more jabs.
tidy