This came up all gold and shiny in the sun and really got my heart racing! But little did I know how sad a perfectly crushed bottle top could make me till I looked a little closer. I found myself wishing I’d found the whiskey bottle it was once attached to instead. This and a thimble were the only remarkable finds of the day.Then almost exactly 24 hours later I’m gobsmacked to find this:
Doesn’t look like much but it’s very interesting from a historical point of view. It’s an Iron Age stater. From the Durotrigian tribe based on the Isle of Wight. Though I can’t make it out, the museum says it depicts the head of Apollo and a horse. Very stylised I guess. BUT ITS AT LEAST 2100 years old! Blows my mind to think some guy was buying his sheep or paying for his beer with this a century or two before Christ was born. Blimey!
Confidence in my hobby restored I endeavor to find more, preferably the gold and silver versions.