Thanks for the information about the panel. I knew it was from an aircraft but people I originally showed it to said it was a panel from farm machinery   . The part marks , inspectors stamp and quality of the aluminium and fixing where to higher standard for anything else. I look for to finding out more about the panel from your expert knowledge.  I’m sorry if I have put it on the wrong forum but I was sure it had come of a military aircraft and not a commercial plane .

Best regards Danny 

Many thanks for the replies about the mystery Air Ministry object.

I have look online at images of carbon rods used  on a  WW2  anti aircraft search light . I can’t find any that are exactly the same  but  some are  very similar. 

Best Regards Danny. 

Hi I have shown  my brother the aircraft parts I have found and he think’s   I need a licence to dig on this land because I am finding crashed aircraft  parts. Is this correct ?. The land owner has given me permission to metal detect on his land and is happy with the finds I’m giving him  . I am  not actually looking for aircraft parts but I  am happy to find them as they are very historic   . I take all my artifacts to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to be logged on The Portable Antiquities site but these aircraft parts fall  into a different category.  Can anyone please advise me the correct route to take and whether I do need to speak to anyone about obtaining a licence.

Best regards Danny.

I have posted some pictures of tonight find’s.  I am mainly  looking for Medieval,  Saxon and Roman artifacts but must say I’m really enjoying finding these Spitfire parts.

Sorry this is the photo I was surprised to have attached.  I’m not sure whats happening with my phone.

Thanks to everybody that has replied to my recent  posts. I can see you are  definitely experts on Historical Military aircrafts and aviation. This is only the second time I have found aircraft parts during my 6 years  metal detecting. I went again  yesterday to my  friends land and unintentionally found more of what I think are Spitfire parts. I have tried to 

 identify the parts online  but have had  no success so far. Am I right in saying the A M and crown image  on some of the parts refer to The  Air Ministry . I will post more pictures online if I find any other similar items in the future.

Best regards Danny 

I went today for another metal detect and found a small stamped aluminium bracket. I  found an article  online today about a Spitfire that crashed in 1942 not to far away . I suspect these parts  must be from  that spitfire ? . 

Regards Danny.