Friday Update: 28 October 2022

October 28, 2022November 4, 2022 Paul

Editorial

I was reading this week about a detectorist in Jersey who was wading in the sea when he found a wedding ring. He put images of the ring on social media in an attempt to reunite it with the owner and hopefully make her day. She contacted him to say that she had deliberately thrown it into the sea after a messy divorce and could he throw it back in there. As usual, we’ve a good number of detecting finds this week that the finders are delighted are now above ground including nine from our readers.

PAS finds this week have raised a number of questions, some of which we’ve answered and other we would welcome suggestions for. Noonans have an auction in a couple of weeks that includes a good number of important detecting finds; there’s a chance to buy a whole Roman hoard of over 1000 coins.

In the news, a “unique” gold sword pommel, found a couple of years ago, has been acquired by a Scottish museum and there’s a 16th century gold ring found on Paul Hollywood’s estate – I’m sure there’s a baking pun in there somewhere but I couldn’t think of one.

Noonans to sell Knaresborough ring and other finds

Noonans auction on 15/16 November 2022 includes several detecting finds. There’s this ring found back in 1994 and a seal matrix that is from the family that inspired Hardy’s D’Urbervilles. Plus several rare coins, one found this September and an entire hoard of over 1000 Roman coins.

News

Scottish museum acquires gold sword pommel

A detecting find from 2019, this gold sword pommel was described as “like nothing else found in the UK before“. It has been acquired by a Scottish museum

Treasure found at Paul Hollywood’s former estate

Griffin ring found by detectorist Mark Presland at Paul Hollywood’s former estate.

Valuations and Identifications

Nine readers finds this week. Thanks to all those who have sent them in

Find of the Week

Groat of Henry VIII

John Well’s find is not particularly scarce but it does have a rare mint mark.

Runner Up

PAS Finds

Some questions in this week’s finds: Why was there a coin worth 33 shillings and why produce a weight for it after you decide to stop making that coin. Why make a copy of a King John penny and then gild it? Why make a figurine of a man, naked except for his hat?

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