CruTeam 2013 - End of Year Results...

CRUSADER

Gold Member
May 25, 2007
40,847
45,361
ENGLAND
🥇 Banner finds
27
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
XP Deus II v0.6 with 11" Coil
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Cru'Team 2013 - End of Year Results...

Thanks, as always to Land-Mag, the researcher/permissions guru.

Below is 347.75 hours over 87 days + Dads 365 = 712.75 hours

Coin Type------------ 2007------ 2008------ 2009-------- 2010-------- 2011---------- 2012---------------2013

Celtic Bronze -----------1 --------- 0 --------- 0 -----------6 ------------5 -------------- 3------------------3
Celtic Silver -------------1 --------- 3 --------- 2 -----------1 ----------- 3 -------------- 0------------------1
Celtic Gold ------------- 0 ----------2---------- 3----------- 0 ----------- 0 --------------3------------------0
Roman Bronze--------- 234------- 510 ------- 1193 ------1013-------- 1386---------- 785----------------879
Roman Silver ----------- 8--------- 14--------- 20--------- 22----------- 20------------ 19-----------------21
Saxon/Viking/Norman -- 0---------- 0---------- 2---------- 1 ------ 4Sceat/2Vik---- 3Sceat/1AS/1Nor---4Sceat/1 AS Penny
Other Gold Coins------- 0---------- 0---------- 3----------- 0----------- 0--------------- 1------------------2
Hammered------------- 39--------- 45 -------- 108-------- 77 ---------101------------- 64-----------------49

Buttons -
2009 - 3124
2010 - 2542
2011 - 2635
2012 - 2069
2013 - 1357

Last year was the first year ever that Dad did more hunting hours than me. We lost 1 good farm last year to a sale of land & many of our best Roman Sites were never searched due to an unusual crop rotation. This meant we had to think outside the box a little & in some ways it did us less harm than expected.
We had our best year ever for Saxon Finds - 33 Artefacts in total - probably never to be repeated!

Any year I get 2 gold coins of any age can be considered a good year & I managed some great firsts:
My oldest Roman Coin
My oldest 'eyes only' flint arrowhead
My oldest Coin - Celtic circa 80BC
Finally another rare Celtic Silver Coin turned up, but no Gold this year.

Carausius dated Antoninianus - only one in the world that is provenanced & only 2 known including mine!

Lots to be happy about.:icon_thumright:

Below are a few highlights (Starting with the tub of rubbish buttons):
 

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Iron Patch

Gold Member
Sep 28, 2007
19,254
8,730
Dirtyville
🥇 Banner finds
3
Detector(s) used
Deus
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Another great year! I'm sure it won't be long before the 2014 accumulation is started.

Isn't it funny how a picture of a pile of buttons always looks like it contains far less than it actually does.
 

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Don in SJ

Silver Member
May 20, 2005
4,931
832
Detector(s) used
MINELAB SE Pro
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Just keep finding the great relics and coins and all of us here will keep loving seeing them posted! Fantastic year!
 

garryson

Bronze Member
Dec 4, 2007
1,161
1,138
Hungary
Detector(s) used
ACE 250
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Nice job, Crusader. Congrats:icon_thumleft:

Running out of buttons? :)

"Buttons -
2009 - 3124
2010 - 2542
2011 - 2635
2012 - 2069
2013 - 1357"
 

pepperj

Gold Member
Feb 3, 2009
37,375
138,531
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Deus, Deus 2, Minelab 3030, E-Trac,
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
What can one say except " Those are very impressive totals Cru!" Congrats on the quality of the coinage and Saxon relics that were found this past season.
 

turtlefoot13

Hero Member
Aug 23, 2009
733
105
The Ozarks, Missouri
Detector(s) used
Teknetics Alpha 2000
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Congrats on the amazing collection of finds! Just one of the old buttons in your tub of "rubbish buttons" alone would make my season!

