John Lynn, better known as the "Norfolk Wolf", has become one of the countrys leading authorities on metal detecting. His many years experience and no-nonsense style of field testing many different metal detectors, coupled with his ability to explain in simple terms the less understood principles involved in metal detecting, has lead to him being a sought after detecting "guru" by many people, most of who had considered themselves experienced detectorists.

John Lynn, better known as the "Norfolk Wolf", has become one of the country's leading authorities on metal detecting. His many years experience and no-nonsense style of field testing many different metal detectors, coupled with his ability to explain in simple terms the less understood principles involved in metal detecting, has lead to him being a sought after detecting "guru" by many people, most of who had considered themselves experienced detectorists.

It was with these people in mind that John has written Advanced Detecting. Thought provoking and at times hard hitting, this book is a must have for the thinking detectorist wishing to improve his or her skills, no matter what their level.

Whilst many words have been written for the beginner or those contemplating getting started in the hobby, this is the first book that explains, in an easy to read style, every problem or situation that a detectorist will encounter, what causes it and how to overcome it. Dealing with mineralization and understanding signals are just a couple of the intriguing and often misunderstood topics that John discusses. The fourteen chapters in this book, each one with many photographs and illustrations, give hard learnt advice and tips that will ensure that this book will become the bible for those genuinely interested in improving and understanding the more advanced principles involved in metal detecting.

Chapter titles are:

Understanding your Detector - Mineralisation & Ground Effect - Meters Or Audio - Discrimination and the Conductivity of Metals - The Functions of Sensitivity & All Metal - Mindset, Experience, Confidence & Concentration - Starting From Scratch On A New Field - Time-Out But Not To Smell The Flowers - Sweep, Stem Lengths & Pace Lengths - Signals - The Best & Worst Times To Detect & Different Surfaces - Identifying Pottery - Recovery & Response Speed - Bits & Pieces

Buttons are now part of our daily lives, but few people realise they have a history stretching back over 2,500 years with buttons being used in the late Bronze Age and the Celts using bronze cloak toggles even before the Roman Invasion of Britain in AD 43.

Buttons are now part of our daily lives, but few people realise they have a history stretching back over 2,500 years with buttons being used in the late Bronze Age and the Celts using bronze cloak toggles even before the Roman Invasion of Britain in AD 43.

Produced in a myriad of diverse forms and designs - and made from a variety of materials - buttons are popular with collectors the world over, not least in that they give a glimpse of the clothing fashions adopted and worn by our ancestors.

Containing over 1,000 high quality colour photographs, this book allows the identification and dating of metal buttons through many periods of history. Many of the buttons covered are excavated examples, and quite a number are rare and previously unrecorded varieties.

This book will find a place on the bookshelves of archaeologists, museum curators, historians, and - of course - the many people who are already involved in this interesting field of collecting.

While most of the book centres on buttons, it also contains special illustrated supplements covering Iron Age toggles, Saxon-Tudor hook fasteners, and ring brooches.

The author, Gordon Bailey, is a detectorist and amateur historian with over 30 years of experience, and has five previously published popular books to his credit in the Detector Finds series.

CONTENTS: Excavated Metal Buttons - Bronze Age - Iron Age - Roman - Saxon & Viking - Medieval (11th & 12th Centuries) - Medieval (13th-15th Centuries) - Late 15th-16th Centuries - 17th Century - 18th-Early 19th Century - Celtic Toggles - Saxon, Viking & Tudor Hook Fasteners - Ring Brooches

Brand new book by Julian Evan-Hart and Dave Stuckey. Everything you need to know to get the best out of this fascinating hobby. Over 90 pages with dozens of colour illustrations. Set out in thirteen chapters for easy reference.

Brand new book by Julian Evan-Hart and Dave Stuckey. Everything you need to know to get the best out of this fascinating hobby. Over 90 pages with dozens of colour illustrations. Set out in thirteen chapters for easy reference:

The Different Types Of Detectors Available
Detecting Accessories
Where To Detect
Researching Potential Sites
Gaining Search Permission
Field walking and What To Look For
Search Techniques and Methods
Examples of Detector Found Artefacts
A positive Attitude From Archaeology
Identifying, Recording, Cleaning and Displaying Finds
Making A Connection With Your Finds and Creating Time Lines
Further Reading and Assistance
Further Information and Glossary Of Terms

This superb artefact identifyer and price guide ranges from the Stone age through to the Tudor period. Over 1000 "new" artefacts have been added to the 1000 in the first edition and the prices have been updated.

