Small artefact with what looks like a face for ID please.

[Giz]

Out this afternoon on a field which has had sheep grazing on turnips, the field is close to were I live and when I saw that the sheep had been taken off I decided to have a few hours on it. Unfortunately on closer inspection the turnips were still of a height which made detecting a challenge, still gave it a couple of hours, a fair few non ferrous targets mainly bits of lead and plenty of buttons, a few toasted copper coins. I also dug this artefact in the photos below, at the time I didn't take an in field photo as it was caked in hard crud. What made me keep it instead of putting in the rubbish pouch was in the past I had found a Saxon pin head from the same field and this was more or less the same size and shape. When I arrived back home I set about carefully taken of the hardened crust to my surprise what looks like a figure head materialised. So fellow members another pin head? If not what could it be, as you can see its quite small. Ta for looking.

Using the Manticore, stock coil, All terrain general, sensitivity 25, reactivity 6, stabiliser 5, GB 0.








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[alfaowner]

That’s a nice find , Could be a pipe tamper ? Well found

[Wiltshire Rich]

That’s a nice find , Could be a pipe tamper ? Well found

Looks like a pipe tamper to me too.... Cool little thing!

[Giz]

That’s a nice find , Could be a pipe tamper ? Well found

Thanks, that's a good suggestion.

[liamnolan]

Yes, leans towards pip tamper but looks very ancient indeed, great patina, super find, Liam