I didn't really appreciate how important this fragment of #gold #torc was until I had a brilliant meeting with two researchers last year. Dr Tess Machling @Tess_Machling and Roland Williamson @bodgit_bendit. Read their superb research and write up here. bigbookoftorcs.com/2020/02/0…

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper We come to the end of our day, with the trusty timetable in hand, which is more a guide 😂🤣

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper Paper cup & poster, abandoned by the rails

Engine number 20. Completed in 1863 and is the country’s oldest working steam locomotive

Going back in time today 😁

25th October 1760 King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II

Another new local button for me today. "Goldsmith Sudbury" Also a small "Best Ring Edge"

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper

Elizabeth I penny Edward III halfpenny Unidentified penny, mint of York. Fragment of Medieval purse bar. Several buttons today, a few will need cleaning before I can read them. And a nice little hammer head, from a kiddys toolbox?

That's me done for today, back has had enough, and I don't think the rain is far away. 3 silver hammered coins Medieval purse bar fragment Victoria halfpenny, 1861. And the all important thingy 🤷🏻‍♂️

A fragment of a Medieval purse bar. Showing the common diagonal line, but with the addition of further engraving between, which I've not seen before.

An Eddy halfpenny

A very worn hammered coin. Most likely of Elizabeth I.

Good morning from a Suffolk field 😊

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper You could get lost in here for days 😊

There are many variations of hammered coin reverses, especially the earlier coins. Here are a few examples that I have. Cross pommee with wedges Small cross Eagles Hammer cross Quatrefoil on cross fleury Cross & crosslets Voided short cross Voided long cross Long cross

There were many mints operating to produce medieval coins. Here are 9 that were operating during the reigns of Edward 1st, 2nd & 3rd. AD 1280-1377 Most popular first. London Canterbury York Durham Bury St Edmunds Lincoln Bristol Newcastle Berwick-upon-Tweed

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper Wallpaper and posters. This was our playroom back in the 1980's.

22nd October 1995 Medieval silver penny of Henry III Voided short cross Minted by Nichole of London Class 7c2 1240-1241

Found eyes only whilst metal detecting in Mid Suffolk. An almost complete Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrow head with all over bifacial working. It has shallow S and reversed S edge profiles. 4000BC - 2200BC Discovered in 2002