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I think this is the 5th new Roman Site we have discovered this year!
Firstly thanks to Land-Mag who lived up to his name & got the Cru'Team permission to hunt this field. The farmer is a 5th generation land-owner & has never let anyone detect before & has his land tightly wrapped up in security. Land-Mag did the research & shared it with him, & this field is the only one offered at this point, so it tested our targeting skills. A blank would not have impressed him & that might have been the end of it. I've tried many times on here to explain how we have become so successful at getting land, & a big part of that is our reputation. He did take up a couple of our references, but who he picked we have no idea because he knows so many of our land-owners.
Land-Mag will tell you that when we parked up & I saw the field, I was like a whippet out of the stalls. I knew exactly where I needed to be & within 5 minutes, 2nd dig I had a hammered. (curve ball, as we are Roman Hunting...) Within 20 minutes I had 2 Roman Coins - Site Confirmed.
(Cru'dad not present) Land-Mag & I did 3.5 hrs of what I would call sampling the whole field (scouting, not gridding), I wanted to know the big picture spread of finds & I can tell you we will need to grid at least 15 acres, as its a huge spread - but a light spread, no real heavy hotspots;
20 Roman Coins
Roman Locking Mech. Terminal
Jetton
18th C Leather Mount
Roman Lead Spindal Whorl
1st C AD Roman Fibula (Brooch)
Mid 19th C West Derby Union Button - very historic & rare button from an official working in the Poor-House.
Charles I 1641-3 HalfGroat
Firstly thanks to Land-Mag who lived up to his name & got the Cru'Team permission to hunt this field. The farmer is a 5th generation land-owner & has never let anyone detect before & has his land tightly wrapped up in security. Land-Mag did the research & shared it with him, & this field is the only one offered at this point, so it tested our targeting skills. A blank would not have impressed him & that might have been the end of it. I've tried many times on here to explain how we have become so successful at getting land, & a big part of that is our reputation. He did take up a couple of our references, but who he picked we have no idea because he knows so many of our land-owners.
Land-Mag will tell you that when we parked up & I saw the field, I was like a whippet out of the stalls. I knew exactly where I needed to be & within 5 minutes, 2nd dig I had a hammered. (curve ball, as we are Roman Hunting...) Within 20 minutes I had 2 Roman Coins - Site Confirmed.
(Cru'dad not present) Land-Mag & I did 3.5 hrs of what I would call sampling the whole field (scouting, not gridding), I wanted to know the big picture spread of finds & I can tell you we will need to grid at least 15 acres, as its a huge spread - but a light spread, no real heavy hotspots;
20 Roman Coins
Roman Locking Mech. Terminal
Jetton
18th C Leather Mount
Roman Lead Spindal Whorl
1st C AD Roman Fibula (Brooch)
Mid 19th C West Derby Union Button - very historic & rare button from an official working in the Poor-House.
Charles I 1641-3 HalfGroat
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