🥇 BANNER COLONIAL GOLD COIN...

CRUSADER

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Only joking, it's US Colonial period.:happysmiley: (April fools) Today I have some buttons:D

Sometimes, your best judgement is spot on....I had decided that before we started a new ploughed field we should give the nearby park a quick hour or so explore. Its a larged grassed area that is mostly medieval ridge & furrow but has never been ploughed since so we generally don't bother with it. However, because it was close to a large late 18th C 'manor type' house, I wanted to see if we could get some nice Georgian Buckles or the odd coin, hoping they would be in nicer condition than their ploughed cousins.
We headed over to the back of the house, where I wanted to start the hunt & we had a few modern coins along the way. I then got a 1921 Sixpence, & shouted to Dad to start gridding, but he was busy digging a lovely complete Georgian Buckle, so we knew we were in the right spot. Just before the 1 hour point, up popped the surprise 1787 Gold Half Guinea. (sorry my in-situ photos didn't come out well, must have slipped it on the wrong settings) It was about 7 inches deep in nice sandy soil, not far from a 1694 Farthing under a tree root.
After 2 hours on the grass & satisfied that we can return another day, we went next door to finish a field we had 90% completed. Therefore, leaving the new ploughed field for another day.

I ended up with a Rare Mary 1553-4 Groat

1739 portobello medal
Livery Button
Tudor Button
17th C Token
Strange hand thingy
Medieval Lead bird Feeder
& bits...

2 Years without the 2 of us getting any Gold Coins, now I'm on 3 this year - 'yes' I am happy:unhappysmiley:
 

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K Zack

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Crusader
Very Impressive Gold Coin,
You had a Great Day
I vote Banner
Thank You for sharing.
 

artyfacts

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Cru, without doubt you made up for your no button day. Glad to see your hand thingy has five fingers, make sure it doesn't strangle your beautiful Georgie... Arty
 

Brian C.

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Nice bunch of finds, the gold coin is a killer, nice finds all around.
 

derfel

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some nice bits, could your hand thingy be some form of aestel? the portobello[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] medal is interesting Mount Vernon Washinton home was named after Admiral Vernon who won the battle of portobello
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oldsoapy

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Nice one mate ; l've never found a spade one, congrats. Hutch.
 

Steve in PA

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You had a most excellent day Cru! Love the gold coin, the buckle, and the livery button!
 

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CRUSADER

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some nice bits, could your hand thingy be some form of aestel? the portobello medal is interesting Mount Vernon Washinton home was named after Admiral Vernon who won the battle of portobello

I'm clueless, although I have noticed at the broken end, a recessed slot, like you get on a tool that would pivot into itself. So I think its some kind of instrument but its function is a mystery to me.
 

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CRUSADER

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CRUSADER

CRUSADER

Gold Member
May 25, 2007
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I just noticed the banner:happysmiley:

Thanks for the votes & other kind words, I feel this will be an outstanding year or I'm going to bomb during the typically good period after harvest. Either way my year is made already:icon_thumright:
 

Threshold

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What a beut! Nice find congrats on banner
 

Iron Patch

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Heck that medal I would have considered a good day, but the gold is awesome.
 

Breezie

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Gold AGAIN! Way to go Cru! Congratulations on making a well deserved BANNER! :) Breezie
 

Nutriasub

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Your year so far it probably the best one Ever! Congratulations and looking forward to your next gold!!
 

hamiddetecting

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Good start, Very nice gold coin. Congratulation. HH, Hamid.
 

steelheadwill

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Congrats on the Gold!
Very nice Buckle and R-5 Portobello 'British Glory Reviv.d' :goldmedalgreen: :goldmedalgreen:
 

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