This superb artefact identifyer and price guide ranges from the Stone age through to the Tudor period. Over 1000 "new" artefacts have been added to the 1000 in the first edition and the prices have been updated. This hardback book is produced in full colour throughout. Benet's is not an academic study nor an archaeological report of objects discovered and this is reflected in the brief verbal descriptions. Benet's is, however, a visual guide for identification purposes and to market prices. It is hoped that such a visual aid to identification will encourage finders in particular to undertake further research into the class of item which they have found. The prices quoted are based upon first hand knowledge and experience of the antiquities market as well as knowledge of the actual prices obtained on many of the items shown. This knowledge has been combined with consultation with other experienced and respected dealers in antiquities.

Pottery in Britain 4000BC to AD1900 by Lloyd LaingThis book aims to provide an introductory guide to identifying some of the basic types of pottery that may be found by accident, in systematic fieldwalking, and in archaeological excavation.

Pottery in Britain 4000BC to AD1900 by Lloyd LaingThis book aims to provide an introductory guide to identifying some of the basic types of pottery that may be found by accident, in systematic fieldwalking, and in archaeological excavation.Clay is an exceptionally versatile material. It can be made into many useful and beautiful objects, decorated in a splendid variety of ways, and, if exposed to high temperatures, made into pottery. Both rich and poor have used pottery since the Stone Age, so the way the craft developed gives unusually clear insights into intimate details of lifestyle and outlooks in even remote periods.It has been said that "archaeology is built on a foundation of potsherds". Some archaeological sites have produced over a million sherds, so, as a result of several centuries of highly complex logical reasoning, scientific analysis and cross-referencing with other material, pottery has become invaluable for making inferences about ancient societies. Although pottery is easily broken, the individual sherds are remarkably resilient. Sherds are therefore the most frequent types of find on archaeological sites and their presence in the soil can lead to the discovery of new sites. While many people can distinguish porcelain from earthenware, not everyone can tell the difference between stoneware and tin glaze or a Bronze Age urn from a modern flowerpot. Many sites, seen in retrospect as important, have been destroyed or overlooked because pottery lying on the surface was not recognised for what it was.A general knowledge of ancient pottery is not difficult to acquire, although, as in many other walks of life, the study is very complex on a professional level. Since whole pots are very rare finds the emphasis is on sherds rather than museum or collectors' pieces. For reasons of space it has been impossible to do more than outline the main types (out of many thousands) of pottery vessel that might be found. Local and national museums and art galleries are the first places to visit in order to become familiar with pottery in particular areas.The book deals mostly with pottery made in Britain, though at all times it must be borne in mind that any pottery found could have come from any period or any location in the world. As a rule of thumb, lowland areas have tended to produce more ancient pottery than highland, presumably due to a combination of lifestyle and availability of raw materials.The book contains 178 illustrations, mainly in colour, and is divided into the following sections:* The potter's craft * The study of pottery * Prehistoric pottery- the Neolithic Period circa 4000-2000 BC * The Bronze Age circa 2000-700 BC * The Iron Age circa 700/600 BC-43 AD * The Iron Age circa 700/600 BC-43 AD * The Dark Ages & Early Medieval Period * The Medieval Period - 11th-15th Centuries * The 16th & 17th Centuries * The 18th & 19th Centuries * Glossary of terminology. Over 100 pages (250mm x190mm)

Guy de la Bédoyère, 0 7478 0469 9 (Shire Archaeology 79) 72 pp, 52 ills.

This book looks at how pottery was made and circulated and how pottery can be useful to archaeologists.

Guy de la Bédoyère

0 7478 0469 9 (Shire Archaeology 79) 72 pp, 52 ills.

Roman sites in Britain produce huge quantities of pottery, often overwhelming the archaeologist. Despite the problems involved in processing it, pottery can provide a vast amount of information about technology, trade, communications, wealth, industry and lifestyle. This book looks at how pottery was made and circulated and how pottery can be useful to archaeologists. It goes on to look at the different types of wares that existed in the four centuries of Roman Britain. The wide range of illustrations makes the book invaluable to students and to archaeologists.

Jo Draper, 0 85263 681 4 (Shire Archaeology 40) 64 pp, 44 ills.

The period from 1650 to 1800 is the most interesting and complex time in the development of English ceramics.

Jo Draper

0 85263 681 4 (Shire Archaeology 40) 64 pp, 44 ills.

The period from 1650 to 1800 is the most interesting and complex time in the development of English ceramics, with new types of pottery being developed all through that period, and with porcelain being made in Britain for the first time. Wares ranged from the simple, everyday earthenwares of the local potters up to the sophisticated products of Staffordshire and the porcelain factories. This book combines the art-historical or collector’s approach with archaeologically excavated material. Methods of production and decoration are explained, and contemporary imports discussed. Over a hundred pots are illustrated, and a further reading list is included.

