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AS THING'S HAPPEN IN THE CLUB.....I'LL STICK IT ON THIS PAGE !!!
NEOLITHIC "FEMUR" BONE FIND ???
PEOPLE SEEM TO WANT TO SEE THE "FEMUR" THAT CAME UP AT THE START OF THE WEEK........IT WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEOLITHIC FOREST (WATER LOGGED), AND BY THE SIZE OF THIS CHUNKY BOWLEGGED BONE, IT COULD BE THAT OLD TOO !!!.......THERE WERE ROMAN FISHTRAPS AROUND TOO, JUST LIKE THE ONE'S ON THE LOWER THAMES MUD FLAT'S.....SO WAS HE ROMAN ???
OR WAS IT A PLAGUE VICTIM DUMPED OUT AT SEA NEAR GRAVESEND, AND HE JUST WASHED BACK IN ??? WHO KNOW'S........WHAT WE DO KNOW IS HE'S HUNDRED'S, IF NOT THOUSAND'S OF YEAR'S OLD.........EAGLE RAN HIS EXPERT EYE OVER IT AS WE PULLED IT OUT, AND COULD SEE CUT MARK'S ON IT !!!
BREAKING NEW'S...THE MUSEUM GOD "JEFF EGAN" HAS LOOKED AT IT....AND IT COULD VERY WELL BE NEO !!!......BUT THE DAM THING HAS GOT CUT MARK'S ON IT ??? (VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO SAY THE LEAST !!!)
THE TWO PART'S OF THE RARE 14th CENT PURSE MEET AT LAST !!!
JUST A PITY WE DIDN'T GET THE REST, CHEER'S EAGLE FOR YOUR SHOULDER PART !!!!
DUNNY AND MYSELF......PLUS MINI MUDGOD 2....HIT A SECRET PLACE ON THE THAMES AND DUNNY PICK'S UP A BRONZE AGE AXE HEAD, BY EYE !!! (14/4/08)
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A NEOLITHIC FOREST HERE.....THERE ARE MANY NEO-FOREST'S ALL ALONG THE THAMES.....THERE'S EVEN ONE UNDER CANNON STREET BRIDGE IN THE MIDDLE OF LONDON !!! (LOOK OUT FOR THE TREE STUMP'S, ON A LOW TIDE !!!)
DAD I'M BORED.....I WANNA GO HOME !!!
"SHUT UP, ORE I'LL DROWN YOU" !!!
I KNOW I HAVE A SMALL BROKEN CHOPPER......IT'S JUST MY AGE !!!
A GOOD EYE FOR A BARGAIN !!!
ALWAY'S KEEP A EYE OUT FOR A BARGAIN !!!....EAGLE SPOTTED THREE BELAMINE'S IN A ARTIFACT SHOP (INCLUDING THE RARE MINIATURE BEAST) AND GOT THEM FOR A SONG......IF HE PUT THEM BACK ON THE MARKET....HE'D GET SIX TIME'S WHAT HE PAID FOR THEM.....LEARN THE TRADE AND BAG A BARGAIN !!!
"DOCTOR, I GOT A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF MY BALL'S"!!!
IT'S SUNDAY 18th MAY 08.....AND JIMBO AND I HIT A SECRET SPOT.... VERY CLOSE TO HOME !!! JIMBO TELL'S ME HE CAN SEE A CANNON BALL STUCK IN THE 4-SHORE ???....JUST LIKE THE ONE HE FOUND A COUPLE OF WEEK'S AGO, AND HE'S GOT IN THE GARDEN !!!
