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Not a good surprise really, as when I cycled to the Winter Bean Field I found it had recently (this morning) been chisel ploughed. It was very rough but I decided it would give me a chance to go back over the productive area again. This area is at the bottom of a slope & the soil is some of the lightest (sandy) in the area. The rest of the slope & top is heavy clay. Something that the Romans would not have missed & therefore farmed this area losing & dumping their stuff on the bottom section.
As this ground was so uneven & by following the plough I was leaving air gaps over the dips. I decided to go at a 90 degree angle therefore getting the head lower in the valleys. This was hard work as I had to keep one swing low & the next swing high whilst stepping up & down the ridges.![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
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Dug plenty of nails, some pieces of lead, & lots of the tiny tack heads (which the XP picks up by the hand full, very sensitive machine).
After this short hunt of less than 3 hours I had:
1 Roman Coin
3 17th Century Jettons
Part of a Medieval Spur
& bits.....
Tomorrow I will change tactics & cycle further to the Failed Crop Field & hope that I can beat the farmer before he ploughs it up.
As this ground was so uneven & by following the plough I was leaving air gaps over the dips. I decided to go at a 90 degree angle therefore getting the head lower in the valleys. This was hard work as I had to keep one swing low & the next swing high whilst stepping up & down the ridges.
:PDug plenty of nails, some pieces of lead, & lots of the tiny tack heads (which the XP picks up by the hand full, very sensitive machine).
After this short hunt of less than 3 hours I had:
1 Roman Coin
3 17th Century Jettons
Part of a Medieval Spur
& bits.....
Tomorrow I will change tactics & cycle further to the Failed Crop Field & hope that I can beat the farmer before he ploughs it up.
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