Boxing Day dig on Medieval trackway
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- The perfect hang over cure to blow of Christmas Day cobwebs and sore heads!!
A few interesting finds and silver!!
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First time viewing your channel. I'm impressed. The piece of copper/brass with the writing on it is a zipper pull, I think. The silver band is very interesting. As you know, silversmithing is highly regulated. That's why everything has a smith's mark. Taxes paid, trademark entered, etc. As a tinsmith, I know that when sheet metal is cut with shears it naturally will roll up like that. I think it is possible that someone was altering or reworking a piece and needed to remove the original smiths mark. That scrap was headed for the crucible. Thanks. Cheers.
Welcome to the channel and thanks for that great info! Much appreciated
Mudlark
I like this as much for your soothing Scottish accent and clear explanations of history as for your interesting finds.
Many thanks Tim. Thanks for the kind words and I’m glad you enjoy! Best wishes and I hope you have a great Hogmanay and a happy and healthy 2023!
I enjoy your accent, I love to watch your adventures🙂
Thanks for the kind words and I’m glad you enjoy
I think the stone is green jasper, which can be found in Angus. Could the stone maybe have been used in parchment making? Stones were used to rub pastes into the parchment to smooth and whiten it.
Thanks for the identification and the suggestion, much appreciated
Thanks for another video yes we got a lot of snow and high winds in Ontario Canada lots of accidents power outages we are near the American Border
Stay safe and warm Eva!!
yay going to listen to this one now :)
Thanks David. Enjoy
I would like to see the cleaned up items at the end of each video please.
I’ll take that on board, thanks Elizabeth and have a great new year
I agree with Elizabeth-great idea
Burger King
Great video John. The bronze piece at one angle looked like the head and neck of an animal.
Best wishes for 2023!
Thanks Gary, I see what you mean about the bronze piece. Much appreciated and best wishes for 2023
Yes at 12:13 it does!
Greetings from Alabama USA. Enjoyed the vid.
Thanks Jack and happy new year
Veri nice my friend top finds hello from croatia 🙂🇭🇷💪🏻
Many thanks Terra 🇭🇷 lots of nice things to find in Croatia too!!
Wouldn't have found this channel without cleggy's shout out. Love it. Cheers.
Thanks Nick! Happy to have you and all thanks to Cleggy! Marry Christmas and I hope you had a great time
@@thescottishdetectorist Had a great time, just got my deus 2 for Christmas. Can't wait to try it out. Cheers.
@@Nicknofish fantastic!!! Happy hunting!! Let me know how you get on!
@@thescottishdetectorist Will do. Cheers
Great watching John interesting strip of silver? Still no positive id on the cross stone yet i take, please keep us posted my mate, regards kelv.
Many thanks Kelv, yes a weird bit of silver. Some suggestions of a tankard trim? But I’m not sure. Nothing to report on the stone, it’s off being looked at by an expert so fingers crossed we get an ID soon. I’ll keep you posted in the new year
G’day John. That writing appears to be James Yates, a very large pewter manufacturing firm in the 19th and early 20thC. Buggered if I know what it is. Must be one of there more obscure items. The bottom word might be warranted, or patented? I wonder if your old stone might be for burnishing vellum parchment?? It has that personal look to it. If so, presumably medieval, maybe early medieval. A really nice find. Congrats, Wayne
Many thanks Wayne. I appreciate you taking the time to help with ID. Merry Christmas 🎅🏻
I believe that round polished stone has the Knights Templar Cross on it. I've seen them on the treasure hunt at Oak Island. They also observed them in France at Templer structures. Have a healthy New Year.
Many thanks Albert. That would put it back to pre-1313 wow 🤩
Good morning from Long Island, New York. Happy Holidays and a prosperous detecting New Year. On to the next!💪🙏☮️
Much appreciated. Hope you also have a great new year and 2023! See you on the next!!
Very happy about this channel....people recognize the real metal detecting passion...respect man from a beach hunter ....keep it real
Much appreciated have a great new year and happy hunting!!
@@thescottishdetectorist happy new year
Just wanted to say I love your vids, your knowledge of history and obvious joy at what you and the boys find. Your green stone celtic cross stone however I think..is potentially one of the most stunning significant finds you've come across. The stone itself was selected for a reason...its amazing. Can't wait to hear what the experts opinion is...Brilliant! And keep up the good work mate. Happy Xmas to you all..
Many thanks John for those kind words. Hope you’ve had a great Christmas and best wishes for 2023!!
