Amazing Iron Age 2,000+ year old discovery - silver - relics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- What a day.
One of the finds of the year!!!
Plus coins and relics galore 🤩
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You've probably already looked up the mystery tag but B.I.C.C. Ld were racing pigeon related! Maybe off a crate that was used to transport them.
Chalmers Hospital in Edinburgh which still exists today was opened in 1864 following a bequest from George Chalmers (1773-1836) a prominent local plumber & lead merchant!
Half crown is two shillings and six pence .. a crown is five shillings. Luckily I'm old enough to remember the old coins lol.
Many thanks. Pre-decimal era isn’t my strong point 😂
@@thescottishdetectorist Easy way to remember - it goes way back because of convenience of division into integers.
240 pence in a pound as 240 is has a lot of factors that divide without remainder: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 48, 60, 80, 120. They used that fact for the major coinage of a silver and gold metals standard.
1 = penny
2 = half groat/tuppence
3 = threepence
4 = groat
6 = sixpence
12 = shilling
15 = dump (Australian colony 1813: middle of a New South Wales Holey Dollar)
24 = florin
30 = half crown
48 = double florin (1887 to 1890)
60 = crown
120 = half sovereign
240 = sovereign
There were others struck including 5d, 10d and 30d as Irish bank tokens and some trial pieces like 8d as an octorino.
@@thescottishdetectorist You are welcome.. and the reply below your reply from Andy Grace reminded me why I was SO happy we went decimal! LOL.
Crown was 5 shillings so half was 2 shillings and six pence
Thanks Stephen. Much appreciated! Pre-decimal isn’t my strong point 😂
The British half crown was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄8 of one pound, or two shillings and six pence (abbreviated "2/6", familiarly "two and six"), or 30 (old) pence.
Having spent a few of them and being old enough to, I can confirm that half a crown was two and sixpence! Nice find!
Wow it must be exhilarating, to find something that old. I cannot wait to see it when it’s all cleaned up. I bet it was beautiful brooch back in its day. I’m enjoying watching your videos. Thank you for sharing and God bless you
what a peaceful hour of intelligent gentle narration and great finds. subscribed.
Many thanks 😊
Very nice find! What a great day you had digging! Thanks for taking us along! I need your video today.
Glad you enjoyed… hopefully a gold necklace next time 😛
Yet again J another great find spot on with the brooch definitely pre Roman.
Thanks Raymond. Very exciting!!!
What a great day you had you lucky lot and some fantastic finds
Another excellent day Tony and that Iron Age brooch was great to find
Some fabulous finds. Can’t wait to see the brooch once it’s cleaned up.
Many thanks Sarah. Hopefully something really good to come from here!!!
Hi John, great video. My father came over from Canada, in 1936 and in 1939, at the age of 22, joined the Black Watch. Got through the war serving in Arica, North of England & France. I came along in 1947!!
Same year as my dad!! He turns 75 next month. When do you hit the big 75 or are you there already?
@@thescottishdetectorist There already John. 76 next Feb! Cheers.
Well coiled John, fabulous find with the Brooch, great video 👋👍
Many thanks Steve
What a great day! That Iron Age brooch is absolutely epic.....what a find! The silver half crown would have been a perfect day for anyone else, but you were able to ten further and find that beauty! Well done! If you could, would you post another photo of it when you get home and clean it further?
Thanks James. Yes definitely I’ll do a follow up once it’s had a proper clean. Glad you enjoyed and see you on the next which will hopefully involve a gold necklace!!
I celebrate the discovery of the iron age brooch with you! Incredibly cool find! I enjoy the way you narrate the action. :)
John Half Crown is worth 12½ pence, 1 shilling = 5p and I'm old enough to remember going to the shops for my mum with one if those, great videos, and sound is great with new mic.
Thanks Jim. Thanks god I didn’t live in the pre-decimal era, I’d have found it confusing as hell 😂 thanks god for 100p to the £ 😆
@@thescottishdetectorist Two shillings and sixpence. My grandfather used to give us kids half crowns each if he came to visit and we'd be very grateful!
a cracking half crown and . that broach what a day cheers john
Thanks James. A cracker of a day!!
wow nice find john wheres theres one theres more happy hunting
Definitely Alan…. I’ve high hopes for something special from this field that’s for sure!
Wow. Good day indeed
Many thanks Don
Awesome stuff yet again!! Brilliant.
Thanks Paul. See you on the next one!
