Lead shot

  One metal detectorist! One field! One day! What a lot of shot! This lot was all found on one large field in the Sands area. There seems to have been a lot of shooting going on in the past. ...

A Political Badge from the Old Rec

We have seen a Primrose League badge on this blog and that, like the badge below, was a symbol for a political group. This one is for the Junior Imperial & Constitutional League. It was found by m...

The key to the casket

Good old Norman! With over 1000 metal detector finds from the old recreation ground he could keep me in blog ideas for three years. Don’t worry. That isn’t going to happen. If you want to see mor...

A Whistle

Once again we return to one of metal detectorist Norman’s finds on the old recreation ground. This time it is a whistle. Sadly, this is not in working order any more. Although it looks reasonably...

Three Farthings

Amongst the items which metal detectorist Norman found on the old Recreation Field there are hundreds of coins. Most are 19th or 20th century and would like familiar to those who remember our pre deci...

An ATC button

Here we have another find from the old recreation ground. This is a uniform button which is clearly marked A T C which stands for Air Training Corps. This organisation adopted that name in 1941 so ...

A half sovereign

Sovereigns and half sovereigns sound like treasure from a past age, probably made of gold and probably worth a small fortune these days. That certainly isn’t the case with a half sovereign at Market...

Opening a clothes store

This metal detector find seems an unlikely one for the good old recreation ground in Market Lavington. It’s a medallion commemorating the opening of a clothing emporium in the City of London. It is...

Another Diamond Jubilee Medallion

It must have seemed amazing that Queen Victoria celebrated 60 years as the monarch of the United Kingdom and the Empire. Well, it is amazing that anyone should be head of state for 60 or more years. O...

The Teddy Tail League

Teddy Tail was a cartoon mouse featured in the Daily Mail newspaper from 1915. It was discontinued in 1926 but then revived in 1933 when the club for youngsters, the Teddy Tail League was founded. To ...