Hello John, Looked like a great hunt! I believe your bit of silver was an embellishment on a stoneware tankard, cup, or pitcher. I’ve seen them trimmed with silver banding just like that! Take care, and happy hunting!
Much appreciated Jeff. Thanks. And Merry Christmas 🎅🏻
It looks like it was stripped off of whatever it was on and rolled up intentionally. I'm thinking that you may have found an item from a personal hoard of valuables. I'd scour that area intensely. Just amazing the lands that you have available to hunt.
first one of your videos i have seen, i am a yank, a texas yank. i have a slight bit different accent than y’all, but i do really enjoy y’all’s. my mothers people were McDaniels, we have traced the family back to the time of robert the bruce. i definitely enjoyed you video and i am looking forward to seeing more. good luck
Rick, welcome to the channel. Happy to have you and hope you come to visit the clan lands soon!
Wingsandbeaks here ~ Your new Christian stone may have originated somewhere far away and been dropped. Let us know in a follow up when you find out. 0:00
Many thanks Mary. I’ll certainly update you on arrival
Glad the perma frost has buggered off. A relaxing boxing day viewing, indeed. 9 K .Let's go.!! Bless up bro 👊
Thanks Nick. I tell you I thought it was unachievable a few weeks back but I’m getting close!!
Great video. I hope to visit Scotland one day. Beautiful place with a lot of history.
I hope you are doing well. Hopefully you won’t get the-30 windchill like we did here in the Midwest of America. Good digging to you!😊
Stay warm and healthy Martin. Fingers crossed there’s a thaw on the way for you
52 here in Northern Illinois today. Sloppy but, we'll take it temporarily...
Need a little duffle as part of your gear. I have one that I keep extra batteries, drinking water or such, gloves and all associated gear to keep you on the fields.
Loved this hunt the stone is amazing, nice finds think the horse brass is Georgian furniture fitting
Thanks for the info, I think you are right with the furniture fitting, makes sense with that hole! Much appreciated
And happy new year!!
Fantastic video and great finds! Happy hunting ✌🏼❤️😊🍀
Much appreciated and I hope to see you on the next dig!
very cool...looks to be a unique site!
Many thanks, see you on the next dig
Hey John If you ever get massive and start merchandising shirts that say "Tractor Related" Ill be your first customer.
Haha 😂 thanks Matthew!! Maybe one day I’ll be rolling out the merchandise, time will tell!!
Have a great 2023 and who knows 🚜 😂
Well I enjoy cleggy,s channel, click bait and all. He puts a lot of work in to provide entertainment. Slainte 🍷
Best wishes John! 🥃
Hi Jim. He’s an entertainer and we’ve all got our own way! Thanks for your support and have a great new year, best wishes
John
Very interesting, subscribed !
Welcome aboard David and have a wonderful New Year 🥳
always enjoy your videos the button and stone , stunning finds . have a good new year i know its late .
Thanks Andrew. Happy new year to you too
Sadly John is holding back the goodies to
Next year. Lady who has to be obedient, has
Visit from her Chief. So good luck to John
Happy Hunting New year 😜🔝❤️
Haha 😂 fingers crossed lots of goodies for 2023!!
Nicely done I enjoyed the video, and I love me some Clegg I think the Gentlemen comment was out of line. 🇺🇸
Glad to hear you enjoyed Fred. Hope you have a wonderful New Year and I wish you all the best for 2023!! Best wishes, John
I was surprised to see the bridle rosette you uncovered at the 13:00 min.mark. I uncovered an identical rosette in a farm field here in Brandywine, Maryland a couple of yrs. ago. Thanks for the good content and a Happy New Year!
Many thanks Mike and best wishes for 2023! Catch you on the next dig
its the back plate of a 1930s/50s draw pull handle.....a set of 6 with ring pull handles....£6/8 if you're lucky....xox
The stone with the cross looks like it could be made from Bloodstone with the green hue to it and the small red/orange markings. There is a small outcrop of bloodstone on the Isle of Rum in the Inner Hebridese, if my memory serves me right I believe all other bloodstone is found very far from the UK.
Love your videos!
Cheers, Mark H
Thanks Mark. Hope you had a great Christmas and see you in the next dig!!
It looks like serpentine to me
If the stone is rare for Scotland then there is a chance it is a piece from the Holy Land, or at least claimed as such. Pieces of stone, or wood or water or anything really, from the Holy Land were very popular Christian souvenirs in the middle ages, especially around about the time of the Crusades when lots of people were coming and going from Europe.