Amazing Iron Age brooch 🤩 and lovely finds well done 👏👏
Many thanks Lesley! Much appreciated
fantastic, thank you.
Thanks for watching
Always a pleasure John! Love watching your videos and get excited for the notifications what a find that brooch was keep up the hard work fella!! 👏🏻
Many thanks. Hopefully some more great old items to come from this field!!
That was a rewarding hunt. Stunning fibulae.
Congratulations!
I guess that little water bottle of yours just isn’t going to cut it with this much finds. ☺️
Next time, just to make a statement to the guys, bring a pressure washer and a 50 gallon drum and look like you mean business. 😉
Haha 😂 I like your style!! Yes who’d have thought I’d find too much!!
Awesome video!!
Many thanks Simon!!
A worthwhile day out. What a touch getting that old brooch. Excellent stuff. Bless up bro 👊
Many thanks 😊
Audible gasp here in Texas when you uncovered that thistle. Wonder if he lost his toga when his brooch broke, great finds
Many thanks. Glad you enjoyed and see you in the next!!
An amazing find! Slainte 🍻
Cheers Jim 🥃
Hey John! That’s incredible! Just wondering if you’ve ever thought about doing a video on how you clean up some of you finds? Would be interested in seeing that if it’s something you do.
Thanks James.
I’ll add that to the list of ‘to do’ videos! Definitely a good idea
Cleggy calls "junk" "kack" LOL. Nice George Vs!! The silver 1/2 crown is brilliant!! The 1919 penny certainly has great historical significance. That brooch is spectacular!!! Well done!! What a day!!! BTW: You are a nice looking fellow, don't underestimate yourself, my dear!
Thanks Catherine. I prefer to hide behind the camera!! It’s easier 😆 but I appreciate your compliments
@@thescottishdetectorist ♥♥♥
Awesome
A crown was five shillings, half a crown 2 shillings and sixpence. Cheers much appreciated for your vids from Canberra.
Awesome day John! Congrats on the fibula thing!
Many thanks Greg. Much appreciated
The brooch is an amazing find!
Congratulations!
- I incorrectly edited my comment about the duct tape over the “Carrot” speaker.
I meant to say that I did not like how loud mine is and found that the duct tape quieted it down to a much more tolerable level.
(I noticed my mistake when you kindly responded and I felt quite bad because it made me feel like I came across as being a bit rude. Sorry, John.)
Ps- Using duct tape vs. the other type makes a huge difference.
Initially, I had tried the same thing, but found the piece of duct tape to work much better.
Cheers, Dennis
Hi Dennis.
No rudeness was inferred or felt on my part so worry not! It was good feedback and I’ll get into my shed tomorrow to try and find some duct tape because it’s definitely too loud! I could go with vibrate only mode but I’m not a fan of it!
Catch you on the next friend!
Congratulations on the finds. You are well deserving of them.🇨🇦
Many thanks Karen. Catch you on the next dig
Another amazing find with the brooch ❤ better not tell Sneaky Pete he will go and find a solid gold one 😂
Sneaky Pete is banned until he becomes rubbish at detecting again 😂
The broach pin is incredible. Congrats on that great find.
Many thanks 😊
So you were wondering who would be interested in a how to start up guide video a while back. I am definitely interested. First got the bug when I started watching The Detectorists years ago. Ever since then the only thing I got up to was watching YT content on the subject. I live in the States so I will never find anything super old but still seems like could get a lot out of it. Anyway keep on diggin, thanks for the vids.
Many thanks Nate. There’s definitely not as many old artefacts to find in the US but plenty of coins to be had over the last few hundred years, so you can still have fun.
Definitely a ‘how to’ video to follow
8 half crowns to the £
Thanks Ronnie. Much appreciated
What an awesome find 🤟
Many thanks
Amazing find 😮
Thanks Jane…. Hopefully more ancient finds to come from this field!!
Congratulations on the bronze brooch find. 😮 🎉 You’ll be back in that area looking for the gold torques! 😀
Fingers crossed some real goodies to come from this field
That brooch is epic 👍 great video as always.
Many thanks and I’m glad you like!! Hopefully more to come
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This field!!
Is the last find a wee spinning top?
Thanks Jim. I think you might be right!!
The broach is called a fibula. Awesome find!!!
