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had a couple of hours out detecting with dale and managed my first bit of silver in a while  :D

Cheers for this evening Steve it was a good hunt with plenty of coinage, and strange items......like the head I found.
If anyone could give a id on the badge, that would be great.....Cheers ;)

Not a bad collection for a couple of hours Steve.  I see you're still finding the pennies. ;D  Bet that was a pretty button when it was lost.


Val

mate the badge is a silver ww1 royal artillery cap badge it should have a silver stamp on the back  ;D

well done on your finds

Your spot on Steve it says silver on the back, its nice being WW1 cheers for the id ;)

Very nice Dale.   Sherlock Holmes, a shilling from the year I was born and a silver badge.

You both had a good couple of hours.

Val

Well done both, I love that head and military badge.

Thanks Val :) it was a very enjoy dig.

Looking on line at the badges, they all seem to have cut out, but this one is solid with no cut outs ???

Val I can't see a coin with a 1993 date on? Isn't that the year you were born ?

The head is a strange one, its made of lead, and would fit lovely on a pencil ;D

Well done both, nice finds  ;)

Nice finds both of you  :)

Is there a date stamp on the back of your badge Dale ?   

The Royal artillery have a Museum and there is are contact details.  Wonder if it might be worth sending them a pici and asking them about it.    Link below


http://www.firepower.org.uk/index.php/contactfirepower/ (http://www.firepower.org.uk/index.php/contactfirepower/)


Val

A very nice badge.The Royal Artillery motto on it in latin says;. Where Right and Glory leadeth.

Hello.
There is an old saying about the Royal Artillery Badge - of which in the RA the Gun is the colours of course.
 It is that of the 5 - 'Nevers'
1. The grass under the gun that has never grown.
2. The wheel that has never turned.
3. The barrel that has never been rammed.
4. The gun that has never been fired.
5. I cannot say here, as ladies read it ,and so it would not be correct - clue -  it is in the Latin moto.

Yes VivThe Chip I was a gunner in the late 60s, 19th regement RA.

he looks like a Jockey to me...

Is it from a pipe tamper?

I think the head is of a boy scout,and the clover badge is a girl guides badge.The scouts and guides used to have jambarees,perhaps they were held in that field.

Yeah, I think you're right there :)

Unusual "boy scout" badge and some nice finds

Lovely finds there, a good day. Well done  :) .

nice selection well searched  ;)

 :)great collection of badges there well done :)

You are right Dale they were to fit on the tops of pencils. I have had a jockey one and I know a few others who have had them. They aren't entirely identical and I wonder if they were supposed to represent real jockeys at a particular time.

Funny you should say that, back in the Victorian times and earlier they raced horses on the land! there was big prizes in guineas....... but I haven't found one there yet :)

Cheers Val, thanks for your help, il try that :) :)

well found