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CrapFinds

@CrapFinds

Fighting back against pretty Treasures! Celebrating mundane, mediocre, & ordinary artefacts dutifully recorded by @findsorguk (& others) Pronouns: Finds/Crap

Joined September 2019
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Surely this should be in a museum - sadly no museum is interested in acquiring atm… Let’s hope that changes 🙏
Image from Prof Michael Lewis FSA MCIfA (@Tostig1066)
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You know you're an archaeological small finds person when your see this image and just assume it's a topology of Early-Medieval pin heads!
Vivek Mutalik (@vivek_mutalik) profile pictureVivek Mutalik@vivek_mutalik9 Jul 2022
We are looking for a postdoc who ❤️phages & is passionate about uncovering host-phage specificity determinants by generating >200K phage-bacteria interactions, 1000’s of HT genetic assays & powerful machine learning algorithms. Work will be in my lab & @AdamArkinLab plz reach out
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An event recalled by Bede, whose ~AD900 Old English translation says "ac him ða eagen of his haefde ascuton 7 ætgædere mid þas martyres heafde on eorðan feollan." ("But his eyes shot out of his head & fell together with the martyr's head onto the earth.")
St Albans Museums (@stalbansmuseums) profile pictureSt Albans Museums@stalbansmuseums7 Jul 2021
Replying to @CrapFinds @stuartlondonmud @phyllidaknight @findsorguk @SocMedArch @FindResearchGrp @CifaFinds @Tostig1066
The falling out of the eyes duly remembered in the @StAlbansCath Alban Pilgrimage in June by a small child holding a ginormous eye.
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I keep saying it - but this assemblage of #BronzeAge and #IronAge finds really does need to be in public ownership - and I know the people of #Shropshire and the wider #WestMidlands area are generous and supportive of our shared archaeological past. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sh…
Shropshire Council starts £40k appeal to buy Bronze Age objects

Shropshire Council starts £40k appeal to buy Bronze Age objects

The items were discovered in the county in May 2018 by a local metal detectorist.

bbc.co.uk
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Small, green-glazed brick found near Holden Lane, Smallthorne. Thought to have been part of the bath house at Sneyd Colliery and produced in Burslem. @PeterReavill @CrapFinds @pezzco #brickoftheweek #brickwednesday #museums #stokeontrent #staffordshire
Image from Potteries Museum Collections (@PMAGCollections)
Image from Potteries Museum Collections (@PMAGCollections)
Image from Potteries Museum Collections (@PMAGCollections)
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Replying to @PeterReavill
If only more people understood that archaeology is as much about the future as it is about the past
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findsbot@findsbot17 May 2021
POST MEDIEVAL COIN WEIGHT from the Vale of Glamorgan DYFED-AC553F finds.org.uk/database/artefa… #findsorguk #recordYourFinds #POSTMEDIEVAL
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This 'All-suffering Eye' topos is shown on a lot of small gold discs, probably earrings. The Eye is central and is surrounded by the things that will either literally fight it with teeth or weapons or try and distract it by looking a bit bizarre. 👇PAS: NMS-B9A004 & KENT-DD7BC3
Image from Adam Parker 🤟🤖 is in need of biscuits. (@adamarchaeology)
Image from Adam Parker 🤟🤖 is in need of biscuits. (@adamarchaeology)
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Fallen into a Thomas Becket rabbit hole, so digging my way out by sharing it with you lovely people. 🧵1/ TLDR: Old stuff and history is awesome.
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🥳 Woohoo! 🥳 Today we have passed the 15,000 followers mark! Thanks everyone! We look forward to keeping you updated with all things PAS! #WeHaveTheBestFollowers #ThankYou
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*heavy breathing*
Oxford School of Archaeology (@school_of_arch) profile pictureOxford School of Archaeology@school_of_arch23 Mar 2021
We're delighted to launch the #IronAge #Coins in Britain website! It's the most comprehensive typology of Iron Age coins in Britain & is an excellent tool for anything from finds identification to academic research. Find out more here: iacb.arch.ox.ac.uk/
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The Treasure Act Annual Report was laid before Parliament today. Here's a great thread from @TRegistrars all about it!
Treasure Registrars (@TRegistrars) profile pictureTreasure Registrars@TRegistrars22 Mar 2021
Today the Treasure Act Annual Report 2018 was laid before Parliament, listing all of the finds reported as potential ‘Treasure’ in that year. It is available here: finds.org.uk/publications/re… Here are some takeaways from the report:
Bronze Age gold bulla from the Shropshire Marches

ALT Bronze Age gold bulla from the Shropshire Marches

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It got a bit out of hand on this Roman strap end finds.org.uk/database/artefa…
Image from Berkshire FLO (Pip/Dr. BERK 💙❤️🖤) 🏳️‍🌈 (@BerkshireFlo)
CrapFinds (@CrapFinds) profile pictureCrapFinds@CrapFinds17 Mar 2021
Plenty of pre-early medieval examples of 'ring & dot' decoration stretching back even to the prehistoric, as on this beautiful & rare Ewart Park Late Bronze Age 'bag-shaped' dagger scabbard chape. It's a popular motif! HAMP-09506 - Hampshire
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In due course this will include @findsorguk data
Julian D Richards (@Julian62523002) profile pictureJulian D Richards@Julian6252300215 Mar 2021
Today is the UK launch of the @ARIADNEplus portal portal.ariadne-infrastructur…. All this week @ADS_Update will be tweeting about some of the powerful ways it can be used to search ADS resources. And see our blog archaeologydataservice.ac.uk… for the background
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Image from Julian D Richards (@Julian62523002)
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Replying to @Anarchaeologist
How about this Roman brooch fragment I recorded today?
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Less 👏 stabby 👏 pastimes 👌
🅰ntiquity Journal (@AntiquityJ) profile picture🅰ntiquity Journal@AntiquityJ4 Mar 2021
This is the large amphitheatre at the Roman fort of Isca Augusta in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #RomanFortThursday Boardgame pieces were also found, suggesting the legionaries also enjoyed less stabby pastimes 🔗 to research on them (🆓) buff.ly/2U0mTH8 📷 by CADW/CC BY-SA 3.0
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Hanson is always causing trouble. This object is just one more reason why the Treasure act needs urgently amending.
Mike Pitts (@pittsmike) profile pictureMike Pitts@pittsmike25 Feb 2021
Someone's just paid £71,500 for this detector find from "Buckinghamshire" (PAS photo finds.org.uk/database/artefa…). See @pipelinenews on the object here thepipeline.info/blog/2021/0…
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CrapFinds@CrapFinds23 Feb 2021
#TokenTuesday? I'm onboard! Can i 'stretch' too @spmaslin? 😊 Medieval lead-alloy token (medal/seal!?) depicting a knight, with dragon (?!?) around legs, advancing on a rampant lion (c.AD1100-1300) Poss ref to the 'Yvain, Knight of the Lion' poem by Chretien de Troyes LON-5DC7C0
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CrapFinds@CrapFinds18 Feb 2021
A late medieval iconographic signet ring (c.AD1400-1500) Featuring St James (or a Santiago pilgrim?) with traditional broad-brimmed hat & knopped/hooked staff. #FingerRingFursday NMS-44B9CC - King's Lynn, Norfolk
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For #MountMonday is a copper alloy Anglo-Saxon mount dating to c. AD 500 - 600. The surface is incised or chip carved to reveal a fantastical bird or beast. finds.org.uk/database/artefa…
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