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Calloways Lane Restoration
Calloways Lane Restoration
Calloways Lane Restoration Project
Clearing Calloways Lane
Metal Detector and Other Finds
Tree Planting and Grass Seeding
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Metal Detector and Other Finds
Location: West Sussex
Part of the project included searching the lane before, during and after clearance. A metal detector was purchased for the group and volunteers carried out the search in shifts. In addition to the metal detector search, volunteers 'field walked' the site looking for other, non-metallic items.
As might be expected at a rural site, a large number of shotgun cartridge caps were found. Most were standard centrefire, but one pinfire cap was found. The pinfire cap is marked Eley Bros. London. After contacting Eley, they were able to supply a detailed history of the company and images of pinfire caps which date this particular find to the late 1880's.
A few coins were found, including an 1863 penny, a 1913 penny and a 1954 Half Crown. A few Horseshoes were found, including one very large one included in the photographs here.
One item which has yet to be identified, is shown in the following photographs. It is approximately 50mm in diameter and may be of brass/bronze alloy, having a rope decoration to the rim. At the top there remains some form of fixing. We would be interested to hear from anyone who could identify this item.
In addition to the metallic finds a few interesting bottles were found including one for Elliman's Embrocation and another for Scott's Emulsion. These date from the late Victorian period. An earthenware bottle was found bearing the impressed mark for Lovatt & Lovatt Ltd.
As usual, a number of fragments of blue and white pottery were found, along with the base of a vase.
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