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1st Jan,on the beach with Bean,The Ferret and Ground-Hog
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:38 pm
by thirddegreewitch
Very enjoyable day,with great company,real good fun and we hope can be repeated very soon
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had some great finds,musket balls,bullets and a lovely little ornate silver ring.will upload a better picture of it tomorrow,
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Re: 1st Jan,on the beach with Bean,The Ferret and Ground-Hog
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:44 pm
by thirddegreewitch
Forgot to add that the ring was dug out of the mud at 2ft 8 inches depth ! the 4pi is a DEEEEEEP seeker
Re: 1st Jan,on the beach with Bean,The Ferret and Ground-Hog
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:44 pm
by fishy
Some nice items saved there
Been a good day all round for many of us B-)
Re: 1st Jan,on the beach with Bean,The Ferret and Ground-Hog
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:07 pm
by thirddegreewitch
ive just remembered the bayonet end !,scrubbing it now and trying to id it...
Re: 1st Jan,on the beach with Bean,The Ferret and Ground-Hog
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:11 pm
by thirddegreewitch
im looking now ! thinking of hitting the beach again tomorrow
Re: 1st Jan,on the beach with Bean,The Ferret and Ground-Hog
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:36 pm
by thirddegreewitch
its looking like the end 6 inches of a brown bess socket bayonet, circa 1730-1750
Re: 1st Jan,on the beach with Bean,The Ferret and Ground-Hog
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:27 am
by thirddegreewitch
Heres a better picture of the silver ring,marked 'silver' inside.the onyx does polish up.
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Heres a picture of the bayonet OR sword tip (only discovered it could be a sword tip just now.
its sprung steel,triangular and goes to a fine point.
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Re: 1st Jan,on the beach with Bean,The Ferret and Ground-Hog
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:03 pm
by sandman
good finds chaps , knew id regret not going .
Re: 1st Jan,on the beach with Bean,The Ferret and Ground-Hog
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:27 pm
by thirddegreewitch
theres always next time
we are plotting another mission
Re: 1st Jan,on the beach with Bean,The Ferret and Ground-Hog
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:12 pm
by ground-hog
yhe plenty left down there specialy the militery stuff i think we all went home with a hanfull of musket balls lol,
yhe that 2nd coin i thought was a 2p turned out to be a 1941 one penny ( not old i know ) but mu oldist coin so far so i was