It looks like green jasper/bloodstone (not convinced I can see any red in it though?) - you can find both in Angus which is pretty close to where it was found
@@Tseringlhatso 👍
Happy New Year! Look forward to more of you digs in the new year - have a good one! 🎉
Many thanks Pauline and Happy New Year to you
Interesting bit of silver. Marty should have named Wilson, Flash. And always good to see Lexie. Great bit of kit you got for Christmas. Happy New Year, or Hogmanay.
Yes he never stops does Wilson 😂 merry Christmas 🤶
Putting your Christmas presents to great use 🎁 Martyn’s dogs are such great helpers 😂 🎉🎉🎉9k followers 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks Jennifer. I can’t believe it 🥳 a few weeks ago looked like I had no chance and then suddenly boom 💥 the new followers have rocketed!!! Many thanks and have a great new year 🥳
Congratulations on the 9k subs, well deserved. Keep up the great content.
Many thanks Donald. I’m blown away. Thanks for the support and best wishes and have a great new year!! John
Another great video John. All the best for 2023.
Thanks Philip much appreciated best wishes to you too
Well done👍
Many thanks and Happy new year Thomas
Great vid as usual John!! Always top of my viewing list!! In new year you ought to entertain the though of collaborating with HH Sagas in UK! You two are deffinitly the History Professors of Metal detecting On TH-cam!! #1 You guys could have a TV show as well as being professionals !!! Just a thought? Happy New Year John!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Fingers crossed @HolzHammerSagas and me can get a programme together on The History Channel, and we can find gold staters together on his permissions!! 😆 merry Christmas 🎅🏻
The Stone with the Cross looks interesting. I would have thought the stone would have been polished with wax or something to bring the colour out. Maybe from a religious Mace or Staff. 👍
It’s definitely interesting that’s for sure!! I’m
Sending it off for a look over!!
Nice finds! And another sub...
The stone may have been used as a good luck charm and rubbed before a battle or when troubles arose.
Thanks Greg. It’s a really interesting find that’s for sure
First video i watch from you and i love your accent!
We here in the good ol USA dream of detecting fields like this!!! Great finds there and Happy New Year to you and your family....from Mike in sunny Florida
Many thanks Mike. Yes we are blessed with the history but at least you get the sunshine!! Best wishes for 2023
I love you guys puppies they will love you to the end of days for takin them detecting 😆. You gotta great field there keep pulling the treasure fellas!! Luck is on you guys side. I believe y'all will find much more speacial finds in that permission. I just have a feeling
Fingers crossed James. Thankfully the mother in law was well behaved 😆 have yourself a happy new year!! See you on the next dig
Maybe the button is a hunting dog and it was off a hunting jacket, and back in the day they used to cut bits off silver items to sell it as its had to have the hallmark on it and that's why alot of silver thimbles are missing bottom
Thanks for that info Gaz, much appreciated
@@thescottishdetectorist your very welcome
The round thing ( horse brass ) looks like half a small door knocker, the plate you knock on. We had them on all the doors in our house , the servants used them back in the day
Hi k you could be right Richard. Many thanks for the input
I think your green stone has come from a pilgrimage to Iona Abbey as they can be found on the beach there
Oooh. That would be amazing!!! Much appreciated and have a great new year
I put everything that I need for detecting in the one rucksack and it stays in there so nothing is ever forgotten
I do that with fishing tackle. Otherwise, you're bound to forget something.
Well I normally do keep it all in my finds pouch but recently I’ve been travelling light and putting stuff in my pockets 🙄
I use a military day sack and put my find pouch, water bottle, toothbrush, tin foil, coffee flask, sandwiches, remote control, headphones, etc , etc, I have been detecting 43 years and still going strong lol
P.S. Also a Tayside Detectorist.
Small world!!! Happy hunting and hopefully some great finds coming your way in 2023!
Cool earphones brother John
So far so good, been out with them twice and much more comfortable and more importantly warmer ears!! 😆 have a great Hogmanay. Best wishes, John
Just stumbled across your channel. Subscribed 👍🏻😎
Great video John, from comments below i take it your name is John. Some very interesting finds.
I really enjoyed watching great to see what other people are finding. Got a new 15" coil from Santa
was out myself testing it on Boxing day expecting to find nothing so didn't take my camera.
Found 2 musket balls and a few old coins in a park walking distance from my home typical....
Anyway greetings from Ireland new Subscriber here..
Regards Heavydigging 👍👍
Sounds like a great Christmas present! Happy hunting and best wishes for 2023. Many thanks and best wishes, John
9k Subs, hell yeah!
