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    Amazing little ring brooch I found today!

    Hello friends,
    Today I went detecting for 3 hours at the 1734 battle site (the French trenches I hit a couple months ago). Not many signals but I did see other dig holes and there was usually a piece of trash or iron next to each one! Anyway, I got a pretty sweet signal and fully expected it to be another musket ball. What a surprise it turned out to be a very tiny ring brooch from the 1200's! It shows two birds kissing above a heart. Also the brooch is in the shape of a heart. I wonder if this was used in a wedding or maybe a wedding gift? Thanks for looking and happy digging! Dave.
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    Can I get a discount ticket to your museum if I order early? Or family pass?

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    Another day, another museum piece. As always, you did a wonderful job of cleaning and preserving it, Dave! It's amazing that the pin survived as well. Spectacular find!

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    its remarkably similar to a "Luckenbooth" brooch we rarely find here Dave , maybe your item's origin somehow coincides with them . great find !

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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    its remarkably similar to a "Luckenbooth" brooch we rarely find here Dave , maybe your item's origin somehow coincides with them . great find !

    Dan
    I agree the styles might be related. I looked at Luckenbooth pictures and it looks like they mostly date to 1700's. I noticed the pins tend to be on the back of the brooch but I did find one or two examples with the notched pin like mine. I also noticed that luckenbooth brooches almost always have a crown or thistle at the top of the heart. Ring brooches were very popular in the 13th century when most people wore pull-over tunics. In the 14th century fashion changed and tunics went out of style pretty quick (as well as the need for a ring brooch to hold it together at the neck).
    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
    Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
    Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
    Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
    YouTube Channel: Full Metal Digger

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Two-Cent View Post
    Another day, another museum piece. As always, you did a wonderful job of cleaning and preserving it, Dave! It's amazing that the pin survived as well. Spectacular find!
    Thanks Tony, when I dug it I was 99% sure it was going to be another musket ball since it rang in as a scratchy 83 on my deus. Once I had it out of the hole, I thought it was a tiny buckle of some sort but then noticed it had a dainty little pin still attached. I very carefully put it in my holder for silver coins (which is usually empty) so it couldn't get bumped or damaged by the other finds in my pouch.
    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
    Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
    Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
    Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
    YouTube Channel: Full Metal Digger

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noah View Post
    Can I get a discount ticket to your museum if I order early? Or family pass?
    Noah, you can get a 10% "acquaintance" discount!
    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
    Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
    Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
    Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
    YouTube Channel: Full Metal Digger

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    Oh, now I really love that! Wow!
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    Another great job Dave. Beautiful piece!!
    I hope you don't get bored hunting back here in the States.
    I too would like to order a ticket to your Museum! can't wait!!
    See ya soon!!!
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