Found a "11th Century stirrup mount fitting" I wonder who the mounted warrior was that it belonged to?
I found this unusual looking item on a field with my metal detector, sent it to my archeologist and this information came back!.
Turned out to be 900 year old craftsmanship :)
Once again i was amazed at what still is hidden and yet to be unearthed. Imagine for a second who and what type of warrior could have had this attached to his/her horse, such a shame that, that part of the story rests with our imaginations.
Dimensions:
width 35 mm
height 35 mm
thickness max. 4mm
Description:
Five-sided stirrup fitting made of bronze. The upper edge is roof-shaped with a round eye(hole) on the right, left and top. The area of the mount is cracked a total of ten times. The lower edge is approx. 7 mm wide and obliquely angled backwards. Underneath the upheaval, there are two iron rivets to secure the fitting. With the exception of the lower edge, all edges are decorated with parallel, vertical notches. On the back is a rest of the iron rivet plate.
State:
The object has a metallic core, however, the original surface is quite corroded and partly lost. Corrosion loss of the parts (in the area of the eye and the external edges) as well as loss of the half of the right eye. The iron rivet plate is corroded. The corrosion covers almost the whole area of the immediate bottom and has closed two breakthroughs.
The cast seems rather sloppy, the fitting is not reworked (castings) and the notches on the outside edges are not very carefully applied.
The motive of the painting is not recognizable (barbarian animal style or purely geometrical motif?).
processing:
Mechanical removal of the original surface with a triangular blade (bronze corrosion) and a diamond abrasive (iron corrosion).
degreasing with acetone, preservation with benzotriazole (5% in isopropanol) and protective coating with paraloid B 72 (polymethyl methacrylate, 5% in toluene).
storage, handling:
Constant air humidity (dry, if possible about 40% RH), constant temperature (18 degrees Celsius if possible), only touch with gloves!
Thanks for reading.
Peace.
What a lovely find! My son has recently got a metal detector. His best find so far has been the handle of an old tin bath!
My grandad used to use a metal detector. He found all kinds of cool stuff and tons of coins! He always had a treasure to show us from his hunting!
Nice you should follow his footsteps :) i have also found lots of coins which i will probably post sooner or later. Good luck if you do decide to go treasure hunting.
Hi, tell your son not to give up, i found plenty of not so valuable things. Probably 9 out of 10 signals i got, that i then dug up were trash. But if you keep at it, it does then reveal from time to time something that makes the hobby well worth it.
Peace.
Thank you - we certainly will continue. He's quite excited by his growing collection of random bits of rusty metal......to go along with the stones, fossils and sticks......(that I can't resist bringing home either!).
Wow! That is so cool! Where did you find it? If that thing could talk, it would probably have some amazing stories to tell! Thanks for sharing a cool piece of the past with us.
Hi, i found it in Germany, the town was digging up a passage through a field to build a road on. So i thought i would search there before anything gets buried under the road for another couple of hundred years or so. Thanks for reading and voting :)
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