"BLOW ME DOWN"!!!...WHEN I DIG IT OUT...IT'S GOTTA BE THE BIGGEST ONE THEY DO ??? IT'S "NOT" A CANNON ROYAL THAT'S 8.5in AND 66lb's....BECAUSE THIS ONE IS 13" IN DIA, AND SO HEAVY I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET IT WITH A SACK TROLLEY AT A LATER STAGE......JIM THINK'S IT COULD BE A 18th CENT MORTAR CANNON BALL, THAT WAS FILLED WITH BLACK POWER AND A WOODEN FUSE PUT IN IT, AND THIS WAS SET ALIGHT....AND THEN THE WHOLE THING SHOT OUT OF A CANNON !!! BLOODY GREAT FIND THOUGH...EVEN BETTER IF I COULD LIFT IT !!!
PARP !!!
OOOOH, MY FRIGGING BACK !!!
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE BEAST TO MY 4" COIL !!! AND JUST THINK ??? IT'S STILL PACKED WITH BLACK GUN POWDER !!!
THAT'S AS MUCH AS I'M GONNA DO...JUST POINT TO THE BLOODY THING !!!
I'M A MAGNET TO LIVE BOMB'S, I'M TELLING YOU !!!
WHIL'ST OUT LAST WEEK WITH G.M JOHN, EAGLE AND MYSELF.....GM SEZ "IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS" ??? YEP IT WAS.......A WORLD WAR 2 BOMB, FIN'S AND ALL STUCK IN THE MUD !!!......GM PUT IT ON HIS HEAD, FOR A PICTURE AND MYSELF......I STUCK IT UNDER MY NOSE !!! BOY'S AND THERE TOY'S.......
WERE TALKING ONE OF "KING KONG'S" BALL'S HERE.....BLOODY MASSIVE !!!
HAVE JUST FOUND OUT FROM THE WEB.....THAT A GUY WHO HAS CLEANED HUNDRED'S OF THESE UP, FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET AND MUSEUM'S, WAS KILLED RECENTLY, WHEN A SPARK FROM HIS CLEANING TOOL IGNITED THE BALL !!! (THE BLACK POWDER INSIDE, HAD DRIED OUT !!!)
WHICH MEAN'S......."IT LOOK'S LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE TO SEND THE MRS DOWN TO CLEAN IT, WITH A 9" GRINDER" !!! (SHE'S ALWAY'S GOING ON ABOUT LEARNING MORE ABOUT DETECTING ???) "IT'S A BIT OF HAND'S ON LEARNING, I'LL TELL HER" !!! (WITH MY FINGER'S IN MY EAR'S !!!)
LIVE AND DANGEROUS !!!
AND ALSO....LIVE AND DANGEROUS !!!
THIS IS JIMBO'S "BALL" IN HIS BACK GARDEN (ON HOLIDAY !!!)......NOW BACK IN THE THAMES, IN VERY DEEP WATER !!! DONT MESS WITH THESE THING'S....DEATH CAN BE FATAL !!!
FLASH LAND'S A POTIN HOARD !!!
THE FLASH POTIN HOARD OFF THE THAMES......I'M PROUD OF YOU FLASH.....BUT I ALSO HATE YOU, YOU JAMMY W****R !!! (WELL DONE MATE !!!) EVERYTHING DONE BY THE BOOK VIA THE MOL....VERY WELL DONE !!!
THIS HOARD IS NOW AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM WITH THERE EXPERT'S FOR FULL ANALYSES !!!
TOP FIND BY FLASH........
AND JUST REMEMBER, HOW HE GOT THE HOARD, THE SPEARHEAD AND THE TOGGLE ??? HE TOOK IN A TALK AT THE CLUB.....USED HIS NOGGING, AND FROM THE INFO FROM THE TALK......FOUND THE PAY DIRT !!! JUST SHOW'S THE TYPE OF TALK'S YOU GET AT THE CLUB ???
THERE'S A BLOODY BIT MISSING !!!
MEDIEVAL GREEN GLAZE.......I FRIGGING LOVE IT !!! RIGHT, I KNOW THE CUP'S A BIT THREAD BARE, BUT IT WAS IN 26 PIECES AND LOAD'S A BIT'S ARE STILL MISSING !!!....BUT JUST THINK FOR A MOMENTO ???