Congrats once again!
Doug
 

Steve in PA

Gold Member
Jul 5, 2010
9,578
14,089
Pittsburgh, PA
🥇 Banner finds
4
Detector(s) used
Fisher F75, XP Deus, Equinox 600, Fisher 1270
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Both the statistics and the highlights are very impressive! Looks like you spent more time on Pre-Medieval (if that is the correct term) sites this year than in previous years based on your lower hammered and button totals, and your higher Roman/Saxon/Norman/Viking totals. Or maybe that is just the way things played out this year. Best of luck in 2014!
 

CASPER-2

Gold Member
Jan 3, 2012
17,158
19,959
NEW ENGLAND
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
6
Detector(s) used
WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
OP
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CRUSADER

CRUSADER

Gold Member
May 25, 2007
40,847
45,361
ENGLAND
🥇 Banner finds
27
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
XP Deus II v0.6 with 11" Coil
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Another great year! I'm sure it won't be long before the 2014 accumulation is started.

Isn't it funny how a picture of a pile of buttons always looks like it contains far less than it actually does.

Bear in mind it's only the blank tombacs, 4 holes, & other blank types which are in the tub. Any with patterns, Military, & hunts etc are stored away.
 

looknforgold

Sr. Member
Apr 30, 2011
254
424
Somewhere in the US of A
Detector(s) used
Minelab Etrac, Minelab Excal 1000, Minelab Equinox 800, Anderson Shafts, Garrett Pro Pointer, SEF Coils and CoinTOTE, AND........
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
:icon_thumright:Looks like another awesome year, Congrats Sir
 

The Seeker

Bronze Member
Nov 21, 2005
2,492
79
Keep on Digging!
Detector(s) used
MINELAB Explorer-II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Congrats on a fantastic year! The finds are amazing........ good luck this up coming year. Keep on Digging!
 

Ahab8

Gold Member
Oct 15, 2013
8,408
8,288
Topsham, Maine
🥇 Banner finds
2
Detector(s) used
Teknetics T2 SE w/15' SEF Coil/ Minelab GPX 4500/2 Garrett Pro Pointers/3 Sets Killer B Headphones/ Koss Headphones/ Detekniy Wireless headphone Adapter
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Great stuff Cru! Must be a thrill to spend all that time with your dad. Lots of us don't have that opportunity so congrats on the fantastic recoveries and all of the priceless hours spent with your father!
 

huntsman53

Gold Member
Jun 11, 2013
6,955
6,769
East Tennessee
Primary Interest:
Other
Some very impressive totals for sure! Thanks for sharing so many of your' and your dad's finds!

If some Movie Production Officials are filming a Roman/Crusades/Medieval type movie and ever need any time period correct buttons to use on clothing, I believe that you all have got it covered.:dontknow:LOL!!


Frank
 

Msbeepbeep

Gold Member
Jun 24, 2012
15,787
24,131
MA
Detector(s) used
M-6, pro pointer, pistol probe
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
That is a whole lot of fantastic finds! And in the new catalogs they have to print to include your Carausius, instead of a page number "CRUSADER" will be there instead! I'm sure you will be adding to that page!
They should just give you your own catalog!
Can't wait to see what unbelievable finds you make in 2014, GL. HH!

Excuse me I have to squeegee my screen off.
 

BuckleBoy

Gold Member
Jun 12, 2006
18,124
9,688
Moonlight and Magnolias
🥇 Banner finds
4
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
2
Detector(s) used
Fisher F75, Whites DualField PI, Fisher 1266-X and Tesoro Silver uMax
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Cru, Regardless of the Celtic Gold tally this was quite an amazing year for you. I wish you all the best of luck in 2014!
 

Army of 1

Hero Member
Jun 22, 2013
663
347
Dundee Northern Australia
Detector(s) used
Whites MXT Pro , Tesora Bandito 2 , Minelab GPX 4000
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Great collection Crusader , you and dad have had an outstanding year , congratulations .. cheers Mick
 

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