Jo Draper was born in Hampshire. She has published many archaeological reports, and an even larger number of pottery reports. Archaeologically excavated pottery led her to an interest in all ceramics, especially those of the post-medieval period. Her work includes archaeology, museums, creating exhibitions and writing.

Ellen Swift, 0 7478 0567 9 (Shire Archaeology 85) 56 pp, 14 colour and 32 b/w ills.

This book provides an introduction to Roman dress accessories – defined here as what would today be called costume jewellery (non-precious metal jewellery).

Ellen Swift

0 7478 0567 9 (Shire Archaeology 85) 56 pp, 14 colour and 32 b/w ills.

This book provides an introduction to Roman dress accessories – defined here as what would today be called costume jewellery (non-precious metal jewellery). Items such as bracelets and pins are widely found in the Roman period in copper alloy, bone, glass, jet, shale and other materials. Completely new objects were introduced by the Romans, spread rapidly in each area of the Empire and were adopted by local populations. Using new evidence from finds, production areas, distribution patterns and the locations of workshops are examined. The interpretation of dress accessories is introduced, with reference to the depiction of objects in Roman art. Brooches, bracelets, beads, necklaces, rings, earrings, pins and belt sets are explained in detail, and the most popular types are described and illustrated, enabling the reader to identify common objects that might be found on an archaeological site or in a museum.

Ellen Swift studied archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and her PhD was awarded in 1999. She is currently Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Kent.

Peter Johnson, 0 85263 891 4 (Shire Archaeology 25) 72 pp, 51 b/w ills.

This book is a concise introduction to the floor mosaics of Roman Britain.

Peter Johnson

0 85263 891 4 (Shire Archaeology 25) 72 pp, 51 b/w ills.

This book is a concise introduction to the floor mosaics of Roman Britain. It first chronicles the history of mosaic discovery in Britain and discusses the changing attitudes towards mosaics, no longer considered merely art objects but social documents. It deals with the different periods of mosaic laying from the first-century pavements at Fishbourne, of Italian craftsmanship, to the Hadrianic and Antonine periods, when mosaic was first established in the towns. It traces the apparent collapse of the craft in the third century and the remarkable fourth-century revival, when many villas were decorated with sophisticated mosaics, and it examines the probable techniques of the Roman mosaicist by reference to both literary and archaeological evidence. A chapter deals with the recording, conservation and research of mosaics, and a list of sites where mosaics can be seen includes comments on items of outstanding interest. Mosaics are illustrated by photographs and distribution maps show the fourth-century schools of mosaic. There is a glossary of technical terms.

Peter Johnson has written and presented numerous papers on Roman mosaics, notably at successive International Colloquia on Ancient Mosaics at Ravenna and Trier. He organised the fifth International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics held at Bath in 1987 and co-edited the papers published in 1994. In 1978 he co-founded ASPROM, the Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics, of which he is Vice-Chairman.

Denise Allen, 0 7478 0373 0 (Shire Archaeology 76) 64 pp, 38 ills.

This book looks at the products of the Roman glass industry found in Britain, describing the vessels used in the province during four chronological periods.

Denise Allen

0 7478 0373 0 (Shire Archaeology 76) 64 pp, 38 ills.

This book looks at the products of the Roman glass industry found in Britain, describing the vessels used in the province during four chronological periods. Techniques of manufacture and decoration, trade with other provinces, and the evidence for British production are also explored. In addition there is a brief guide as to where the best examples of Roman glass can be seen in museums in Britain.

Denise Allen works with the collections of the Hampshire County Council Museum Service and lectures both locally and on archaeological and classical study tours around the Mediterranean.

Eleanor Johnson, 0 7478 0403 6 40 pages, 39 colour and 29 b/w illustrations

This book shows the charm of the humble thimble in all its variety, from simple workaday types to rarer and more exquisite examples that gave scope for artists and craftsmen, and indeed still do.

Eleanor Johnson

0 7478 0403 6 40 pages, 39 colour and 29 b/w illustrations

This book shows the charm of the humble thimble in all its variety, from simple workaday types to rarer and more exquisite examples that gave scope for artists and craftsmen, and indeed still do. It shows possibilities that exist for the collector, including the parallel subject of thimble holders.

Previously published as a Shire Album, this new edition has been updated and illustrated throughout with new colour and black and white photographs.

Hans van Lemmen, 0 7478 0463 X (Album 380) 40 pp, 72 colour and 10 b/w ills.

