Swindon
17 digs
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Metal detecting in Wiltshire.
We've recorded 239+ digs across 2 districts of Wiltshire, on private farmland walked with the express consent of the landowner.
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5 significant finds recorded by Midweek Searchers members in Wiltshire, with Portable Antiquities Scheme references where assigned. Exact locations withheld out of respect for our landowners.
Coombe Bissett, Wiltshire
Recorded Jan 2016
A unique Anglosaxon coin of the Mercian king Ludica. The coin has on the obverse a diademed bust of Ludica facing right with the legend LUDICA REX MER, while the reverse features the inscription LUN/DONIA/CIVIT in three lines.
Allington, Wiltshire
Recorded Sept 2017
A large copper alloy Iron Age (50BC-70AD) enamelled flat-ring terret. The flattened ring of the terret is decorated with elaborate 'S' shape or La Tene style scrolls conjoined into a moustache-like motif, set against an inlaid ground of red enamel.
Ogbourne St.George, Wiltshire
Recorded Sept 2018
A complete Bronze Age (1300-800 BC) flat barbed and tanged copper-alloy arrowhead.
Liddington, Wiltshire
Recorded Oct 2018
Scattered hoard of 15 Roman denarii, from Gorian III to Valarian c. 245-247 AD.
Whaddon, Wiltshire
Recorded Nov 2021
A complete gold mourning ring with glass setting and black niello decoration, inscribed and dated 1715. It commemorates William Hewer, MP for Yarmouth and clerk to Samuel Pepys.