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CRUSADER

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...doesn't always get you what you hoped.
Land-Mag had set us up with a great looking field (on paper). It had good crop-marks on it, which the Archies had thought were Iron Age & Roman. It was next to a brook & opposite a known Roman settlement. But when we got our boots on the ground & gridded the crop-marks they had very little sign of anything. Experience tells us that these were Bronze Age & Iron Age. So another good looking target off the list.
We tried the field next door & then after lunch fell back to the possible Saxon site that Land-Mag & I had scouted. (Where I had the Medieval Lead Seal)
6 hours produced;

5 Scrappies
3 Crotal Bells
Large Roman Nail
Roman Lead Steel-yard Weight
Larges Spec. Buckle
Roman Pin-Head
17th C Spoon Top
17th C Leather Mount
OTWBTTC Cru'dad got a screaming signal 25 metres from the car in a trashy area. Turned out to be an 1851 Shilling.8-) It's actually a pretty scarce date to collect & this one is better than my one in the collection. (the collection I buy, not find)
[FONT=&quot]"My Mate Paul, he collected Collections and wrote a memoir "Recollections of a collections collector " as far as i know it's still unpublished ........."[/FONT]:laughing9:
[FONT=&quot]"[/FONT][FONT=&quot]I had a friend once, he had a Cactus, same cactus sitting on his windowsill for 15 years , then one day someone gave him a second cactus then within 6 months he had to move to a bigger house so he had room for his collection, whereas a Woman with 3 cacti would say "that's probably enough Cacti for me "[/FONT]
 

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A2coins

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Great finds Cru I appreciate you sharing those funds that's gotta be so much fun never knowing what your going to find plus saving history that otherwise would perish completely. Well done my friend. Tommy
 

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CRUSADER

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Great finds Cru I appreciate you sharing those funds that's gotta be so much fun never knowing what your going to find plus saving history that otherwise would perish completely. Well done my friend. Tommy
Perish is true those Roman Bronze Coins are toast.
 

Westfront

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Thats a chief nail! Wow, i don't think i had ever found such a big one. A nail where a steelyard weight looks tiny aside. Nice pinhead!
 

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Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!
 

david680

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Nice finds. I'm pretty sure there was a 1850 shilling in there you missed. :laughing7:
 

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Nice shilling to top of all the other goodies! :icon_thumright:
 

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CRUSADER

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Thats a chief nail! Wow, i don't think i had ever found such a big one. A nail where a steelyard weight looks tiny aside. Nice pinhead!
And one of our BIGGEST steelyard weights at that! (Thats why I kept it)
 

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thank's for sharing your very cool finds! Congrats!
 

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You and your Dad found a lot of thimbles and crotal bells on this hunt Cru, I don't see you post many of these 'modern' finds. :laughing7:
I love this piece, can I assume the F.D. stands for 'Fire Department'?

Dave
 

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CRUSADER

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You and your Dad found a lot of thimbles and crotal bells on this hunt Cru, I don't see you post many of these 'modern' finds. :laughing7:
I love this piece, can I assume the F.D. stands for 'Fire Department'?

Dave
Not sure what the FD stands for but its a cattle's ear tag. I joked with the farmer asking if 33205 was his favourite cow.
 

Westfront

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And one of our BIGGEST steelyard weights at that! (Thats why I kept it)

Doesn't look that big. Don't know what size the flip flop is. :icon_scratch:

Grabbed two of the big ones i kept and they are 45 and 50mm diameter. But you're right, most are smaller.
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Cru, glad that you had Plan B when Plan A didn't pan out. The nice assortment of finds is your reward!
 

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Some nice finds there-
 

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CRUSADER

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Doesn't look that big. Don't know what size the flip flop is. :icon_scratch:

Grabbed two of the big ones i kept and they are 45 and 50mm diameter. But you're right, most are smaller.
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It's about a 48mm. (most we get are smaller) Just to clarify we kept the nail because it was big. All the steel-yard weights we keep to at least show the owner.
 

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