Best of my finds from detecting days in Cumbria
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Now that the inquest has been done and it's public knowledge, I can tell you about the Bronze Age hoard I found at the start of the year.
Current thinking is that it is a founders hoard due to the presence of a bronze ingot.
Anyone know what kind of coin this is? Has the shape of a cartwheel penny, but it hasn't got the raised edge. There might be an outline of a shield on one side, but nothing on the other.
Not been getting out much recently, but did find a couple of musketballs and a button yesterday. There was some detail on the button for a change, and Google was able to find out even which building the makers traded out of. – at Barepot, England
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💛 An extraordinary hoard of three possibly Bronze Age solid gold arm-rings has been found in Cumbria!
The rings - torcs - all of which have distinctive fluted or flared terminal ends, were found on farmland near Harker by Alan Daniels and Andy Crammond.
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A George III penny in a half decent condition for a change. Still can't quite make out the year, but it'll be 1760 to 1820. – at Barepot, England
Absolutely incredible!!
cumbriacrack.com/2026/05/27/… – at Karlovasi, Greece
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fair play to this part of Cumbria for producing both England's World Cup back-up keepers, James Trafford and Dean Henderson, *and* WC2006 back-up Scott Carson. The Gipuzkoa of goalkeeping.
I was at the URC dig again yesteday. After a days digging and not finding much, I got the detector out for the last hour and managed to get this coin out of the spoil. – at Calder Bridge, England
11 coins in only 3 hours and only a small section of field.
Elizabeth 2nd:
3 x two shillings 1962 (twice), 1967
1 x sixpence 1966
1 x shilling 1968
George 6th
2 x three pence 1944, 194?
Victorian
2 x half pence 1862, and ??
1 x penny 1866
The last one is a Hibernia halfpenny. – at Barepot, England
My first day back on the URC dig. I was working on this section resting up alongside the wall of the bathhouse/palace/imperial building. Finding lots of lumps of clay, and a floor surface. Lovely examples of different sections of occupation shows up well.
*thread – at Carlisle, England
What a turnaround! COYR
GETTTTTTT INNNNNN
A second half turnaround sees us secure our NPL status.
#OurTownOurTeam #RootedInRed
It's a bit of difficult one to ID, but I think we have a William III halfpenny.
There's definitely a bust facing right on the 1st picture, and I think the date at the bottom on the 2nd photo says 1696. Any thoughts?
Excuse the state of my hands!
Another wander into the Lake District today. Cathedral caves, Slaters bridge and a visit to Yew Tree Farm which Beatrix Potter used to own!
Not out for long today as the battery died on the detector, but it was productive. Two bits of silver, first of 2026! One Victorian silver spoon, and an immaculate George VI sixpence dated 1943.
Also a harness ring/buckle/ring money/thing.
@SDetectorist do you think it will be easy enough to straighten the spoon back into shape? I don't want to damage it.
