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Reiver
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This is a find from just before lockdown. Could this be a fragment of a bronze age axe head or am I making a fool of myself?
I have contacted my FLO. Who says it looks interesting . Came up from a field literally just in front of my house when I took my new Nox 8oo out for one of its first outings. The first outing produced a hammered Edward penny . Since using the Nox my find rate have gone up exponentially ,what a machine. Can anyone help with ID. ?
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That certainly looks very promising - well done :Star:
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"Could this be a fragment of a bronze age axe head"

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It's a yes from me too. :thumbsup:
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Thanks guys, don't feel quite so silly now. :clapping:
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TerraEnglandia wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:45 pm It's a yes from me too. :thumbsup:
Did you not have something similar on one of your videos?
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tip of a socket-ted axe.
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wow, very nice , definately on my wish list :thumbsup:
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tone wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:09 pm tip of a socket-ted axe.
Who's Socket Ted? :lol: :lol:
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Excellent :clapping: Bronze age items are among my favorites to view
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Sorry mate I'm not so sure of it being a part of a socketed axe head here's mine that I found and I can't see a resemblance
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Carling 2 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 11:04 pm Sorry mate I'm not so sure of it being a part of a socketed axe head here's mine that I found and I can't see a resemblance
Yours is a palstave axe, solid cast

Reiver’s is part of a socketed axe, they are hollow cast, very often find parts of them as they are not as robust as a palstave

Found similar myself and recorded as such :thumbsup:

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Carling 2 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 11:04 pm Sorry mate I'm not so sure of it being a part of a socketed axe head here's mine that I found and I can't see a resemblance
Wow ! Now that's what you call an axe head, makes my fragment look a bit sorry for itself. Thanks for the input. :thumbsup:
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your's is a middle bronze age palstave mate.
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