My oldest find.

[Stoney]

I found my oldest relic that I can put a date on.

I must say when I found it, I thought I had found an ancient Roman coin :lol:
Any way it still turns out to be fairly old.

It's a halfpenny token from the 1790s.

Bottle & Less Taxes Norwich Conder Halfpenny

Norwich (Norfolk) copper Conder halfpenny token undated. Obverse: Old fashioned bottle with legend: MORE TRADE AND FEWER TAXES. Reverse: Standing figure of Hope supporting anchor with legend: PROSPERITY TO OLD ENGLAND.

Cheers - Stoney

 

[gcause]

Nice find got to agree with that first sentiment, fewer taxes

 

[Paulmarr]

Excellent find!

 

[Stoney]

Thanks guys.
This is how it once looked

 

[TenOunce Tone]

Thats a pretty good find, you going to try and clean it up or leave as is?

Given the date, it must have come over on one of the first few trips importing undesirables from the old dart

Cheers, Tone

 

[Guest]

Thats a nice find. Very cool indeed.

Is it me or the older the token and more simple
They were made?

 

[Goldpick]

You could almost start up your own museum from all your finds Stoney, great token!

 

[Wally69]

You could almost start up your own museum from all your finds Stoney, great token!

My thoughts exactly, Stoney has some great history coming out of the ground. Great find.

 

[Stoney]

Thats a pretty good find, you going to try and clean it up or leave as is?

Given the date, it must have come over on one of the first few trips importing undesirables from the old dart

Cheers, Tone

Thanks
I'm not sure about cleaning it anymore, it's not valuable, I'm just worried I'll loose more detail, might just give it a soak in olive oil.

The more I find at these sites the more confused I get as how they got there, and what was going on.

Either the original dwellers collected buttons and guns, or this little corner in the middle of a grazing paddock has seen a lot of action.

 

[Stoney]

You could almost start up your own museum from all your finds Stoney, great token!

My thoughts exactly, Stoney has some great history coming out of the ground. Great find.

Thanks again Goldpick, Wally and Wolfau

I am considering contacting a local historian to see if they are interested.
I am very keen to find out as much as I can.

I got lucky again today, While I was at work I meet a very friendly old farmer, who gave me permission to search another few sites on his farm, and they look awesome he also gave me some more leads.

Cheers