The Cumbrian Detectorist

Best of my finds from detecting days in Cumbria

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

Now that the inquest has been done and it's public knowledge, I can tell you about the Bronze Age hoard I found at the start of the year.

Current thinking is that it is a founders hoard due to the presence of a bronze ingot.

[Dr Tom Horne @HorneSupremacy]

💛 An extraordinary hoard of three possibly Bronze Age solid gold arm-rings has been found in Cumbria!

The rings - torcs - all of which have distinctive fluted or flared terminal ends, were found on farmland near Harker by Alan Daniels and Andy Crammond.

https://t.co/3mS0YnBQP0

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

A George III penny in a half decent condition for a change. Still can't quite make out the year, but it'll be 1760 to 1820.

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

Absolutely incredible!!

https://t.co/nWTlNr6qrY

[Michael Cox @Zonal_Marking]

fair play to this part of Cumbria for producing both England's World Cup back-up keepers, James Trafford and Dean Henderson, *and* WC2006 back-up Scott Carson. The Gipuzkoa of goalkeeping.

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

@Dodgypunter51 Not sure, wasn't cleaned by time I left and I'm not on site today. Hopefully someone will let me know!

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

I was at the URC dig again yesteday. After a days digging and not finding much, I got the detector out for the last hour and managed to get this coin out of the spoil.

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

@Dodgypunter51 Most are within 150 years old, not complaining though!

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

11 coins in only 3 hours and only a small section of field.
Elizabeth 2nd:
3 x two shillings 1962 (twice), 1967
1 x sixpence 1966
1 x shilling 1968

George 6th
2 x three pence 1944, 194?

Victorian
2 x half pence 1862, and ??
1 x penny 1866

The last one is a Hibernia halfpenny.

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

I remember watching that fly in from the North Stand. Good times!

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

One of the great Champions League semi-final goals 🚀

Paul Scholes’s stunning half-volley against Barcelona in 2007/08 🔥

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

And Eerie Edith 😬

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

My first day back on the URC dig. I was working on this section resting up alongside the wall of the bathhouse/palace/imperial building. Finding lots of lumps of clay, and a floor surface. Lovely examples of different sections of occupation shows up well.

*thread

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

Column base near the temple area.

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

What a turnaround! COYR

[Workington AFC @WorkingtonAFC]

GETTTTTTT INNNNNN

A second half turnaround sees us secure our NPL status.

#OurTownOurTeam #RootedInRed

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

@Dodgypunter51 I do have an electrolysis kit somewhere, but I think I'll try the salty water method first and see how that goes 👍

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

It's a bit of difficult one to ID, but I think we have a William III halfpenny.

There's definitely a bust facing right on the 1st picture, and I think the date at the bottom on the 2nd photo says 1696. Any thoughts?

Excuse the state of my hands!

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

@Dave_H_King And that's one of the better ones of the 6 I found!

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

@Dodgypunter51 @YORYM_FLO Maybe a bracelet? Nice find.

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

@Dodgypunter51 Very interesting. These caves are all man made unfortunately, result of mining activity in the 19th/20th Century.

[The Cumbrian Detectorist @DetectCumbria]

Another wander into the Lake District today. Cathedral caves, Slaters bridge and a visit to Yew Tree Farm which Beatrix Potter used to own!