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A4 HARDBACK - ONLY £26.95
IDENTIFYING DETECTOR FINDS by Brian Read
4.8 out of 5 ⭐️ on Amazon
This fantastic A4 Hardback book is a must have for anyone trying to identify metal detecting finds.
With 320 pages packed with over 1,700 artefacts, all beautifully hand drawn and fully described including find locations, there has never been an easier way to identify your finds.
Most of the artefacts illustrated in this book have been recorded by the author since 1995, the majority previously unpublished.
Contents include: Mounts Horse Harness fittings Religious Objects Axes, Spears, Knives & Daggers Tools & Instruments Vessels and Receptacles Jewellery and Fasteners Personal Objects Weights Keys & Padlocks Militaria Miscellaneous
A4 Hardback, 320 pages
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Formerly published as "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, now re-printed as a great aid to identification and dating of metal detecting finds.
This is a well-researched and illustrated title from Brian Read and contains hundreds of archaeological quality line drawing, allowing the reader to identify their finds with ease. The book covers such items as: Mounts - Pendant Suspension Mounts and Pendants - Strap Distributors - Terrets - Spurs and Spur Fittings - Horses' Bit - Keys and Locks - Seal-Boxes - Seal Matrices - Daggers and Knives and their Fittings - Sword Fittings - Spear - Tools - Spoons - Brooches - Weights and Weighing Apparatus - Candleholders - Lamp Suspenders and Lanterns - Purse Bars and Pendent Frames -Lead Tokens.
A4, 144 pages, over 950 archaeological quality illustrations. Foreword by Geoff Egan.
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| | |  Detector Finds 7 the latest book in the best selling series from Greenlight Publishing.
Written by Gordon Bailey and the team at Treasure Hunting magazine, Detector Finds 7 contains Over 500 Line Drawings and 200 Photographic Illustrations of never seen before artefacts, to help you identify your metal detector finds.
These are the topics included:
Pendants - Open-Type Bells - Napoleonic Military Items - Buckle Plates - Belt Chapes - Medieval Gilded Studs - Non-Heraldic Bells - Lead Weights
Includes price guide.
A4, 128 pages, £16.50 |
| | |  The 6th instalment in the series from Gordon Bailey
Using over 660 clear illustrations of never seen before artefacts, to help you identify finds, these are the topics included:
Hanging Swivels , Knife Pommels or Caps , Roman Nail Cleaners , Saxon Wrist Clasps , Roman Horse Pendants , Inkwells Made From Lead , Roman Medical Implements , Merchant & Signet Finger Rings , Roman Mirrors , The Mining of Lead , Belt Decorations, Stiffeners & Mounts , Tiepins or Stickpins , Lead, Bronze & Silver Crosses , Locks Made From Iron , Lead Spindle Whorls , Offerings to the Gods , Medal Detecting & Medal Collecting.
A4, 112 pages, ISBN 978 1 897738 313 |
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Contains hundreds of new colour illustrations of artefacts to help you identify, date and price your finds. Covering the stone age to Victorian times the chapter titles give you a clear indication of the wide appeal of DF5. As you can see there is significant coverage of tokens:
Caltrops, Straw Splitters, Musket Shot, Worms & Scouring Sticks, Hippo Sandals, Hunting Pouch Badges, Symbols of Chivalry, Tools, Knife Holders/Sheaths, The Pricker, Small Bronze Anchors, Unusual Copper & Silver Ingots, Lead Shot Tongs, Belt & Chain Link Girdles, Iron & Bronze Keys, The Hook & Spike, Military Badges, Snaffle Bitts, Roman Tent Pegs, Dog Collars, Toy Soldiers, Tanks & Field Guns, The Bronze Swivel , Other Types of Toys, 17th Century Tokens, 18th Century Tokens, 19th Century Tokens, Axe Heads, Wheel Lock Gun Spanners, The Matchbox & Matchcase, The Spear & The Lance, Miscellaneous Roman Military Items, Silver Tokens. |
| | |  Another superb reference book from this Gordon Bailey (the fourth in the series) that will help you identify and value a wide range of finds.
Detector Finds 4: Finds Identified is extensively illustrated, in full colour, and contains all new material.
Covering the period Medieval to Victorian (1100-1900) the contents include: Early Table Forks - The Papal Bulla - Boy Bishop Tokens - Chafing Dish Handles - Lead Seals - Seal Matrices - Coin Weights - Bullion Weights - Continental Weights - Apothecary’s Weights - Trade Weights - Horse Harness Decorations - Crudely Made Bronze Rings - Arrow Heads - Strike-a-Lights - Knife Blades - Shears - Cock Fighting Spurs - Clasp or Folding Knives - Sickles & Pruning Knives - Countermarks on Copper Coins - Musket Shot - Knife Handles, Pommels & Guards - Tobacco Jars - Sheep Bells - Not Just A Coin - Copper Bracelets - Strap or Belt Loops - Ejector Candlesticks - Cannon Balls - Counterfeit Coins - Lead Tokens |
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