CRUSADER
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I was working in the morning, so we had an after lunch session. With the ground so hard & the sun so hot, 2-3 hours is plenty!
We started off with a short 30 mins hunt for a farmers spanner (large one for tractors), the heavy clay was bad news & we only dug big iron, so we moved on without success.
I knew the Field of 500 would only produce about 2-3 scrappies an hour, so I wasn't looking forward to the digging, which I now have to do for Cru'dad as well. My strategy was to do the edges of the site which we hadn't covered when the crop was drilled. It meant less coins but more chances because it was less gridded in the past.
I started much lower on the site than I had realised & my 4th or so dig was super deep. When I got over 10 inches, I knew I must be digging a half coke can until a lovely big hammered popped out in nice condition (I guess because it was below normal plough depth). Silver streak still alive & with my best James I coin to date.
(2 hour hunt)
Baby Booty - Middle of stubble field
12-13th C Belt Mount
Broken 17th C Buckle
6 Scrappies
1606 Sixpence (probably my deepest hammered dig, although I do remember a Shilling at a similar depth)
We started off with a short 30 mins hunt for a farmers spanner (large one for tractors), the heavy clay was bad news & we only dug big iron, so we moved on without success.
I knew the Field of 500 would only produce about 2-3 scrappies an hour, so I wasn't looking forward to the digging, which I now have to do for Cru'dad as well. My strategy was to do the edges of the site which we hadn't covered when the crop was drilled. It meant less coins but more chances because it was less gridded in the past.
I started much lower on the site than I had realised & my 4th or so dig was super deep. When I got over 10 inches, I knew I must be digging a half coke can until a lovely big hammered popped out in nice condition (I guess because it was below normal plough depth). Silver streak still alive & with my best James I coin to date.
(2 hour hunt)Baby Booty - Middle of stubble field
12-13th C Belt Mount
Broken 17th C Buckle
6 Scrappies
1606 Sixpence (probably my deepest hammered dig, although I do remember a Shilling at a similar depth)
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Laying under plough level sounds like the field surface changed some time in it's life. Maybe a drainage ditch someone fell in and lost his purse? I know guys who fell in such trenches.... 