Throughout Britain, tiles can still be seen in situ on the sites of former abbeys as well as in medieval cathedrals and parish churches, and the British Museum has an extensive and important collection.

Hans van Lemmen

0 7478 0463 X (Album 380) 40 pp, 72 colour and 10 b/w ills.

During the Middle Ages decorative floor tiles were used in abbey churches, royal palaces, parish churches and the homes of wealthy citizens. Tiles were durable and hygienic and added a new decorative element to the interior. Many medieval tiles disappeared during nineteenth-century restorations but the designs lived on in the copies made by Victorian tile manufacturers. Throughout Britain, tiles can still be seen in situ on the sites of former abbeys as well as in medieval cathedrals and parish churches, and the British Museum has an extensive and important collection.

Hans van Lemmen is an established author on the history of tiles and has lectured on the subject. He is a founder member and presently publications editor of the British Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society.

Jacqueline Fearn, 0 85263 476 5 96 pp, 64 b/w ills.

This book provides a gentle introduction, explaining each term with illustrations and text and expounding the basic principles so the reader will understand what a coat of arms consists of and the rules that govern its arrangement.

Jacqueline Fearn

0 85263 476 5 96 pp, 64 b/w ills.

Heraldry's unfamiliar terminology tends to discourage people from learning more about this fascinating subject. But heraldic language is essential for the precise description of a coat of arms and is soon learned with a little practice. This book provides a gentle introduction, explaining each term with illustrations and text and expounding the basic principles so the reader will understand what a coat of arms consists of and the rules that govern its arrangement. Heraldry is an intriguing study as a colourful art in its own right as well as for its relevance to genealogy and other subjects.

A guide to sites, monuments and artefacts in the countryside and museums. With 268 pictures, mainly in colour, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages and the Roman period.

A guide to sites, monuments and artefacts in the countryside and museums.With 268 pictures, mainly in colour, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages and the Roman period. An understanding of where and how these ancient people lived, besides being a fascinating study in itself, will provide an insight into how later societies evolved.Exploring Prehistoric & Roman England is intended to assist all who wish to seek out English field monuments for themselves as well as supplying a wealth of information to the armchair enthusiast. Details and illustrations are provided in abundance on artefacts, and guidance is given to museums containing material from these eras.Landscapes have, of course, changed immeasurably since the time the sites were in use, and imagination has to supply the detail now lacking. Nevertheless, a variety of earthworks and other structures still survive in the landscape, and visits to locate them, followed by time spent in appropriate museums will help you to relate excavated objects to their sources, and place tools, weapons, pottery, and religious and decorative items in their proper context.By recognising and understanding how the landscape tells its story you may be able to discover further sites and by seeing the artefacts in the context of where they were found can offer you valuable knowledge when interpreting future discoveries.Exploring Prehistoric & Roman England shows you just some of the monuments that have survived around the country, as well as providing details of the museum that houses the artefacts related to each site.144 pages (250mmx190mm)

This is the first of three "Finds" books by the ever popular Gordon Bailey, and contains over 1,000 illustrations. It is designed to help detectorists identify finds.

This is the first of three "Finds" books by the ever popular Gordon Bailey, and contains over 1,000 illustrations. It is designed to help detectorists identify finds. The contents cover Buckles, Clog & Shoe Clasps, Buttons, Hook Fasteners, Gun Money, Crotal and Rumbler Bells, Love Tokens, Ring Brooches, Lead Artefacts, Hawking Bells and Whistles, Pipe Tampers, Candle Snuffers, Hasps and Clasps, Copper Nails, Horse Decorations, Pomanders, Spurs and Pastry Jiggers.

The second volume of finds, again with hundreds of illustrations, forms an additional invaluable aid to identifying finds.

The second volume of finds, again with hundreds of illustrations, forms an additional invaluable aid to identifying finds. The contents, completely different form 1 or 3 includes: Purse Frames, Pocket Sundials, Medieval Handles, Thimbles, Furniture Fittings, Sentimental Brooches, Baldrick Buckles, Watch Keys, Lead Weights, Cased Mirrors, Toy Cannons, Cuff Links, Nut Crackers, Petronels, Sword Belt Fitments, Scissors, Horse Pendants, Foot Pattens, Wine Labels, Barrel Locks and Keys, Palm Guards, Button Hooks, Dividers, Sword and Dagger Chapes, Brass Horse Bells, Jaws Harps, Hatpins, Lead "Bells", Spoons, Scabbard Fitments, Sheet Metal Bells, Miniature Domestic Utensils and Jettons.

The third and final part of this series covers objects found in the UK from Roman to Modern times.

