White's,

I have been an XLT owner now for some years and two or more years ago I found this Snake Belt Hook which I, rather hastily decided was a modern copy.

A month or so ago I was browsing through my scrap box and came upon this item again. Looking at it I was thinking that for a modern day copy it has lovely green pantination, then duh!!!! The penny dropped - it wasn't a copy!

Since then various other members of the metal detecting clubI am a member of
(The Ashington and Bedlington Metal Detecting Club) had a look at the item for me.
After several people had a look and they were all impressed with the detail and quality of the item.
However what none of us can agree on is exactly what age it is likely to be.
Some think it could be 17th Century and a couple even voiced the opinion that it could be Roman.


So I'd like to ask if there are any readers out there who could positively ID this or offer any opinion on its age



Mr Matt B.