Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="David Woodhouse, post: 26354888, member: 174272"]Those books look interesting. Personally, I tend to buy the Spinks coins every few years (both the English and Scotland and Ireland versions) and the occasional book on artifacts. However, my local metal detecting club buys more specialised books for members to borrow. I will mention those you listed as potential future purchases. On the subject of the Middle Ages, our detecting club has been finding some pretty spectacular finds from the 6th to 8th centuries at a farm we visit periodically. Apart from a few roman coins, the field in question had not produced anything saxon until I found a saxon s[ATTACH=full]1682178[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1682179[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1682180[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1682181[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1682182[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1682183[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1682184[/ATTACH] ilver strapend. On subsequent visits a stream of amazing finds appeared. We suspect that the finds relate to the burial of a royal figure who took part in the Battle of Dyrham in 577AD. The battle is believed to have taken place about half a mile from the field where the finds were made. We suspect that key figures killed in the battle were taken to the field for burial along with their grave goods.[/QUOTE]