The third and final part of this series covers objects found in the UK from Roman to Modern times. The clear line drawings and colour pictures again help the finder with identification. The contents are: Casket, Chest & Door Keys, Medieval Purse Holders, Brass Lettering From Tombs, Pilgrims Ampullae, Pewter Medical Syringes, Snake Form Belt Hooks, Luggage & Dog Collar Name Plates, Finger Rings, Roman & Saxon Pins, Walking Stick Tops & Ferrules, Bronze Pot Legs, Decorative Lead Discs, Chess Pieces, Horseshoes, Medieval Barrel Locks & Keys, Medieval Candle Holders, Clay Tobacco Pipes, Belt Decorations, Decorative Pouring Spouts, Saddle Pommels, Bayonet Scabbard Hooks, Lace Tags, Door & Window Latches, Medieval Pins, Posy & Mourning Rings, Silver Pins & Bodkins, Cosmetic Implements, Clothing Accessories.

Another superb reference book from this Gordon Bailey (the fourth in the series) that will help you identify and value a wide range of finds.

Another superb reference book from this Gordon Bailey (the fourth in the series) that will help you identify and value a wide range of finds. Finds Identified is extensively illustrated, in full colour, and contains all new material.Covering the period Medieval to Victorian (1100-1900) the contents include: Early Table Forks - The Papal Bulla - Boy Bishop Tokens - Chafing Dish Handles - Lead Seals - Seal Matrices - Coin Weights - Bullion Weights - Continental Weights - Apothecary's Weights - Trade Weights - Horse Harness Decorations - Crudely Made Bronze Rings - Arrow Heads - Strike-a-Lights - Knife Blades - Shears - Cock Fighting Spurs - Clasp or Folding Knives - Sickles & Pruning Knives - Countermarks on Copper Coins - Musket Shot - Knife Handles, Pommels & Guards - Tobacco Jars - Sheep Bells - Not Just A Coin - Copper Bracelets - Strap or Belt Loops - Ejector Candlesticks - Cannon Balls - Counterfeit Coins - Lead Tokens.

Contains hundreds of new colour illustrations of artefacts to help you identify, date and price your finds. Covering the stone age to Victorian times the chapter titles give you a clear indication of the wide appeal of DF5.

Contains hundreds of new colour illustrations of artefacts to help you identify, date and price your finds. Covering the stone age to Victorian times the chapter titles give you a clear indication of the wide appeal of DF5. As you can see there is significant coverage of tokens:Caltrops, Straw Splitters, Musket Shot, Worms & Scouring Sticks, Hippo Sandals, Hunting Pouch Badges, Symbols of Chivalry, Tools, Knife Holders/Sheaths, The Pricker, Small Bronze Anchors, Unusual Copper & Silver Ingots, Lead Shot Tongs, Belt & Chain Link Girdles, Iron & Bronze Keys, The Hook & Spike, Military Badges, Snaffle Bitts, Roman Tent Pegs, Dog Collars, Toy Soldiers, Tanks & Field Guns, The Bronze Swivel , Other Types of Toys, 17th Century Tokens, 18th Century Tokens, 19th Century Tokens, Axe Heads, Wheel Lock Gun Spanners, The Matchbox & Matchcase, The Spear & The Lance, Miscellaneous Roman Military Items, Silver Tokens.

This indispensable reference book by Nigel Mills spans the period 1066-1500. It contains over 300 beautiful illustrations, all in colour, in 116 pages.

This indispensable reference book by Nigel Mills spans the period 1066-1500. It contains over 300 beautiful illustrations, all in colour, in 116 pages. The illustrations and descriptions will help you identify your finds and every item is priced in fine and very fine condition. The contents cover a wide spectrum of everyday objects including buckles, brooches, rings pilgrim badges, spoons, daggers, thimbles, weights, arrowheads, spurs, purses, seal matrices and heraldic pendants together with more unnusual items such as enamelled plaques from Limoges crucifixes.

MITCHINER, MICHAELMedieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges. Sanderstead 1986. 288 pages, over 1,100 badges illustrated. Casebound.

