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Title: Roman Hob Nails
Post by: Mungo on September 12, 2012, 04:38:45 PM
quite a few people found some of these sunday at Chedworth.......looked on the PAS and they look like Roman Hob Nails...... ;D larger one 14 mm x 7 mm 0.8 g


Title: Re: Roman Hob Nails
Post by: Chef Geoff on September 12, 2012, 04:42:26 PM
I don't know what those Romans put in their hobnails but for something that's meant to be iron, they don't half give a good signal ;D
Taff and I detected one field and they had us tearing our hair out, there were so many.


Title: Re: Roman Hob Nails
Post by: handyman [Alan} on September 12, 2012, 04:42:44 PM
yep --they're hobnails.


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