Displaying Finds ?

[Rank81]

As mentioned above, I have also been guilty in the past of having stuff tucked away in different places Nick... not helped with moving home so many times over the past 40 years! So it's good to get into the habit of thinking about identifying them and storing them at the outset. I know that I've 'lost' some interesting pieces in the past... either because I didn't have an ID at the time, or didn't have time to clean them. I found yet another of those little tins recently, with a couple of nice bits that I didn't have time to clean or ID in the past.

We have some really talented DIY'ers and arty types on here, with some excellent examples of displays and storage in the same forum as your post. Not a skill I possess.

Personally, I do have a few of the 'off-the-shelf' display frames, but I tend to use the Lindner stacking units. I have around 30 of them and keep them in a nice pine cabinet... just open the door and pull them out. Keeps my wife happy (not so 'in yer face', and she can put ornaments on top). . I'm just going through the process of decanting them into cardboard holders and labeling them.

Another thing you may want to consider is recording finds. Not just with the PAS (when appropriate), but for your own records. I just found a nicely-toned token that I found many, many years ago, but haven't got a clue where I found it. Probably London (the soil is terrible where I am now), but good to get into the habit. Probably another thread, but I use a diary now.

An excellent point, I was only discussing this week things I might not of noticed when a novice and there's things that I've just no idea where they could of gone!

[Julus]

Here’s one more idea for all the musket balls we come across. I display them in cleaned out scented candle jars (snatched from the missus ):

[Zyrbalax]

My dad and I use old printers block trays with perspex over the top. Numbered with a corresponding sheet say what the item is. Only show the best of finds and examples of each thing. We now have 3 of these.

In time what you choose to display will change as your finds increase etc
Good luck

Hi, you have a lead cross in that display (middle section, next to the thimbles. I found something that looks like it could be similar (missing one arm), could you let me know what yours is? I was going to stick it in the box to show the FLO but maybe it’s worth me posting it here for an ID.

Thanks
Ian

[Rank81]

Hi, you have a lead cross in that display (middle section, next to the thimbles. I found something that looks like it could be similar (missing one arm), could you let me know what yours is? I was going to stick it in the box to show the FLO but maybe it’s worth me posting it here for an ID.

Thanks
Ian

Though difficult to date, these crude lead crosses are often deemed 'plague cross's ' and date to the medieval period. This was where the museum placed the example shown when combined with the place of discovery