My first "Hoard".... and it's Bronze Age!

[Villan (Neil)]

  Stunning fella,well done 

[heather]

wow what a find, goes to show no field can be "done" lol.

Well done, and hope the new bike goes well.

Take care

H

[jtalbot0001]

Hi Neil,

Thanks for the reply Neil and thanks for that photo, yes, mine is socketted, although the socket is still full of earth. I did have my coil on the bottom of the hole, and it wasn't registering anything, the soil type at the level of the axe/hammer was completely differnet in comparison to the upper layer which was pretty much soft black soil. The axe layer is very white and grey, almost shelly like, and very solid and compact. How much deeper was the other axe from the first one found on the DW rally?

Cheers, Jon

[jtalbot0001]

"On 24th May 2009 a Late Bronze Age axe mould and three axes and were found by Mr Andrew Chamberlain while metal detecting in the parish of Rothley, Leicestershire. The hoard consists of two socketed axes and a complete mould (found in one hole) and a Palstave axe, which was found in another hole 7 metres away......"

7 meters apart, well now, back to the site I go!

[bajero]

Cracking finds, well done