KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY.
Photos Dan Bolt
Thursday 29 March 2012
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Sunday 25 March 2012
Last day of spring first day of summer
Red Alert coming in at Bovisands and Aquanauts boat going out from the Barbican,bit of a swell and vis has gone. Be back next week I think.
Friday 23 March 2012
Protractor shape iron
Found this protractor shape piece of Iron at the low tide mark today,it was very very in crud been there for ever.
Any ideas on what it might be? ships fittings?
The more I look
Any ideas on what it might be? ships fittings?
The more I look
Thursday 22 March 2012
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Ox ingot possibly, maybe
The Earliest Greek Coins
The ox became a universal unit of exchange in antiquity; it was employed as the basis of evaluation for all currencies. A 25.5 gram copper ingot , or 8.5 grams of gold, equalled one whole ox. The Greek historian Herodotus tells us the Lydians invented coins, which eventually replaced ingots and bars because coins were easier to transport. Initially the Greeks imprinted familial coats of arms on their coins; later, as rulers of city-states took control of minting, their arms became the symbol of the city-state itself. Very often the design on the coat of arms was determined by a particular deity with which the city-state had an affinity. For example, periodically throughout its history the city-state of Athens minted owl coins which was decorated on the obverse of the coin with the head of Athena, the patron goddess of Athens, and on the reverse with the owl, associated with her worship. Other Greek symbols on coins included animals or plants which typified a certain region. Until the Hellenistic period images of monarchs and great men were never depicted on Greek coins.
The ox became a universal unit of exchange in antiquity; it was employed as the basis of evaluation for all currencies. A 25.5 gram copper ingot , or 8.5 grams of gold, equalled one whole ox. The Greek historian Herodotus tells us the Lydians invented coins, which eventually replaced ingots and bars because coins were easier to transport. Initially the Greeks imprinted familial coats of arms on their coins; later, as rulers of city-states took control of minting, their arms became the symbol of the city-state itself. Very often the design on the coat of arms was determined by a particular deity with which the city-state had an affinity. For example, periodically throughout its history the city-state of Athens minted owl coins which was decorated on the obverse of the coin with the head of Athena, the patron goddess of Athens, and on the reverse with the owl, associated with her worship. Other Greek symbols on coins included animals or plants which typified a certain region. Until the Hellenistic period images of monarchs and great men were never depicted on Greek coins.
Monday 5 March 2012
OK whats the chances of this happening ?
Last week I went on the field where I found the Bronze age potery and used my metal detector. I found a small bronze bar with three notches on it. I posted some photos here last week.
Yesterday I went to visit Mr Red and I showed him my find, my Bronze bar.
He then says, I have one of them!! I kid you not.
Mr Red gets his which has been in the sea, and it is now smoother and thinner than mine.
He found in at low tide with his detector in Dec 2011. The beach is near a known Bronze age site about 6 miles from where I found mine.
What are they, and hell the hell can you get your head around that.It has blown us both away.
Yesterday I went to visit Mr Red and I showed him my find, my Bronze bar.
He then says, I have one of them!! I kid you not.
Mr Red gets his which has been in the sea, and it is now smoother and thinner than mine.
He found in at low tide with his detector in Dec 2011. The beach is near a known Bronze age site about 6 miles from where I found mine.
What are they, and hell the hell can you get your head around that.It has blown us both away.
Sunday 4 March 2012
Seeker out and new find
Seeker was out on Friday, great vis in Plymouth. Found this in same field down at the lost valley, possible bronze age nail ?
Will post something tomorrow that is hard to believe!! almost impossible to believe.
Keep the faith
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