Much appreciated
Hiya, newbies here enjoying your videos. We think the "horse brass" may actually be part of a furniture handle where the circular handle sat inside the outside ring and lifted up to operate the door/drawer. Could be wrong!😁
Hi Joy. Much appreciated. I think you are spot on. An incorrect ID by me but this is why TH-cam is great to have others to help with ID! Best wishes and have a great new year and a healthy 2023!
Speaking of forgetting equipment: I went deer hunting one time and forgot my boots. As fate would have it, I ended up shooting a 180 lbs. whitetail buck and had to drag it 500 yards in flip-flops! I went another time and forgot my bullets! I still sat there and watched the deer, of course. I don't think you'd forget your detector and walk around the field swinging your bare arm. LOL
Haha 😂 glad it’s not just me Jeff. I’ve an image in my head if you hunting in flip flops 🩴 😂 have a great new year
Murderer
I've detected along wagon trails in California far younger than your trackway. But, people regularly following those in wagons seemed to perpetually have bits falling of the wagons, oxen losing shoes, shells from hunting for the pot from the wagon seat, and liquour empties being tossed. Didn't find any coins. That piece of mixed cuprous and ferrous metals with the stamped lettering, could that bit you read as "Trois" be "Tho's," which is a common 19th century abbreviation for "Thomas?" If that's possible, the second word might be the surname "Watts." Recent historical material materials can be as archaeologically puzzling as older objects. Take it from a retired archaeologist who has worked on everything from the late Pleistocene to WW II era sites in the US.
Much appreciated and thanks for the suggestions! Happy hunting!!
I think the dogs are hoping you will dig up some potatoes. lol
Haha Merry Christmas 🎅🏻
That has to be the dirtiest coil I have ever seen in a video. 👍
Haha, cleaning is on my to do list!! Sorry Wayne 😆 and happy new year 🥳
That copper/bronze "comb" or rake is curious. Those metals are unusual in agriculture from the Iron Age on. I would wonder about a fragment of something from WW II.
Many thanks Dorian
Liked before intro 😎
Much appreciated
Hi John, love the video. BTW I've just come across a UTUBE site & his last video is amazing! Coin spill. WOW! He's ''Silver Boy Detecting'' All the best for 2023, cheers, John..
Thank for the info John, I’ll look that one up! Glad you enjoyed the video, hoping to get back on this field today!! Fingers crossed the ground isn’t too frozen. Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2023!! Stay safe. John
Maybe they used the stone to sharpen a sword again with cross I think its something to do with the knights templar
That would be amamzing
That's like that silver cross your mate found
We call them ball buttons.
A fantastic stone, I would hear the opinion of a geologist for dating.
Grazie per le immagini.
Grazie! 🎅🏻
The Button, if it is livery, seems to be a Wolf, and would be a badge f the estate the coat came from.
Thanks Wanda. I think you are right it is a wolf!! Have a great new year
Sometimes Romans used to write curses on lead
I think the round flat object you found is actually a draw handle the square hole is for the bolt,the little hole is for a small screw hole this helps
I think you are absolutely correct Paul! A wrong ID by me! Much appreciated and best wishes for 2023
@@thescottishdetectorist thanking you for your reply,I bet you find lot's of unknown object's,so you can't get every item right.all the best finding for the New year .
The stone looks like agrellite, ive found ancient Maori axe heads in new zealand made of that and looks similar color
Many thanks Jake. Need to look into that!
The ting you sed was a horse brass i might be but i do remember my mum used to have a set of draws that had the same thing at handles there was a ring that was hinged from the hole at the tip and sat just inside the rope part unless the set if draws wear re done and hose horse brass used as handles
Tip…tie your brush to your shovel.
Good thinking! Maybe I should then tie myself to the shovel and metal detector too! 😆 happy new year Richard
Good hunt. Any hunt that turns up silver is good. Don’t know what it is though. Be interesting to find out
Much appreciated. A surprise and unusual find. Best wishes and have a great new year
@@thescottishdetectorist you too
5:15 - that could have been made anytime in the 19OOs too
Could the button be a Wolf Hound maybe?
Looks quite large...although, I'm not sure the tail fits...unless, I'm looking at it all wrong and it's a fox 😅
I can’t make my mind up but I’m pretty sure it’s a fox
@@thescottishdetectorist it’s a bit of a dousie that’s for sure
Love your videos…keep it up! I would love to know more about your JVC headphones that have been modified to fit the receiver which is clipped on. Any chance you could provide a link to where you got them from? Thanks! Can’t wait for your next video!