FOUND ON THE TOWER 4-SHORE, IN THERE REFUSE DUMP'S, AMONST A BUCKET OF OYSTER SHELL'S......JUST THINK OF EVERYONE IN HISTORY, WHO CAME OR WENT TO THE TOWER OF LONDON !!!......."WHO USED THIS CUP " ???
NO, THERE WAS'NT A "YE-OLD STARBUCK'S" IN THOSE DAY'S !!!
P.S IVE GOT TO TONE DOWN THE JOINT'S....AND RE-FILL THE HOLE'S, THAT ARE LEFT.......AND THEN RE-TEXTURE, AND BLEND IT ALL IN !!!
MESOLITHIC FISHING HARPOON 8500 TO 4000 BC (FROM DEPTFORD !!!)
JUST THINK TO YOURSELF.......MESO-MAN WADING THROUGH THE MARSHLAND'S OF DEPTFORD, NEXT TO THE THAMES.....HE SPOT'S A FISH, AND THROW'S HIS BONE HEADED HARPOON AT IT, AND MISSES......HE LOOK'S, BUT CANT FIND IT....SO HE LEAVE'S IT THERE ???
NOW THOUSAND'S OF YEAR'S LATER.....MESO-MUDGOD AND EAGLE, ARE HUNTING FOR "BURGER KING" AND AFTER A HALF POUNDER KILL....THEY THROW THE POLYSTYRENE CONTAINER AT A FLOATING TAMPON IN THE THAMES.....GUESS WHERE IT LAND'S......BY MESO-MAN'S HARPOON !!!
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT !!!.......I NOW IT'S BO***X, BUT IT ADD'S TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT FIND.....LOOK AT THE CUT MARK'S ON IT.....THE RE-COIL STUD ON TOP.....THE RESIN (STILL ON IT) THE GROOVE ON IT, (SO THE TWINE DOES'NT SIT PROUD)......IT'S A WORK OF ART.....AND ONCE AGAIN....VERY, VERY RARE !!!!
AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S 8500 TO 4000 BC (MIDDLE STONE AGE) I FOUND A "HAIR" !!! IN THE RESIN ON IT.........NOW AT THE MUSEUM OF LONDON !!!
BINDING GROOVE
FLINT CUT MARK'S
RESIN RESIDUE
PLUS THERE WAS A MESO-MAN'S HAIR STUCK IN THIS TOO......UNREAL !!!
RE-COIL STOP
THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIND'S EVER SEEN OFF THE THAMES......BECAUSE OF IT'S CONDITION AND THE INFO THEY CAN TAKE FROM IT.......NOW TOO, AT THE MUSEUM OF LONDON FOR FULL ANALYSES !!!
THAT'S WHAT MAKE'S THE THAMES SO SPECIAL !!!
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIND'S TO COME OFF THE THAMES IN YEAR'S......THE MINUTE THE REPORT COME'S BACK, I'LL STICK IT ON !!! (THIS WILL BE TAKEN IN FOR THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION)
REMEMBER THE MEDIEVAL GREEN GLAZE CUP !!!
FOUND IN 26 BIT'S ON THE TOWER.....HAVE A LOOK AT THE BABY NOW.....SHE'S LOOKING GOOD !!!
AFTER STICKING THE 26 BIT'S TOGETHER !!!
AND THEN ADDING THE FILLER AND COLOUR !!!
ALRIGHT....SHE'S NOT GONNA WIN ANY PRIZES....BUT SHE LOOK'S A LOT BETTER THEN THOSE 26 PIECES STUCK IN THE MUD !!!
BLOW THE HAM'S, GIVE ME A STORY !!!
HAMMERED COIN'S ARE OK....... AND OVER THE YEAR'S IVE LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY IVE HAD......BUT, I WILL ALWAY'S PREFER A COIN WITH A STORY, AND WHEN THIS POPPED UP ON SAT (AND VERY APT AT THE TIME, I WAS GIVING TWO AMERICAN'S ONE OF MY TOUR'S OF THE THAMES) I WAS WELL CHUFFED.....GREAT LOOKING COIN.
