A silver Russian 10 Kopek piece....(same size as and vintage as a vicky sixpence).... obviously pre-revolution but the date is illegible. First russian coin I have had. A broken childs silver bangle made in Birmingham in the early 1900's. An older child's silver ring with what I think is an image of the child's patron saint Nicholas. Could be Russian as well and found quite close to the Kopek. And then a 17th century silver button in complete condition. i like that one.
A few other interesting bits including a rather abraded bronze Merovingian equal-arm brooch with the classic ring and dot design. Quite small. Found near a small fragment of Merovingian shroud-hook I found some time ago. so something going on there.
So i was in search of more Mero stuff in the adjoining field. (The other bits were found very near the boundary.) This field had some drainage put in it last year. Lots of quite deep trenches dug all across it and I hoped this would have fetched something old up. Trouble is, this field has had quite a few doses of the dreaded Green Waste over the last few seasons. I can usually work it, but when i got on it had been disked and was very fluffy. That meant even signals for good stuff would be all broken so it quickly became impossible and so i resolved to have another go on it after the ground compacts by weather, the roller, or both.
So I was walking back home but of course I always look at the ground
...and there, poking out of the dusty soil and sprinkling of flint nodules was this unmistakable shape. Something HAD been dragged up from deep levels after all! It is quite small.....and I like it because one half is smoothly finished and the bit that presumably went into the miniature shaft is in the shaped state as it was before polishing. (I darsay the maker didn't bother as it would be covered up....well that is my idea anyway.)Never found a polished thingummy before. It is amazingly tactile.
I'll take some photos of my other bits and bobs tomorrow.