I’ll ask the seller if I can share a link and I’ll add it to the next video
Please John try to remember your 🪥 toothbrush please stop saying in each episode five or so times that you've forgotten it, drives me mental 👍
Thanks Andy. I’m thinking of stapling it to my hand!! Have yourself a great new year. My New Years resolution is to be less forgetful!
Ya would not have thunk the scoots would have lost much , lol,
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Many thanks and have a great new year
The disk object (horse brass? not sure) at 13:07, looks to have an edelweiss flower on it however I could be wrong.
Many thanks, I’ll need to look that one up!
Great Video, indeed. But what I don't get is that people always lose their coins.
Thanks Jan. most people kept coins on them and worked labouring in the fields. It was intensive work bending lifting often involving dozens or even hundreds at harvest time and if you were riding a horse, easy to drop stuff too!
When you have an item with an inscription that’s hard to read, put a piece of paper over it and lightly rub a pencil over it until the image is visible. You should be able to read it more easily.
great vid. subbed.
Here's a conundrum for all you Scots.
My grand mum was a Wallace but once she married she became a Gildard.
The only record that I can find is Gildard and sons ,solicitors Glasgow.
Any help would be appreciated.
Census records. Unusual name. Never heard it in Australia.
Gildard. That’s a name I’ve never heard before. A search online suggests a link with France which isn’t uncommon as after the Norman invasion of England in 1066 lots of French Norman families came to Scotland in the 11th and 12th centuries thanks to our adoption of the feudal system.
In 1891 52% of all the Gildards living in the UK lived in Yorkshire!
@@thescottishdetectorist You are probably correct. They were two Norman Saints who were supposedly brothers but actually lived about 60 years apart. I believe that there are two chapels dedicated to them, one in France and the other in the south of England.
My guess is that the Scottish Gildards drew the short end of the stick :(
Looks like an arrow tip for hunting maybe.
That would be amazing
Check list - also
- fully charged coil
- full water bottle
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And don’t forget my brain 🧠 😂 merry Christmas Karen
, at 12.9 minutes; fragment of a Roman fibula in bronze.
I did wonder, I’ll need to give it another look over!! Thanks Doriano
should add a magnifying glass to your list of things to bring.
Monks used stones to wear away the hair on the tops of their heads maybe it is polished after constant rubbing on a monks head
Thanks for the info Andy. The jury is still out but it does seem it’s an old item, quite what the purpose was we don’t yet know, but it seems to be pre-1300 and maybe even back to 5th or 6th century!!!
Have a great new year and best wishes for 2023!
John
@The Scottish Detectorist it's just a lot of tonsure stones have been found around medieval monastic sites apparently back then the tonsure was thought to be more triangular in shape rather than round. I did read a paper online a few years back but typically can't find it now amd it did have a photo of a similar stone.
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Thanks Janis. Best wishes for 2023
That stone I'd say templar
I think it could be a Portuguese stone cannon ball of the Christian knights...a templar off shoot
It’s exciting if it is!!! Many thanks and happy new year
Lovely Viccy. Always prefer her coins to her mutant kids. Where did you get the gloves? 😀
A wee Christmas present 🧤 😆
Thank you so much for your great videos and wonderful history. I have what is probably a really stupid question from a non-detector but a magpie prone to pick the odd relic. Why so many coins? I would think that coins would be the last thing to become "lost" regardless of the time period. Were coins not used as payment for goods? Maybe there was more bartering and trading for goods? I understand the bullets and musket balls in the fields but money??? Thanks in advance for any explanation.
Thanks Paula. No such thing as a stupid question!!
These fields were intensively farmed for centuries. There’s old medieval ploughing going back to the 1300/1400’s and until the advent of tractors and mechanised farming it was all done by hand including the harvest which could have involved 100’s of people. People often had a few coins on their pockets and bending up and kneeling down they occasionally dropped out. Stand on a coin and it’s gone forever…. At least until I come along!!
Some days on some of the fields we’ve had 20+ coins in a session!!
Could be a chess piece or a marker for draughts top job son
Many thanks 😊
14.00 its the back plate of a 1930s draw pull,,,,,,nothing to do with horses
Yes I got this one totally wrong 😂 thanks Andy
The strip of silver is from the rim from a horn drinking cup
Thanks for the info Mike
A mole with a gold tooth…lol! I am pretty sure I have chased some of his American cousins!
Haha 😆 thanks Louie and Merry Christmas
Thats a LIon Passant,denotes it's been assayed as Sterling Silver
That’s the words I was looking for!!
Many thanks and have a great new year
@@thescottishdetectorist Some Older silver has a Lion Gardant,standing on it's hind legs,like our flag