Dangerous to have a GSD , nice bags under
Your eyes🤣🤣! Really fine brooch preroman?😜🔝❤️
Many thanks Toni. Yes I think the brooch is pre-Roman invasion of Scotland. Maybe 100bc to 50AD or so. Romans appeared here around 75ad and then came and went every few decades until the late 4th century but rarely stuck around for more than 10-15yrs at a time
I’d be changing Australian history if I found half of what you do. That brooch - amazing. Had a laugh at the almost swearing, I definitely would of been.
Do you know why Wales is left off the coat of arms or shield?
Well done to Martin for suggesting a change of field.
Many thanks. Totally unexpected and not an every day fund that’s for sure!!
Wales unfortunately for Wales is a principality or vassal state of England since Henry VIII in the 1500’s hence they don’t get a mention on the cost of arms. Ireland however and also Scotland were considered kingdoms so appear on the coat of arms, well until Ireland got its freedom in 1922
I expect someone has already said that the tag might be from British Insulated Callender's Cables (BICC), Preston
Much appreciated, I’ll need to look that one up!
I'm an old fart, I was 11 when we went decimal. Half a Crown was 2 shillings and sixpence, which equates nowadays to 12.5p, a Crown was 5/- (5 shillings), and there were 20 shillings in a pound, in practice we never saw Crowns in common circulation. One pound was 144 pennies (20 shillings x 12 pennies), a crown was a quarter of a pound, and a half crown an eighth of a pound.
Thanks Leon. I’ve no idea how people functioned in the pre-decimal era. I find it so hard to understand 😂 but thanks for the lesson!! You’ll probably need to remind me of all this in a week!!
240 pennies in a pound old money
Wow....the brooch! Never seen a Roman fibula dug up that looked like that. Let us know what you find out about it. And the big silver half crown was nothing to sneeze at. Now off to open my Christmas WeeBox from Glasgow.
Many thanks and enjoy the weebox! Hopefully some Tunnocks tea cakes in it!! 😆
@@thescottishdetectorist Nope, but some nice McCleans mince pies.
Congrats on the brooch! To hold something that old must be a great experience to imagine the last person that dropped it to the ground! May that massive gold necklace be in your near future!
Thanks Shawn. Fingers crossed on the massive gold necklace!!!
What a find John! I think you’ll be back to that field again
Definitely Jamie. Finding something that hasn’t been touched by human hand in 2,000+ years is such an incredible feeling and hopefully much more to come from this field!!! 🤩
@@thescottishdetectorist so chuffed for you buddy! Keep them coming😎
British Insulated Callender's Cables (BICC) Ltd employed thousands across Prescot and beyond. That is a label identifying a power cable type possibly on a small drum weighing 29lbs
Nice bit of spade work there John, I too am hoping you turn up a large bit of silver or gold, but I sure can see how these ancient relics get the blood flowing too. Taikuu for sharing. From Alaska USA, on to the next.
Many thanks and glad you enjoyed. See you on the next dig!!
Well done, thats a cracking find. Historically speaking there were no celts in the British isles, only one tribe on the continent referred to themselves as celts (if i can remember i will edit the post) so ancient Britons/picts are who it most likely was, too much gets credited to Romans in our history that its an absolute shame. Amazing finds, i love that area.
Thanks for the info. Much appreciated
sorry john but a half crown was actually worth two shillings and six pence. a crown was five shillings. im 74 so remember them well.
Thanks Roy. Honestly the pre-decimal era is a mystery to me…. Thanks god for 100p to the £ … I don’t know how you survived! 😂
Thanks for the info!!
Looks like a Trumpet brooch of sorts i think which makes it Roman - I will see what Hattatt says in "iron Age and Roman Brooches" but its likely 1stC AD well done !
yes i think i have found it... got a busy morning from now but will email you later
Many thanks!! Much appreciated
Really nice Roman fibula. Looks to be silver plated.
Thanks Michael. Really over the moon with that!! See you on the next and hopefully gold necklace to follow!!
Toga toga toga! Congrats on the Roman brooche! Fibula?
Thanks Norma. I think the brooch is actually pre-Roman invasion of Scotland which would make it around 100BC to 50AD give it take 🤩
WOW, you found it. That chain got hacked off of my chain male. It fell off while I was fighting with that Hadreon dude. Hmmmm…yep, it was either him or Antonia’s Epiphanies….hmmm, yep. Blessings, my Scottish Detectorist friend, from Tennessee. BTW, I came across Argent…nope, no good…he ain’t got your panache. 😅
I thought a half crown was 2 shillings and 6 pence = 30 old pence ? . Great video
I think it is. Me wrong again when it comes to understanding pre-decimal money 😂
Buy yourself a towel for the bowling balls, bowls or the boolin as they say here , you get them on ebay, they are green and have a stainless clip. Very inexpensive but great to clean yer hands
Many thanks. I’ll add that to the ‘to buy’ list
@@thescottishdetectorist it only grows longer lol
You should have kept following that one detectorist's tracks!
