Plate and maybe awl

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Majorpete75
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Went on new permission for couple hours today. Dose anyone have idea on them not sure if the needle thing is a awl and the metal plate still has some thread must been stitched to something.
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Modern belt clasp.
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The awl doesn't really look right for being ancient. From what I can see at the moment I reckon more likely a nail with the head missing. :D
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fred wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:43 pm The awl doesn't really look right for being ancient. From what I can see at the moment I reckon more likely a nail with the head missing. :D
😂 deffo not a nail I got loads of medieval nails etc they are square this is tapered into a point not best pic to be fair but even I can tell it's not nail its bronze but would bend if you tried to hit that into wood
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fred wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:43 pm The awl doesn't really look right for being ancient. From what I can see at the moment I reckon more likely a nail with the head missing. :D
what would you say was ancient looking because I found axheads with bronze disease they look ancient and I also found a socketed spearhead what looks like it just came out a shop didnt look ancient but it was didn't have no patina and razor sharp
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Going by the last pic, is the fat end hollow?
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Easylife wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:46 pm Going by the last pic, is the fat end hollow?
No it's one solid peice not hollow
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Allectus wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:26 pm Modern belt clasp.
What would you call modern because this modern buckle is crumbling with bronze disease
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Majorpete75 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:07 pm 😂 deffo not a nail I got loads of medieval nails etc they are square this is tapered into a point not best pic to be fair but even I can tell it's not nail its bronze but would bend if you tried to hit that into wood
Any signs of a break at the "top" end? I am wondering if it is a fragment of some sort of BA implement????
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The other thing looks like machine stamped brass to me, a technique only invented in the late 18thC. It might be the mesh insert from a potpouri or similar box? :D
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First item looks like a stylus to me :thumbsup:
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Reminds me of a dart :silent:
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the-roman wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 9:51 pm First item looks like a stylus to me :thumbsup:
That had crossed my mind. :thumbsup:
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