HAD THIS GREAT COMMEMORATIVE COIN OF 1831 ON SAT, FOR THE BUILDING OF LONDON BRIDGE (THE ONE AMERICA BOUGHT FOR THE ARIZONA DESERT, THINKING THEY WERE BUYING THE TOWER OF LONDON BRIDGE !!!)
IT SEZ.......THE FIRST STONE OF THE NEW LONDON BRIDGE WAS LAID BY JOHN GARRATT ESQr LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, ON THE 14th OF MARCH 1824 AND OPENED BY THERE MAJESTIES......AUGUST 1st 1831.
CARRAGE WAY 33 AND A HALF FOOT
LENGTH OF BRIDGE 782 FOOT
CENTRE ARCH 150
SIDE ARCH 140
GREAT LITTLE COIN, WITH A HISTORIC STORY TO IT !!! NICE NICK TOO !!!
HAD A HAND FULL OF GEORGES, CANNON BALL'S (AGAIN), MEDI-E LEAD TOKEN'S, BUTTON'S AND ALL THE NORM......THIS BUCKLE CAME UP WELL, AFTER A FIDDLE !!!
DAVE MAZ........THE JETTON KING !!!
JOHN GM AND DAVE MAZ.....BOTH IN THE VAN GOING UP TO WAPPING FOR A BIT OF THAMES DETECTING. GM SEZ "WHAT DO YOU REALLY FANCY HAVING UP MAZ" ??? "I'D BE CHUFFED WITH A JETTON IN GOOD NICK" SEZ MAZ !!!
GM OPT'S FOR A PILGRIM'S BADGE, IN THE CONVERSATION OF "WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE" !!!.........AFTER A WHILE OLD MAZ START'S SHOUTING OUT, AND GM THINK'S DAVE HAS GOT THE PILGRIM'S BADGE THAT "HE" WANTED !!!
IVE GOT A JETTON SEZ MAZ (REMEMBER THAT'S WHAT HE REALLY WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE) "SHOW US, SEZ GM" (THINKING AT LEAST IT'S NOT MY PILGRIM'S BADGE)
AS HE HOLD'S OUT HIS HAND WITH THE JETTON.......JOHN LOOK'S AT IT AND SEZ "THAT'S NOT A JETTON......IT'S A JAMES 2 GOLD GUINEA" !!!
JAMMY AND GIT SPRING'S TO MIND.....WELL DONE MAZ......AND I'LL GIVE YOU £3 FOR THAT JETTON OF YOUR'S !!!
MAZ-ZIZ JETTON.......NOT !!!
"DOES MY BOMB LOOK BIG IN THIS" ???
I ALWAY'S TOLD YOU THE 4-SHORE WAS A DANGEROUS PLACE !!!
GM, IT'S GOT YOUR NAME ON IT !!!
MR'S MACKIE...£50, AND IT'S YOUR'S !!!
FROM ADOLF WITH LOVE !!!
DRAGONFLY CALLING DRAGONFLY !!!
IN MY HOME BUNKER, JUST WAITING FOR THE WORD FROM COL TROUTMAN (RAMBO FAME) FOR A COVERT MISSION......I LOOK LIKE ONE OF THOSE ARMY SURPLUS NUTTER'S IN THIS PIC !!!
THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD !!!
YOU'VE SEEN IT MANY TIME'S ON THIS WEBSITE, THE THAMES AND FIELD ONE AND ONLY COIN OR ARTIFACT !!!!
IN THIS CASE AFTER TWO DAY'S AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM WITH JOHN COTTON.....THIS IS THE FIRST JETTON OF THIS TYPE EVER FOUND, 1529 AND REMEMBER A "ONE AND ONLY" !!!
