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Metal Detectors Local Finds - July & August 2007

Early August saw the Scunthorpe Metal Detectors discovering these pieces locally.

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Jean Jacobs rings a crotal bell she found - the first time its sound has been heard in 300 years!

Jean’s crotal bell - 42mm from top of loop to bottom

Groat - 26 mm Obverse (above) Reverse (below) found by Harry.

The last weekend of July saw the Scunthorpe Metal Detectors discovering these pieces locally.

And if you wondered what three and fourpence looked like - then here it is!  This half-noble coin was found at the weekend locally, and it’s value was three shillings and fourpence - or exactly one sixth of a pound.  The full noble was worth six shillings and eight pence - one third of a pound, and was the first English gold coin to have widespread circulation - though other denominations had been produced in gold, in small numbers.

Ken describes the weekend’s successes at Risby for us:
Jean found a couple of things, a long bent object described as a "Roman Medical Instrument" which measures 46mm. and the head of a Saxon pin.
One of the other members found an Edward III gold half Noble (above) and another member found a Celtic silver unit coin, with a lady member finding an Edward III farthing.

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