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Title: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: Radnor Bandit (Ian) on June 24, 2009, 08:31:41 AM
Blessed be them molehills, found eyesonly while walking my dogs, Probably mezo/neolithic, any suggestions.
Cheers Ian


Title: Re: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: Kev on June 24, 2009, 08:36:03 AM
nice flint BANDIT,you dont always need our detectors do we, and the molehills always are good ,found my vicky florin in one,well done m8 great finds. ;)


Title: Re: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: StumbledUpon on June 24, 2009, 08:39:58 AM
Nice find, :) Looks like a blade could be any time up to early B/A.


Title: Re: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on June 24, 2009, 08:50:50 AM
Nice find fella , well spotted.


Title: Re: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: hedgehog on June 24, 2009, 09:20:23 AM
Always nice to find a flint tool, well spotted Bandit, nice one too! Couldn't have a better area for finding them, Walt is your man for flints he will give the lowdown on that one soon, could be right Maxine!


Title: Re: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: mole on June 24, 2009, 10:22:31 AM
Nice find!! Radnor  ::) very similar to one I found on last sundays R.A.R.E rally I decided to dig a dodgey signal  and out popped what I thought was a piece of metal due to the grey colour of the flint it had been worked looks like a scraper  ??? good hunting  ;)mole


Title: Re: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on June 24, 2009, 12:16:17 PM
another molehill find is it, wow  nice one, thanks thanks to them moles out there, but not the blighters in my garden lol


Title: Re: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: waltonbasinman on June 24, 2009, 08:23:09 PM
Nice find Radnor Bandit. It is called a blade, to big to be a Microlith and you would be spot on with the Mesolithic / Neolithic crossover. About 4500 to 3500 BC, so just about 5500 years old at least. A bleeding cracking find.


Title: Re: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: silky on June 26, 2009, 04:10:42 PM
well done radnor ,a wonderfull find.


Title: Re: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: ROMAN STEVE on June 26, 2009, 04:38:40 PM
That is a nice find well done


Title: Re: cracking bit of burnt flint
Post by: Radnor Bandit (Ian) on July 04, 2009, 09:10:51 AM
Thank you all.
 I will be back up there soon and will "keep em peeled" Will post more photo's if any more come my way.


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