WELL DONE EAGLE...YET ANOTHER FIND THAT YOU CAN ONLY SEE ON THE THAMES AND FIELD WEBSITE (YET AGAIN !!!) HOW MANY ONE OFF'S HAVE WE GOT ON THIS SITE NOW....BLOODY LOAD'S !!!
REMEMBER WE CHANGE HISTORY EVERY TIME WE RECORD THESE ITEM'S !!!
DATED TOP RIGHT, AND IT SE'Z "JETTONS" TOO !!!
A MASSIVE REASON TO RECORD !!!
SOME DO AND SOME DONT.......IN THAMES AND FIELD "IT'S THE LAW"!!! WE ALL RECORD.......AND THIS CUT AND QUARTER, IS A GREAT REASON TOO RECORD.......AS THEY MAY HOLD THE SECRET TO A GREAT STORY ???
DO THESE HOLD A STORY ???
REMEMBER THE RECENT RALLY WE WERE ON......THERE WAS A OPEN SAXON GRAVE ON IT, THAT THE PLOUGH HAD BEEN THROUGH A MILLION TIME'S.
AS I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE CHAP'S, HE SHOWED ME WHAT HE HAD JUST HAD UP....A BENT DOUBLE SAXON COIN !!! "HAVE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE EDGE OF THE COIN" HE SAID.
"F**K ME I SAID.....THERE'S ANOTHER BENT COIN INSIDE OF IT, TWO BLOODY SAXON COIN'S" !!! WHAT A JAMMY GIT I THOUGHT..........
COME'S TO THE END OF THE DAY AND OUR MATE HAPPY HILL COME'S OVER WITH THE ABOVE, A CUT HALF SAXON (BENT DOUBLE) AND BLOW ME......WHEN WE LOOK INSIDE THERE'S A CUT QUARTER SITTING THERE !!!
I SAID TO HAPPY "WHAT AREA DID YOU GET THAT FROM"??? HE POINTED TO 50 FOOT AWAY FROM WHERE THE OTHER TWO FULL COIN'S (ONE FOLDED IN EACH OTHER) WERE FOUND !!! (BLOODY STRANGE)
SO THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS......BOTH THE GUY'S RECORD THIS STRANGE FOLDING OF COIN'S, NEAR SAXON GRAVE'S FOR FUTURE REF.......AND LET'S SAY TWO YEAR'S LATER, FRED BLOG'S FROM UP NORTH FIND'S MORE STRANGE "FOLDING" OF SAXON COIN'S GOING ON NEAR HIS SAXON GRAVE SITE'S.......THE ARKY'S GO TO THE DATA BASE, AND FIND THIS HAS HAPPEND BEFORE, WHEN HAPPY HILL AND THIS CHAP I TALKED TOO FOUND THE SAME FOLDED SAXON COIN'S NEAR A SAXON GRAVE AT OUR RALLY !!!
PROVING WHAT I THINK....THAT THE FOLDING SAXON COIN'S IS SOME KIND OF VOTIVE OFFERING FOR THERE DEAD......AND MAYBE THE FOLDED COIN'S WERE PLACED IN THE GRAVE'S BY THERE RELATIVE'S ???
KEEP RECORDING....IT TELL'S A STORY IN THE END !!!
YOU'VE GOT ONE HOUR !!!
YOUR OUT ON YOUR FIELD.....AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ONE HOUR TO FIND AS MANY ITEM'S AS POSSIBLE ??? (AND, I WANT A DECENT STANDARD OF COIN AND ARTIFACT TOO !!!) WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SHOW ME ???
NOW HOW ABOUT A "HOUR" ON THE THAMES WITH MR EAGLE ???
SO HERE ARE THE COIN'S....THERE'S TWO 17th TRADER'S AMONST THE BATCH....AND LOOK AT THE 1677 GALLOW'S (THE BIZ OF A COIN) AND THE ARTIFACT'S ARE BEING CLEANED, AS I TYPE........"ONE BLOODY HOUR" !!! AND ALL BY EYE TOO........NOW WHAT DID YOU GET ON YOUR FIELD THEN ???
