Comments for Detecting Finds

Comment on Groat of Edward III by Steve Simmons

Steve Simmons — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:19:22 +0000

Thank you for identifying the class, I really struggled to find the information required.

Comment on Victorian gold sovereign by Richie watson

Richie watson — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:43:06 +0000

Thank you for your valuation Peter. Very helpful.

Comment on Bronze Age dress fastener is “one in a billion” find by Jay leon

Jay leon — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 07:44:25 +0000

A friend of mine and an amazing personality to have in the world of metal detecting hobby and a well deserved gentleman and his detecting sidekick well done to them both.

Comment on Largest hoard of hammered gold coins ever found by Pete Craughwell

Pete Craughwell — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:03:39 +0000

It was my late father John Craughwell who found the Fishpool treasure hoard

Comment on Type IIIa groat of Henry VII by Stu

Stu — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:11:14 +0000

Good ID. This is the 2nd one I’ve seen online that’s correctly identified. I’ve just acquired one myself that was misidentified. Searching the Portable antiquities website and many auction lots was bringing up type II coins and IIIb being identified as type IIIa. It’s surprising how many people miss the hair styles or say the escallop mm is cinquefoil on worn coins. The Greek E and Roman M is also a giveaway from the other types.

Comment on Angel of Henry VII by Heath Huntington

Heath Huntington — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:45:10 +0000

Thank you Peter for a great write up, your expertise and knowledge is greatly appreciated.

Comment on PAS – What to record? by Mat kent

Mat kent — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:35:10 +0000

In britain we are very lucky to have the freedom to enjoy our hobby , searching for , hopefully discovering , and being able to carefully handle, historic items, lost or hidden by our ancestors, and uncovering potential unknown inhabitation has been the greatest thrill and honour . For myself and my wife, Zoe , to be able to potentially find items of significance that could, further, help build the picture of our heritage and give us a better insight into our ancestors day to day lives , is reward enough and we couldn’t do this if we didn’t have the amazing resource that is the P.A.S scheme .

I know they struggle to keep up so it would be great if more resources could be made available to them for more F.L.Os or even people trained in specific areas such as artifacts or coins which may speed the process of recording up
But ultimately i think all recording should be done by F.L.O’s, self recording will never be feasible as it can be quite complicated to record items correctly
And i think we will end up with many wrongly recorded items

Comment on Halfpenny of Aethelstan forgery? by quantovyx

quantovyx — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:39:53 +0000

An Edward the Confessor small flan penny is 14mm in diameter and weighs about 1 gram (I have 2 and have checked them). Obviously this isn’t an Edward the Confessor coin, but I don’t agree with the comments that the weight/size are necessarily wrong. I can’t find anything on the internet or the books I have to give the Athelstan coin a positive ID (possibly North 668? or Spink 1104A?). Why would somebody make a fake coin of one that doesn’t exist? It’s all very intriguing. The moneyer is also correct for the king and the period. Your comment on a viking copy might well be correct, but again the copy must be based on some coin in use at the time?

Comment on Tashkent treasure donated to museum by Ronnie Watkins

Ronnie Watkins — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 15:49:40 +0000

Very interesting story I will be debating this at our club night in July. as often items of coins that are not complete ? is a coin or artefact. and we have our region FLO attending our club next month. August.

Comment on Peter D Spencer Biography by Michael Ruczynski

Michael Ruczynski — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 12:42:29 +0000

Well done peter thank you for all your help over many years , my first pay packet was a bit more than yours at £ 4 , 6 shillings , keep up the great work and enthusiasm. All the best Mike and John .