Still Hunting for a New Site...

[CRUSADER]

Dad & I had 3 strong leads we had to try out.
1st area - a double enclosure of unknown date - When we arrived on the co-ords the signs were great. Dark soil, pottery & lead, plus a few nails. At the time I was convinced it was a Roman Site but after 2.5 hours gridding we only had 1 Roman Coin. I thought it had been cleared out by previous detecting. Although this still may have happened, I did some more research on the pot shards & found that most were Medieval & only the odd bit of Roman. So not the period of site we are after as our objective this year (unless full of coins etc..)
2nd area - Some cropmarks from a mid-1970s aerial shot - Turned out to be a blank but Dad lucked in with a hammered farthing & Crotal Bell. (45 minutes)
3rd area - Possible Iron Age/Roman Settlement - It was deep ploughed & impossible to walk on but looks like a promising field, so a return visit is needed.
Fallback Plan - Spent the remainder of the 6 hour hunt on a nearby known Roman Site.

18 Scrappies
Crotal Bell (Rings)
14th C Buckle
Silver plated Brooch (Cat face)
Hammered Farthing
Hammered Lizzy 3 Pence
Bits....

 

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[pepperj]

Liking the cat and the buckle, hammered 3 pence no see.

 

[CRUSADER]

Liking the cat and the buckle, hammered 3 pence no see.

I forgot the add the picture, its now up there.

 

[pepperj]

Had to look again I thought I saw a Toonie when I first looked.

Nice little silver, but I'm still putting the kitty on top.

 

[sutphin]

CRUSADER IF YOU DONT MIND ME ASKING , DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY ITEMS YOU HAVE , BECAUSE I THINK I ASKED ONCE BEFORE AND YOU MUST HAVE ONE HELUVA SHOW CASE TO PUT THEM ALL IN. YOU GOT SOME NEAT FINDS , LIKE THE OLE CROTAL AND THE KITTYCAT.

 

[RustyGold]

Wow! Awesome hunt crusader!

 

[Argentium]

Looks like you've got a promising location or two there - the cat looks Victorian in style to me (I guess it could be Edwardian as well)
Good stuff !

 

[46Wheat]

Great finds as usual

 

[ARC]

The cat is a banner :P

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

The crotal bell and the hammered your Dad found pretty much made the day!
The "Possible Iron Age/Roman Settlement - It was deep ploughed & impossible to walk on but looks like a promising field", sound very interesting Cru!

Dave

 

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[Westfront]

It don't happen often that a modern find is my favorite. This cat is cool! Nice buckle and farthing tho!

 

[CRUSADER]

CRUSADER IF YOU DONT MIND ME ASKING , DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY ITEMS YOU HAVE , BECAUSE I THINK I ASKED ONCE BEFORE AND YOU MUST HAVE ONE HELUVA SHOW CASE TO PUT THEM ALL IN. YOU GOT SOME NEAT FINDS , LIKE THE OLE CROTAL AND THE KITTYCAT.

Never counted but in the 10s of thousands. We are over 8000 Roman Bronze coins alone.

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks like you've got a promising location or two there - the cat looks Victorian in style to me (I guess it could be Edwardian as well)
Good stuff !

I thought the same, it looks like it had tiny glass eyes at one point.

 

[CRUSADER]

The crotal bell and the hammered your Dad found pretty much made the day!
The "Possible Iron Age/Roman Settlement - It was deep ploughed & impossible to walk on but looks like a promising field", sound very interesting Cru!

Dave

Yes, but many of these Archaeological leads are blanks, specially if Bronze Age instead of their later guess.

 

[Scrappy]

Meow! Those are some nice finds. I have read about you digging Lizzie's so many times I can actually recognize them myself now. Someday I'll make it across the pond and dig one myself. Someday....


Congrats on a great day. Glad to hear you found a promising site as well.

Steve

 

[CRUSADER]

Meow! Those are some nice finds. I have read about you digging Lizzie's so many times I can actually recognize them myself now. Someday I'll make it across the pond and dig one myself. Someday....


Congrats on a great day. Glad to hear you found a promising site as well.

Steve

Yes, as Lizzy Halfgroat is most likely the first hammered your going to get, if not it will be an Edward I.

 

[The Patriot]

I'm still drooling…congrats on another successful hunt!

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm still drooling…congrats on another successful hunt!

Thanks we thought it went well enough. Its not easy finding a new site but hopefully we will snag one.