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Medievial Figure

11 Jun 2015

I was out detecting on a friends land for only the second time using the E-Trac after switching from a Explorer SE.Still trying to get to grips with it and was told by friends who are E-Trac owners "any decent 2 way signals dig them until you get used to the detector".I had been wandering for a while when i got a very clear stable signal. When i dug the square of pasture i saw what i thought at first was just a smooth chunk of lead i was very wrong. I lifted the item out of the soil and turned it over to see it had what looked like eyes. I put it in my pouch and thought no more of it till i got home and started to remove the remaining soil with a tooth pick.It turned out to be a figure of some description. Once the soil was off i gave it a gentle brush to reveal all it's glory literally!!. I took some pictures and emailed them off to my local finds liaison officer who was rather excited. I took the figure up to the office where it was record and sent off to be looked at.I got a call on 11 June to say the figure was back after being recorded and it is post medieval and is dated between 1700 - 1850.The figure was given the name ROD for reasons that are clear in the pictures. The figure can be seen by going onto the Portable Antiquities Scheme website and searched for with the following ID number DUR-DB1036

 

Stuart – England, UK

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