MITCHINER, MICHAELMedieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges. Sanderstead 1986.The concept of pilgrimage, providing as it does the opportunity to contemplate some of the fundamental truths of life, is in no way restricted either to Christianity or to the Medieval period. So, the present study is concerned with only one small part of this human experience. In many respects the period that extended from Thomas Becket's martyrdom in 1170 until Henry VIII abolished the shrines during the late 1530's marked the heyday of pilgrimage in England. Concepts and preferences evolved and changed within this time span, as will be apparent in this book. Badges were popular pilgrim signs, but the same period also saw widespread popular use of badges with purely secular characteristics. The present study has therefore been extended beyond the pilgrim scene to embrace the field of contemporary secular badges and some forms of other ornamental dress fittings. Personal preference also evolved in this sphere through the course of time and the influence of the Wars of the Roses on the form of secular retainers' badges should not be underestimated. As recently as 1968 it was possible ot write that only about 1300 medieval pilgrim signs had been found in England. Since then the use of the metal detector has considerably increased that number. The badges catalogued here have been acquired by the author principally from finds made by a group of metal detector enthusiasts, popularly known as 'mudlarks', who belong to the restricted group possessing official licences to dig the Thames foreshaw in London. These items provide a representative picture of the badges lost by London's medieval inhabitabts and they also tell us something of their everyday life and of their travels to shrines, both near and far.288 pages, over 1,100 badges illustrated. Casebound.

From the author of Medieval Artefacts, this exciting new title is produced in full colour with over 450 Celtic and Roman artefacts beautifully illustrated in over 140 pages.

From the author of Medieval Artefacts, this exciting new title is produced in full colour with over 450 Celtic and Roman artefacts beautifully illustrated in over 140 pages.This superb book contains a wide cross-section of artefacts of the Celtic & Roman period including: - Bronze & Iron Age Artefacts - Fibula Brooches - Plate, Crossbow & Early Saxon Brooches - Buckles & Military Equipment - Locks, Keys & Knife Handles - Spoons, Cosmetic Grinders, Medical Implements & Seal Boxes - Jewellery - Cube Matrices, Lead Seals and Gaming Pieces - Pottery & Bronze Utensils - Steelyard Weights & Bronze Mounts - Figurines & Votive Objects - Genealogical Chart of Roman Gods - Select Bibliography.Full price guide for every item in two grades of condition - Invaluable reference work.

This exciting new book covers the period following on from Celtic & Roman Artefacts. Together with "Celtic & Roman Artefacts" and "Medieval Artefacts" (also by Nigel Mills) - completes the historical series covering detector finds right from the Bronze Age to Tudor times.

This exciting new book covers the period following on from Celtic & Roman Artefacts. Together with "Celtic & Roman Artefacts" and "Medieval Artefacts" (also by Nigel Mills) - completes the historical series covering detector finds right from the Bronze Age to Tudor times. Illustrated in full colour and with over 250 superb photographs of individual objects, it encompasses the full spectrum of everyday items in use in Anglo-Saxon England in chronological sequence. The selection of illustrations has been built up over a period of 15 years from various collections. The objects covered include: buckles, strap ends, pins, cruciform brooches, disc brooches, animal brooches, jewellery, beads, stirrup mounts, wrist clasps, dress hooks, keys, knives, tweezers, weights, gaming counters, and weapons. There is also a Norse mythology genealogical chart of the gods. Each item is individually valued in two states of preservation, Fine and Very Fine, and there are additional notes and advice for collectors.The book is an invaluable reference work for metal detectorists, collectors, dealers, museums, and archaeologists.Price guide for every item in two grades of condition.

A4, 137 pages, over 950 archaeological quality illustrations. A great aid to identification and dating. Mounts - Pendant Suspension Mounts and Pendants - Strap Distributors - Terrets - Spurs and Spur Fittings - Horses' Bit - Keys and Locks - Seal-Boxes - Seal Matrices; Daggers and Knives and their Fittings - Sword Fittings ? Spear - Tools - Spoons - Brooches - Weights and Weighing Apparatus - Candleholders ? Lamp Suspenders and Lanterns - Purse Bars and Pendent Frames - Lead Tokens. Principal illustrator Patrick Read, additional illustrations by Nick Griffiths, foreword by Geoff Egan.

A4, 137 pages, over 950 archaeological quality illustrations. A great aid to identification and dating. Mounts - Pendant Suspension Mounts and Pendants - Strap Distributors - Terrets - Spurs and Spur Fittings - Horses' Bit - Keys and Locks - Seal-Boxes - Seal Matrices; Daggers and Knives and their Fittings - Sword Fittings ? Spear - Tools - Spoons - Brooches - Weights and Weighing Apparatus - Candleholders ? Lamp Suspenders and Lanterns - Purse Bars and Pendent Frames - Lead Tokens. Principal illustrator Patrick Read, additional illustrations by Nick Griffiths, foreword by Geoff Egan.

Civilian Uniform Buttons - 19th-20th century by Dennis G Blair - FRSAA new authoritative book compiled for collectors and those interested in the design of buttons. Chapter Six 1 FREE PRICE GUIDEA5 - 92 pages.

