Found in 1849 while dredging the River Wear, "from a depth of 10 feet below the bed of the river Wear, or 16 feet below low-water mark, about 300 or 400 yards above Sunderland Bridge". It was described as "of mottled greenstone, beautifully finished; the sides are, however, flat and not hollowed. It is 6.5 inches long, the faces are rounded, and the hole, which is about seven- eighths inch in diameter, tapers slightly towards the middle". Miket describes it as "hour glass perforation". Thomas Meik Esq. C.E. presented the axe-hammer to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, from whose museum in the Black Gate it was stolen in 1947.

"Length 44 mm, width 34 mm, thickness 10 mm. Found in an allotment no. 67, in 1931".

A rough flint axe was found at Pallion, in c. 1884, when Doxford's Shipyard was enlarged. It was given to Sunderland Museum in 1944 but is now missing.

A polished stone axe was found 30 feet below the waterline at Austin and Pickersgill's Shipyard, (probably Southwick Yard), in 1976 by G. Hindmarch, of 3 Perth Square, Plains Square, Sunderland. Length 100 mm, max. width 59 mm, thickness 33 mm.

Described as a rapier by sources 1, 2 and 4, a dirk by 3 and the O.S., it is said to have been found on the north shore of the Wear at (sic, or opposite ?) Claxheugh. It is complete except for one torn rivet hole, the bevel lines are less straight than usual, small butt, length 326 mm. An example of Class IV, "blade with flat or flattish mid-section".

A bronze sword is said to have been dredged from the River Wear, between Hylton Dene and Park's Nook, in either 1855 (Mitchell) or 1885 (Potts). In 1892 it was in the possession of H.H. Wake, but its present whereabouts are unknown. In the earliest O.S. reference it is said to be Roman, but this view was later withdrawn when the supporting evidence was found to have been destroyed. Miket clearly believed it to be prehistoric, and thought that, because 386 had been dredged up in the same area by a Mervyn Wake, there might have been confusion, and 386 and 388 were perhaps the same object.

With another sword (386), dredged from the River Wear at Ford, Hylton, in ? 1830. The date is from the O.S. card, Miket does not report it. Of Ewart Park type; hilt altered in modern times. Length 501 mm, max. width 42mm.

With another sword, dredged from the River Wear in c. 1910. Of Ewart Park type; hilt altered (or replaced ?) in modern times. Length 428 mm, max. width 45 mm. Miket goes on to say that it was presented to Sunderland Museum by Dr D. Wawn, but was reported to have been dredged from the wear near Hylton at Ford by Mervyn Wake. As another sword is supposed to have been found in the same area in 1885 (388), and in 1892 to have been in the possession of H.H. Wake, he wonders if they could have been confused, i.e. there is only one sword not two. He notes, however, that the hilt of 388 is said to have been perfectly preserved.

Gibbs recorded the discovery of "blue patinated artifacts" from the boulder clay of a "dry bed" in the Ashburn area. The grid reference is that provided by the O.S. Young could not locate these objects which must be presumed lost. They are not mentioned by Miket.

On the southern slopes of Hylton castle hill Preston found worked flints which included a hollow scraper, a food chopper and a pyramidal core, plus two flakes found in 1931. Their present whereabouts are unknown, so they have not been seen by Miket and Young, though the latter put them in his Mesolithic section. Miket also lists in this group "two flints said to have been collected in the 1930s by Dr A. Raistrick" now at the Craven Museum, Skipton.