2000 Year Old RARE CELTIC SILVER UNIT...

[CRUSADER]

After completing the whole of the next door field to the Roman Bath House we returned to finish the less promising end of the Bath House Site. This end had not produced much in the past but as we have time to spare, it was worth covering the whole field & the outer edges of the known scatter.
At the beginning of the hunt I got a Celtic Bronze Unit (Coin) of Rues AD1-10, but it wasn't until the end of the hunt in no-mans land that Cru'dad pulled out the best coin of the year so far. (in terms of rarity)
A Celtic Silver Unit of Cunobelin AD20;
Hercules Resting on Club
Naked Lady riding a feline creature whilst feeding it.
This Celtic twist of a story is thought to have come across to our island in the stories of Europa & the Bull. Maybe Chinese whispers at work....

Plus a nice double Centionalis of Magnentius - Our best example!

We only target ourselves for 1 Celtic Silver a year, so we are streets ahead of the game this year!

 

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[CRUSADER]

Just awesome! Cru, those of us that have followed your posts over the years know that you and Cru Dad are not lucky....you know what you are doing and more importantly it's obvious you guys put in the effort. Just curious as to how much time it would take you to properly grid say a 50' by 50' section of field? Or just something to give perspective to the level of effort you guys put in.

Depending on the amount of trash, we jointly cover about 1.5 acres every 4 hours.

 

[Mackaydon]

Cru,
That is moving along quickly.
By my calcs. that comes down to the equivalent of a square measuring about 137 feet per side.
Figuring out how fast one would have to travel (based on the width of each sweep) to completely cover that much ground is above my pay grade-but the answer, no doubt, would be impressive.
Kudos, as always, to you and your dad.
Don.....

 

[CRUSADER]

Cru,
That is moving along quickly.
By my calcs. that comes down to the equivalent of a square measuring about 137 feet per side.
Figuring out how fast one would have to travel (based on the width of each sweep) to completely cover that much ground is above my pay grade-but the answer, no doubt, would be impressive.
Kudos, as always, to you and your dad.
Don.....

My swing with the large coil is somewhat over a metre, & like I've said before we have perfected the fast recovery of items. Beep, dig, in pouch in less than 30 secs. (We are never on our knees)
Going fast means we do miss some stuff but the net affect is more area covered & more finds than going slow. Missing stuff is not an issue because next year we will grid over it again, & repeat this process for at least 10 years or more.

(PS. just altered my wording, I meant 'we', instead of each)

 

[CRUSADER]

Fantastic Cru!
And the season just begun. Can't wait to see what comes out in the next couple months.

Well, the next couple of months should be slow, until harvest in late Aug, but we live in hope.

 

[Scrappy]

My swing with the large coil is somewhat over a metre, & like I've said before we have perfected the fast recovery of items. Beep, dig, in pouch in less than 30 secs. (We are never on our knees)
Going fast means we do miss some stuff but the net affect is more area covered & more finds than going slow. Missing stuff is not an issue because next year we will grid over it again, & repeat this process for at least 10 years or more.

(PS. just altered my wording, I meant 'we', instead of each)

That's great you have so much ground to cover. Around by me there's always more time than ground to cover as there's not too many open fields.

Congrats again on a very rare find

Steve

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Another stunning silver! It's tough duty to grid areas with limited targets, but it can be well worth the effort as you proved yet again.

 

[vince76]

Cru, how do you store all this beautiful coins? I guess u have hundreds of them!

 

[vince76]

and please, make some clips. It would be very interesting.

 

[metalev4]

An amazing piece of early history. Your finds never cease to amaze me.

 

[46Wheat]

Incredible finds as usual

 

[CRUSADER]

Cru, how do you store all this beautiful coins? I guess u have hundreds of them!

In velvet lined cases.

 

[CRUSADER]

and please, make some clips. It would be very interesting.

Sorry, not my style, it would slow me up.

 

[Steve in PA]

I like the large Roman and the celtic silver is uber cool!!

 

[basque-man]

Man you two are off to a wonderful start this year!! Keep'em coming!!!

 

[CRUSADER]

Man you two are off to a wonderful start this year!! Keep'em coming!!!

Thanks, the Deus gives me super confidence now I understand it better, so this year should rock!