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« on: February 23, 2013, 08:09:04 pm »
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This gold pen nib turned up in my quarter inch classifier when I was panning in a mountain stream in Powys, Wales, last week. It appears to have a bronze nib. It is 28 mm long. I am advised by a jeweller who has an interest in calligraphy that it might have been used for illuminated manuscripts, so it could be medieval Welsh. I also found small gold nuggets in the same stream, a total of 2 grams over ten days, and many small bits of bronze twisted nails, some with gold plating.
I am repairing my campervan and resting up for a week or so before returning to this stream, to work up into a flat area higher up, where I hope to find further treasures.

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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2013, 07:23:01 am »
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Really too small to see, mate. Can you get a better, closer picture? It begs for that.

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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2013, 09:34:02 am »
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From the land ofthe Bluenose.....nifty and not an every day find by no means.  Gud scoff!

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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2013, 06:16:11 pm »
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Three new pics up close here.

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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2013, 08:29:16 pm »
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I am advised by a jeweller who has an interest in calligraphy that it might have been used for illuminated manuscripts, so it could be medieval Welsh.

After seeing the close up pictures, I have to disagree with your friend. The technology for metal turning didn't happen until the Industrial Revolution was underway. It looks more like a gas igniter tip. Definitely not Medieval.

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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2013, 08:45:28 pm »
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Thanks for the advice on this, I take your point. Maybe it is fairly new brass after all. I'm better on nuggets than artefacts really. On this stream the modern rubbish is mixed up with the native minerals in bedrock punchbowls.

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