Civilian Uniform Buttons - 19th-20th century by Dennis G Blair - FRSAA new authoritative book compiled for collectors and those interested in the design of buttons. This book is an ideal reference work for identification of button finds. It contains 375 button examples reproduced in colour, including Livery and Royal Court buttons as well as General issues; there is also a chapter upon Button Making.- General Overview - Chapter One 1 - Differentiations & Updating - Chapter Two 1 - Livery Buttons - Chapter Three 1 - Royal Court Buttons - Chapter Four 1 - Collecting Themes - Chapter Five 1 - Button Making & Backmarks - Chapter Six 1 FREE PRICE GUIDEA5 - 92 pages.

Alan and Gillian Meredith, 0 7478 0466 4 (Album 382) 40 pp, 22 b/w ills and 75 colour

This book introduces the wonderful array of these treasures from the past, to show the variety of materials and the intricate design and workmanship incorporated in making the humble button.

Alan and Gillian Meredith

0 7478 0466 4 (Album 382) 40 pp, 22 b/w ills and 75 colour

Buttons have been made from almost every known material and by every manufacturing technique. Their study provides insight into fashion trends, the clothing industry and social history in general. This book introduces the wonderful array of these treasures from the past, to show the variety of materials and the intricate design and workmanship incorporated in making the humble button. Military and civilian uniform buttons are not included.

Alan and Gillian Meredith have been button collectors for over thirty years, undertaking much original research and writing articles for leading antiques magazines, as well as appearing on television and radio. They owned and ran the first and only button museum in Great Britain, creating a focus for those interested in the history, design and manufacture of buttons, as well as introducing a fascinating subject to the general public.

R. J. Wilkinson-Latham, 0 7478 0484 2, (Db 148), 96 pages, many b/w pics

This book examines the development of the various styles of military head-dress badge from 1751.

R. J. Wilkinson-Latham

0 7478 0484 2, (Db 148), 96 pages, many b/w pics

This book examines the development of the various styles of military head-dress badge from 1751, when the use of private crests and badges was forbidden, to the first use of cap badges in 1894. From that date, every style of badge for each regiment of the regular army is described or illustrated. Buttons are dealt with from the first order to number buttons in 1767, through the era of numbered buttons, to the newly designed buttons adopted in 1881, bearing a regimental badge. The continuing story reflects reorganisations of the Army up to the Second World War. The story of the development of badges and buttons is brought up the present day with the new badges designed for the brigade system of 1958, the large regiments of the 1970s and the radical Army reorganisations and amalgamations since 1990.

Robert Wilkinson-Latham was the fifth generation of his family to be connected with Wilkinson Sword Ltd. He always has had a deep interest in all things military, collecting, researching and since the 1970s writing about militaria, from badges and buttons to uniforms, edged weapons and documents.

In Reading Land the author, Ted Fletcher, aims to draw the readers attention to the sites (which he calls "nodal points of communication") where people have congregated in the past and where, by definition, the occurrence of casual losses of coins, jewellery, artefacts etc increases dramatically.This A5 title of 100 pages has 57 informative illustrations and is sure to help you locate the most productive areas to search with a detector or eyes only.

In Reading Land the author, Ted Fletcher, aims to draw the readers attention to the sites (which he calls "nodal points of communication") where people have congregated in the past and where, by definition, the occurrence of casual losses of coins, jewellery, artefacts etc increases dramatically.This A5 title of 100 pages has 57 informative illustrations and is sure to help you locate the most productive areas to search with a detector or eyes only.The chapter headings give you a good idea of the content:Introduction, Barns, Cropmarks, Reused Building Materials, Pollards & Coppices, Vanished Industries, Windmills & Watermills, Crop Recognition, Droving Routes, Stiles, Manor Farms, Ponds, Converging Routes, Elevated Ground, Churchyard Walls, Hollow-Ways & Hedgebanks, Nettles & Elders, Trees & Hedgerow Shrubs, Moated Sites, Eyes-Only Techniques, Reading Maps, Boundary Lines, Isolated Churches, Farm Gates, Monastic Sites, Rural Allotments, Rivers & Streams, Named Meeting Places, Farm Shops & Pick-Your-Own Sites, Motte & Bailey Sites, Modern Farming Techniques, Vanished Mansions, Prosperous Villages.

88 pages, A5, £7.50, 50+ illustrationsIn Reading Beaches Ted Fletcher tells you how to be in the right place, at the right time and with the right detector and shows you how to identify the most productive search spots.

