The Weekend Wanderers Metal Detecting Club Picture Gallery

Chris Hemus found the lovely ring pictured above on a recent Bedfordshire club dig.

Ros Tyrell one of Our FLO's sent me the picture above once she has recorded and Identified the item for the finder.
A complete Roman copper alloy & iron key ring found by Gary Polain

Hi Paul, Just wanted you to see my best find from today's club dig ! Of course when down into the bottom of a hole and you see this mud covered object showing a glint of silver and coloured stones, with --- are they celtic knots? I must say, yes your heart does speed up a little, it does seem to feel much warmer, and your once steady hand does start to shake, you look around to see if anyone has seen you, nobody is taking a blind bit of notice and why should they? they're Detectorists in a world of their own! you lift it out of the hole, wow! feels heavy, you lift it up to your eyes, a small piece of the metal breaks off, you turn it over its made from white metal alloy could be AD 1960 with lovely coloured stones made from plastic, one quickly places the item in ones finds bag, wipes the now cold sweat from ones brow, blows ones nose, and continues the search without a backwards glance,

WWDC club Malcolm Fullbrook found the Medieval ring pictured below on a club dig in Hampshire.

Malcolm found the ring at the end of the day about 8/10 ft away from where our cars were parked. It was found at about 2 - 3 inches deep with a Minelab Musketeer Advantage. Malcolm is now waiting for a decision from the British Museum to find out what is going to happen with the ring.

This ring has been declared treasure, I will update this entry after the inquest.

The lovely ring shown below was found recently on one of our Oxfordshire digs by WWDC member "Hot Rod"

Thanks to Paul Shields for sending me the excellent picture below of a recent find from a club dig in Buckinghamshire.

Many Thanks to Steve Armstrong for sending me the picture and text below the pictures of a lovely ring he found on a recent Club dig in Bedfordshire.

This was found using an XLT with a standard coil. It gave a signal of 37 and because I was getting fed up with the shotgun cartridges I was tempted not to dig it. The fact that it showed a single bar on the graphics and I said to myself " if in doubt dig it out", so I did. Am I glad that I talk to myself.

It came up from a depth of between 8 to 10 inches. It is bronze with a green / blue glass inset engraved with a man standing. (Count the legs and you can see how you know its a man).

Thank you to WWDC member Peter Brown for sending me the picture above of a find he made at one of our Hampshire digs, the find has been identified as a Silver Tudor hair pin with very fine detail shown. Well done Peter and thank you.

Wanderers member Steve found the ring pictured below and asks if anyone can help him ID the find.

Steve says ............. It looks bronze and old. No mark on inside and in the form of a belt or something. The front has three indents in it but I dare not clean it to see them. If anyone can assist drop me an e-mail and I'll let Steve know. Steve now believes the ring is Georgian, do you agree ??

The picture above shows what its finder John Winter believes is a silver Victorian bracelet. Do you agree ?? If anyone can assist drop me an e-mail and I'll let John know.

John found this lovely piece in the afternoon at our last Christmas dig which was some compensation for him finding and losing again one of our special prize tokens.

The pictures below show a Celtic ring found on a recent Wanderers dig near Aylesbury by S. Zaremba who traveled down from Leeds to be with us.

Thanks to Terry for sending me the picture of a recent find of his below of what I think is a bronze stirrup ring complete with very pale translucent stone which may (or may not) be lapis lazuli

Many thanks to John Morris for the beautiful picture of the Irish Claddagh ring he found shown in all its glory below.

Both rings were found on the same day by Terry within 30ft of each other alongside what is reputed to be an old Roman track. The gold ring has no hallmark, shows no sign of wear at all and the edges are still sharp from the mould. Both rings would appear to be for men as both are quite large.

The lovely earring pictured below was found on a recent Wanderers dig by George.

The picture above doesn't do the earring justice as the detail is quite spectacular and the hall mark can be clearly seen on the stalk.

The ring pictured below was found on a recent Weekend Wanderers dig in Buckinghamshire by Brian.

Brian tells me the ring appears to be made of silver and it has been suggested to him that it may be of Viking origin, we were hoping that someone may be able to help identify the ring further for us ( age, period etc ) If you can help please drop me an e-mail and I will pass on your information to Brian.

I have shown 2 pictures of the same ring below which was found on a recent Weekend Wanderers dig by Frank. This has to be the nicest ring I have ever seen and the pictures really don't do the ring justice

The ring is made of Gold and Platinum and shows a knight in armour holding a shield, the fine detail on this ring really is something else. Well done on an excellent find Frank and thanks for letting me show your find here.

Bill found the lovely heavy Roman ring pictured below on one of our recent Buckinghamshire digs.

The posy ring shown below was found recently by WWDC member Dave Nott in Middlesex with his C-Scope R1.

The lovely ring shown below was found on one of our recent Buckinghamshire digs by club member Gerald Futcher only 1.5 inches below the surface.

We pictured the ring next to a 20p piece to give you some idea of the size of the ring.

The ring has a lion on the face as shown above. We believe it to be Roman bronze but it has been suggested that it may well be Medieval if you can assist further with a date for this ring please get in touch and I will pass on your information to Gerald.

An excellent find and thank you Gerald for allowing me to show it here for all to see and appreciate.

Weekend Wanderers member Merlin would like to know more about the medallion shown below showing HMS Prince of Wales.

It was my first visit to this particular venue and I was encouraged by all the finds that other members were making. So full of positive thoughts and mumbling 'Roman Silver' and 'Celtic Gold' I set off, adopting the same search plan as at other venues, up and down the crushed stubble lines. On my first line from the top of the field where everyone had parked I was digging my first positive find within 10 meters. This turned out to be a squashed thimble. Shame, but a good start. My second signal only 10 meters further on took two scoops of my trusty trowel to remove from the field and fumbling through the stubble and soil
I finally found the bronze finger ring. What a start! But it was down hill
(literally) from then on as positive finds seemed to pass me by.

I'd like to think the ring is Roman but it could well be medieval and once had a cheapie stone set on the top.

Anyone out there got a positive I.D.? Fingers on the buzzers.

The lads from Littlehampton had a good day out this Sunday, I have pictured a lovely heavy ring from their finds below.

Weekend Wanderers Detecting Club member Dave Phillips has made some fantastic finds over the years. Some were on club digs and some were on Dave's own sites. Dave has agreed to let us display some of them here for you to see and hopefully to help identify some of them, if you have any thoughts on any of these please e-mail us and I will pass the details on to Dave

This fine silver puzzle ring and the Roman coins behind both found at our Hampshire dig Sunday 19th September.

This fine Gold mourning ring dates back to 1720 and when new would have been enameled in black. The green button dates back to the 16th century and is a cloak collar button. Both items were found at one of our Buckinghamshire digs on Sunday 5th September.

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