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Our Brooch Finds
I would like to take this opportunity of thanking all of the Weekend Wanderers members who have given me permission to display their finds on this web page.
The beautiful brooch pictured below was found on a club dig in Hampshire by Robert Carr
We believe this brooch to date back to Roman times.
One of our FLO's Ros Tyrrell send the picture below after recording and identifying it for the finder
A late Iron Age brooch found by Darren Morrison
Peter Daniels found the Brooch pictured below on a recent Hertfordshire club dig.
Peter tells me that after washing it at home he could see it was a figure of eight brooch in the form of a stylised snake. There is no pin and it is bent a little at one end, but still a lovely little piece with a nice bronze patina and small traces of guilding on the back (none on front). It is about 50mm in length.
Peter Knowles sent me the picture below of a lovely Saxon disc brooch he found on a WWDC dig in Oxfordshire.
There is still quite a bit of gold on the brooch and the Garnet is still in place.
Many Thanks to Adrian Oates for sending me the excellent picture below of a recent and his first Roman Brooch find on a WWDC dig.
Adrian tells me this Brooch is a Colchester type, 1st Century AD Roman brooch
Terry Moir sent in the picture above of a lovely Roman
Disc Brooch, second century, and is in excellent condition - apart from it's
pin being missing. But I guess that's how it was lost in the first place.
Found with Terry's XP ADX100, depth about 3 inches.
The Brooch pictured above is believed to be Roman and was found by Brian on a recent club dig in Hertfordshire
The brooch pictured below was found on a recent WWDC dig in Buckinghamshire by Steve.
The find was identified as Medieval, recorded and photographed by our Bucks FLO Ros Tyrrell.
The brooch pictured below was found on a recent WWDC dig in Buckinghamshire by Ruth.
The find was recorded and photographed by our Bucks FLO Ros Tyrrell.
Stuart Bergman found the lovely Roman Brooch shown above
on a recent club dig.
Stuart found the Brooch using his Sovereign Elite.
Thanks for the picture Stuart.
Many thanks to Ken Tovey for sending me the picture below of his 2nd Century Roman brooch.
Congratulations to Jason as he has made some lovely finds in his first month of detecting with his Explorer XS
Jason found this Annular Brooch along with a nice Lizzie sixpence on a recent club dig.
Thanks to Paul Shields for sending me the picture below of a lovely brooch he found recently on a club dig.
Paul says .. "a small Victorian broach with nine stones in it. It's nothing to get excited about, the stones are only pastes (glass) but it is made of a mixture of gold and silver and is roughly 1870 to 1880 in date. It is roughly 9mm in length and may have been originally a ring but has been converted into a small broach some time in the past. It is one of those items where people used to put something behind the centre stone. Victorian's used to do this with items of sentimental value, or so the jeweller tells me. It's not worth anything in terms of value because it is so small, but I just thought you would like to have a look as this is my first gold/silver item which I have found with the club".
Can anyone ID the Brooch below for Peter Brown he states it was Silvered on the rear and it looks as if the front was enameled.
I received an e-mail from Nick Pane who states....
The Brooch pictured below was found by Bruce on a recent club dig.
Bruce says " I think it is Roman but other than that I don't have much idea. I cant find it in any of my books. Any help on identification dates etc would be most useful. There must be an expert out there" Can you help ??.
Wayne has been a member for about 3 months and found the Brooch shown below on a recent club dig.
Many thanks to "Badger" who states that the brooch is more than likely from the late 6th - 9th cent, A/S period although it lends towards Frankish origin.
The Brooch pictured below was found by Ade near on a dig near to Newbury. Ade uses a Fisher CZ7a Pro a and says the Brooch is made of bronze and it has flecks of gold in the markings. The picture below shows the back and front.
Ade is having trouble identifying this brooch can you help at all ???
Steve Maloney was lucky enough to find the beautiful ring brooch pictured below on one of our recent Oxfordshire digs.
Steve says .... the brooch was found in the same area as some Roman coins. I am uncertain as to the possible date for it as I've see various examples in similar condition but with only simple enamel decoration. This appears to have been highly decorative with a white enamel background, the red, white and blue colour and then a gilt edge surround. The size is unusual, being so small I did wonder if it could have been for a child. If you have and ideas or if someone else in the club might know, I'd greatly appreciate the help.
Steve had the Brooch looked at by the British museum, they said that apparently it dates from the Thirteenth Century when miniature brooches were very much all the rage. What they apparently find so interesting is that they do not have one of this example and find the enamel decoration rather unusual.
Thanks for letting us know Steve.
The lovely Saxon Brooch was found on a recent Wanderers dig by club member Brian Dumpleton. Thanks for sending me the scan Brian.
Mark Spinney found the fine example of a Roman Brooch shown below.
Wanderers member Udo van den Brock sent me the scan below of a lovely 2nd Century AD Roman brooch.
Its amazing that the brooch still has enamel on it after nearly 2000 years.
The beautiful and unusual brooch pictured below was found on a recent Wanderers dig by David Eagles.
David is having trouble identifying this brooch so if you have seen one before or can tell us more about it please e-mail me and I will pass on your comments to David
Thanks to Simon Neale who e-mailed me stating that he believes the brooch to be a Roman Zoomorphic brooch circa 2nd century.
The ring brooch pictured below was found by Simon Neal on a recent dig.
Simon believes the brooch to be circa 13-15 century.
The lovely Pilgrims cross shown below was found on one of our Buckinghamshire digs by Simon Kemp.
Simon sent me the scans above showing the fine detail on both sides of the cross.
The brooches pictured below were found by Wanderers Member Dave Phillips
What a handful !! 2 Roman brooches and the lower left one is Saxon.
WWDC member Neil sent me the picture below of a wonderful brooch he found on a recent Wanderers dig. Neil tells me that after a day of finding nothing but shotgun cartridges he had given up and on his way back to his car he found the brooch. It just shows you never know do you.
The brooch has been identified as a Roman 'Hod Hill' variant from the 1st century AD. Thanks for the picture Neil and well done.
Weekend Wanderers club member Mark Spinney sent me the fine picture below being a selection from his finds from a recent Weekend Wanderers dig.
The picture above shows a very nice Roman trumpet brooch.
Thank you for sending me the picture Mark.