I think it was a rogue mistake. He looked like he knew what he was doing, just unlucky and I’m sure we all do it!
@ 70 years old I should tell you that I learnt that 240 d to the pound that would be 30d to 2/6= 12.5 np. So one crown. Would =25np.
Yet again got it wrong.
John I’m always getting pre-decimal coinage wrong. It’s impossible for my tiny brain to work out 😂
A half crown is 30d / 2 shilling & six pence.
Thanks Ken…. I’m not very good with the pre-decimal as you can see!! Thanks for keeping me right
Antique horse saddlemaker plate badge CHALMERS EDINBURGH c. 1880
Volume is a bit low in parts but otherwise a great video
Oh, I forgot to say, you need to add a link to your other channel 👍
The brooch looks like a Roman trumpet brooch.
Something going on with your camera? The colour tone keeps changing throughout the video.
Great finds though )🎉
I find in low light it has contrast issues, not helped by a small crack over the lens cover, but I’ve a new one on order!
The chain is most likely from a horse head harness.
Thank you for the info
No, your "mayhs" was up the creek!! £1 = 8 half crowns( 2s &6d)/ or 10 florins(2shillings). A "crown" was the princely sum of 5 shillngs, NOT as you suggested on yr video as: -2/6.
A crown was 5 shillings, half a crown was 2 shillings and sixpence
Thanks Deborah…. Me and pre-decimal…. Always getting mixed up!! 😂
@@thescottishdetectorist My age is an advantage in this, the first ten years of school were pre-decimalisation and I felt most cheated when instead of having 240 pennies in my piggy bank for £1 I only had 100p. Also, I missed the half-crowns as gifts and got a severe reduction in spending power when given 1Op which was only a florin ( 2 shillings) instead :) And a 50P piece was no substitute for a ten bob note!
Could that be a wee peerie wheel (spinning top) rather than a car wheel just a thought 🤔
I think it is a little spinning top! You’re right
BICC
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Could be a tag from a drum of cable
42:22 That's probably an old lead top instead of a wheel. Likely to predate toy cars, but a kid's toy nonetheless. Could be enlightenment period thru to recent.
Cracking example of a half crown ye got there, which was two and six and was five shillings to the crown.
the halfcrown is 2s and sixpence a crown is 5 shillimgs hope that helps
So what do you do with all the little clumps of miscellaneous metals like aluminum, lead, copper or bronze, do you leave them as is or smelt them into ingots?
I don't believe it was a wheel....Rather a top...spin between fingers and drop on a flat floor and watch it spin.
Thanks Hans. You could be right!!
Looks like tag from rolls of fencing wire.
Did you check that folded bit of lead for Roman curses?
I’m too frightened to unroll just in case 😂 I’ll send it to one of my enemies 😆
@@thescottishdetectorist MOOHOOHAHAHAHAHAAAA
2s6d half crown.. 5sh full crown.
Amazing thanks Eddy
Imagine heading to the pub for a pint with your group after a day of detecting.....who buys the first pint? Best find?
Could be my ears, lol
Thanks Sheila. I’ll have a playback and see!
Half a crown was two shillings and six pence
There were 8 to the pound ie 20 shillings
Or maybe a spinning top ?
Crown was 5/- 1/2 crown 2/6d = 12.5 p
sorry your maths are wrong old son a crown is a ¼ of a pound that makes half crown 2 shillings and sixpence or 30 penny,s and a florin or 2 shillings is 24 pence
Thanks Arthur. I would never have survived in the pre-decimal era!!! I simply keep getting mixed up and cocking up the maths 😂
I think this is your Scottish Chalmers -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalmers_Hospital,_Edinburgh
He was an Edinburgh lead merchant, 1773-1836. Now has a sexual health hospital named after him after leaving some money. Token could have been from him, or something from the hospital after his death.
Wow 🤩 amazing George!! Thanks for that’n
Hi. I have attached a ''book'' of Roman Brooches to your Visit Scotland Tours page via messenger. I hope it is of use
Good video BTW
Thanks Alistair. Much appreciated. Look forward to having a read!