Metal Detector Finds
“Latest Metal Detector Finds”
- Sandbach bottles
Catherine Hull just wondered if anybody had seen these before she found them in her cellar! Marble bottles with Sandbach on she wondered where they were made? - Holy Water Ampulla
Another nice historic artefact recovered from the ground in the Sandbach area. This one is an ampulla, probably from @1350 to 1550. Usually used to carry holy water to sprinkle on the fields to bless the crops. These finds are being shown to give people a flavour of general wider history in the area as … - Roman Strap Fitting
A find from last year in the Sandbach area by our artefacts officer. This one is a Roman strap fitting, probably a belt stiffener from a military uniform and dates from 200-300AD. It’s unclear how much significance Sandbach had to the Romans but they certainly were in the vicinity as evidenced by the Roman road … - Musket balls
We are also delighted to share with you some finds from two local detectorists. All found in the Sandbach area. They found a few musket balls from early 1800, some buttons, a lapel brooch, a shield decoration and a zippo lighter which had a naked lady on it. - Philip and Mary Groat
Not too much to post at the moment as there is no detecting allowed due lockdown so here’s another Sandbach find from last year. This is a Philip and Mary groat from between 1554 and 1558. Note the way the coin has been bent. This identifies it as a ‘love token’. This was a way … - Something found fairly regularly in the fields around Sandbach
Something a little more down to earth this week but a fairly regular find in the fields around Sandbach. These aren’t oversize polos! These are lead spindle whorls which would have been used as weights on the bottom of a stick, used to hand weave wool. Iain Borthwick our Artefacts Officer, had this process described …Something found fairly regularly in the fields around Sandbach Read More »