Items up to 3,500 years old found at metal-detecting rally
IRON Age, Roman and medieval artefacts were among finds unearthed at Tickhill's first metal detecting rally.
Among the finds were a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age spearhead and a 2,800-year-old socketed axe head tip
The detecting enthusiasts used their sensitive equipment to discover roman coins, brooches, part of a sword hilt, a medieval horse harness, buckles, hammered silver coins and lead spindle whorls.
The charity rally was organised by the Searchers of Dinnington Society, on fields owned by a local farmer.
Club chairman Tony Williams, aged 67, said: "Enthusiasts from all over the country along with one from Germany attended the rally.
"My daughter Caron is terminally ill with Motor Neurone Disease having been diagnosed with the illness four years ago. All the money that was raised over the weekend will go to the Motor Neurone Disease Association."
The society invited a team of experts - Portable Antiquities Scheme South and West Yorkshire Finds Liaison Officer Amy Cooper and a band of knowledgeable colleagues.
Amy, aged 25, said: "We were there to help detectors to identify and record the items that they found. The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a national one that encourages the reporting of archaeological objects found by members of the public.
"The process is entirely voluntary and after the artefacts are recorded they are returned to the person that has handed them in."
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