NOW YOU SEE WHY WE DO THE THAMES......WELL DONE EAGLE....TOP MAN !!!
AND LOOK AT THE "CAROLO" ON ALL FOUR COIN'S....THERE'S A DROPPED "O" ON ONE !!!
A LARGE BALL OF IRON CRUD....AND A GOOD EYE !!!
IT'S SAT 19th OCT.......AND I'M STANDING ON THE MUDDY 4-SHORE TALKING KEVIN A NEWBIE......I PICK UP A LARGE BALL OF IRON CRUD AND SAY TO KEVIN "THIS LOOK'S LIKE A SWORD"??? AND CARRY ON MY CONVERSATION WITH HIM. THEN I FIND A ROCK AND BEAT THE SH*T OUT OF THE CRUD LUMP !!! SORRY THAT'S WRONG........"I USE A SPECIAL CONSERVATIONIST TECHNIQUE TO EXTRACT THE SWORD" !!! KEVIN LOOKED WELL IMPRESSED, AS I USED THIS HIGHLY SKILLED METHOD !!!
HAVE A LOOK WHAT CAME OUT THE CRUD.........TOP SAUSAGE !!!
REMEMBER THIS CAME OUT OF A LARGE BALL OF IRON CRUD TO START WITH !!!
LOOK HOW BAD THE DETAIL IS DUE TO THE CRUD ???
HAVE A LOOK HOW POOR SHE LOOK'S ON THE LEFT......NOW LOOK AT WHAT A QUICK HOUR, AND A BIT OF KNOW HOW CAN DO TO MAKE HER LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER !!! (SEE BELOW)
IT'S SUNDAY MORNING.....AND IVE SPENT A HOUR WORKING ON IT......IT'S GONNA TAKE ME WEEK'S TO GET IT LOOKING BETTER, BUT YOU CAN NOW SEE SOME OF THE SUPERB WORKMANSHIP ON THE OLD CRUD LUMP !!!
THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS......SMACK THOSE IRON LUMP'S OF CRUD TO DEATH !!!.......SORRY......."USE A CONSERVATION METHOD OF THE HIGHEST *$<"*%(@~*"..........JUST SMACK IT IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING !!!!
SWEPT-HILT RAPIER c1630 WOULD HAVE BEEN 44ins IN LENGTH.......AND WOULD OF HIT ABOUT £18000 PLUS IN GOOD CONDITION !!! AS IT STAND'S NOW........£1.75 !!!
LOOK....THERE'S EVEN A LITTLE FACE ON IT !!!
AND JUST REMEMBER VIEWER'S.....IF I'D PULLED THIS OUT OF A HOLE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN PERFECT NICK.....BUT AS IT SAT ON TOP OF THE 4-SHORE, AND OPEN TO ALL THE ELEMENT'S....THAT'S WHY IT GREW A IRON CRUD COAT....TO KEEP IT WARM, I SPOSE ???
I'M ALWAY'S FINDING THESE.........NOT !!!
TALK ABOUT SH*T YOURSELF......STEVIE .R. FILL'S THE BACK OF HIS PANT'S (TWICE), WHEN HE FIND'S THIS BY THE GLOBE !!!
THE POLICE RECKON HE WAS PLAYING CARD'S......AND HE THREW HIS HAND IN ???
COP A LOAD OF MY BABY'S !!!
IF CARLSBERG DID c1720-1790 SHOE AND KNEE BUCKLE'S, THE'YD LOOK LIKE THIS !!! SEND ME MORE PIC'S, AND I'LL GIVE YOU MORE SHOE BUCKLE'S......EASY SWOP !!!
And close your mouth when you look at my beast's !!!
AND YES.......THEY ARE THE REAL McCOY !!! (AND JUST A WEE BIT SAUCY TOO !!!)
Send me pic's.....and get more buckle's......fair dooz !!!
