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We started the morning blind scouting a 200 acre ploughed field. It only produced the odd button & had no signs of Roman occupation. Therefore, after lunch we returned to the nearby grass fields that Cru'Dad lucked a hammered out of!
After nearly 5 hours we had very little & decided to pack it in.
OTWBTTC I decided to climb over a fence & try a field by the river whilst Cru'Dad followed his hunch. He wanted to pass through an area where he had dug a couple of bits of lead. This field has been gridded in some areas & we have only ever had 4 scrappies, it has no occupation but just a few randoms. So, to wander onto a nice Roman silver was furthest from all our minds, at best we thought a hammered. So it's hunt no.6 of 2017 & we have our first Roman Silver from the least promising land.
Funny how the gut feelings work, he nearly turned off the route he was taking but decided to carry on. That's often the difference between a slow day & creating a really great one!
Faustina Senior Denarius, Peacock Reverse Circa AD140
After nearly 5 hours we had very little & decided to pack it in.
OTWBTTC I decided to climb over a fence & try a field by the river whilst Cru'Dad followed his hunch. He wanted to pass through an area where he had dug a couple of bits of lead. This field has been gridded in some areas & we have only ever had 4 scrappies, it has no occupation but just a few randoms. So, to wander onto a nice Roman silver was furthest from all our minds, at best we thought a hammered. So it's hunt no.6 of 2017 & we have our first Roman Silver from the least promising land.
Funny how the gut feelings work, he nearly turned off the route he was taking but decided to carry on. That's often the difference between a slow day & creating a really great one!
Faustina Senior Denarius, Peacock Reverse Circa AD140
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