88 pages, A5, £7.50, 50+ illustrationsIn Reading Beaches Ted Fletcher tells you how to be in the right place, at the right time and with the right detector and shows you how to identify the most productive search spots.Contents: Introduction - Eyes Only - Clothing, Equipment & Safety - Fossils On The Foreshore - Flint Artefacts - Fish Traps - Ports - Wrecks & Hulks - Sand Dunes - Christianity On The Coast - Coastal Industries - Fresh Water - Science & Sand - 5,000 Years On A Foreshore - Groynes - Sovereigns On The Foreshore.

Ted Fletcher, one of Britain's most popular writers of how-to-do-it books for detector users, has combined brilliant colour photography with easy-to follow instructions that will guide every reader to spots on British and north European tidal rivers where more than 2000 years of human activity has left a wealth of fascinating losses and throwaways between the high and low water lines.

Ted Fletcher, one of Britain's most popular writers of how-to-do-it books for detector users, has combined brilliant colour photography with easy-to follow instructions that will guide every reader to spots on British and north European tidal rivers where more than 2000 years of human activity has left a wealth of fascinating losses and throwaways between the high and low water lines.The rivers around our coastline have frequently been flooded in recent years. Millions of gallons of rain water, combining with the effects of exceptionally high tides, have stripped many estuaries and tidal river banks of mud, sand and gravel to expose numerous coins and artifacts to the eyes and hands of experienced mud larks and detectorists who know where to hunt for them. Now, thanks to a book that is packed with detailed illustrations showing precisely what clues to look for on tidal rivers, any reader can become an expert on mudlarking and riverside detecting.

With over 800 illustrations this book is intended to help with the identification of buckles which are by far the largest category of medieval and post medieval dress accessory to survive.

With over 800 illustrations this book is intended to help with the identification of buckles which are by far the largest category of medieval and post medieval dress accessory to survive. The author has sought to obtain a balance between common and rare, plain and decorated buckles. Each chapter covers the development of a particular group of buckles based on the shape of the frame. The chapters are: Buckle Manufacture, Single Looped Buckles: 1250-1650, Buckles with Integral Plates: 1250-1500, Clasp Fasteners: 1300-1500, Annular Buckles: 1350-1720, Spectacle Buckles: 1350-1720, Rectangular & Trapezoidal Buckles: 1350-1700, Asymmetrical Buckles: 1350-1700, Two Piece Buckles: 1660-1800, Buckles as Jewellery.

This book tells the fascinating stories of some of the most spectacular finds made in the British Isle in a way to give you clues to finding a hoard of your own.

This book tells the fascinating stories of some of the most spectacular finds made in the British Isle in a way to give you clues to finding a hoard of your own. The number of hoards discovered in Britain has increased every year since 1972 and the fact that much of Britain's land surface has yet to be searched is held up as evidence by the author that there is much still waiting to be discovered. The chapters move through history: Coin Hoards from the Bronze Age, Celtic Buried Treasures, The Riches of Roman Britain, Where are those Saxon Treasures, Medieval Treasure Troves, Unearthing the secrets of the Civil War and Hoards in Modern Times.

In Quest of the Lost Legions is really two books in one. Semi-fictitious yes, but based on real events and people giving it a stamp of authenticity. It has 337 pages and over 30 photographs. Although not academic, it is a classic work with appeal and inspiration for everybody, metal detectorist, archaeologist, historian and the public at large.

In Quest of the Lost Legions is really two books in one. Semi-fictitious yes, but based on real events and people giving it a stamp of authenticity. Arminius' speech to the tribes is particularly stirring, and it is easy to imagine Boudicca speaking similar words to our own tribes 55 years later. This really is history brought to life. Tony Clunn is out of the army now, but is still employed by them. He has settled in Germany and will involve himself in the ongoing work for as long as he is able, work which stretches decades into the future.In Quest of the Lost Legions is a hardback with dust jacket. It has 337 pages and over 30 photographs. Although not academic, it is a classic work with appeal and inspiration for everybody, metal detectorist, archaeologist, historian and the public at large.

John Bly, 0 7478 0349 8 (Db 38) 72 pp, 36 ills.

The ninth edition of this best-selling book has been updated to include the hallmarks up to 2006.

John Bly

0 7478 0349 8 (Db 38) 72 pp, 36 ills.

The ninth edition of this best-selling book has been updated to include the hallmarks up to 2006. It combines details of hallmarks found on English silver with notes on some leading makers and useful advice for the collector, including a helpful chapter on fakes and alterations and a chapter on Sheffield plate. There are many photographs.

John Bly worked for four years at Sotheby's before joining the family firm in Tring, one of the oldest established antique dealers in Britain. He has his own programme networked on ITV entitle Heirloom and is a regular contributor to BBC Television's ‘Antiques Roadshow’.