Yesterday I was searching a site in Cambridgeshire when I discovered a sword scabbard chape (pictured right) most likely dating to the 16th C. Remarkably it appears to have a small section of the sword still in situ, as this has corroded into two large granular iron oxide masses on each side. Now some 10 years ago a colleague found one of those strange 10-11th Century Anglo Scandinavian scabbard chapes that look, like contorted little dragons on this site as well. Since a chape had just been found the conversation was about all things sword related for a few minutes and then we got on with searching. However this morning we returned to the site and I started approximately where the Anglo Scandinavian find was made all those years before. In fact I was actually thinking about the object when the E-TRAC gave a superb positive signal... call it the X Factor, Luck, Fate or all three...