Sewage Site - Day 14 + Potato Field Day 7 - Flint Arrow-Head...

[CRUSADER]

The weather was mild & although some areas of the fields were swamped there was enough dry areas for us to grid.
We stuck to the usual routine gridding 3 hours on The Potato Field & 2 hours on the Sewage Site.
No silver today but I'm happy enough with our below average hunt.

Sewage Site:
Medieval Coin Weight
Broken Tudor Button
1/2 17th C Spur Buckle
Broken Saxon/Viking Horse Harness Strap Junction - A rare find & our first Saxon item off this field, ever...

Potato Field:
18th C Sword Belt Fitment
Lead Cloth Seal
Saxon Strap-end
Lead Token
Neolithic? Flint Arrow-Head - Only my 3rd ever, the rain has helped in spotting these.

 

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[Noah_D]

Nice finds as always Cru. Any info on the point? Like do you know what culture it would be from or how old it is?

 

[Steve in PA]

Congrats on the stone age artifact. I'm surprised you don't find more of them considering how much time you spend in plowed fields.

 

[vpone]

great stuff!!

vp

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice finds as always Cru. Any info on the point? Like do you know what culture it would be from or how old it is?

I think it's late Neolithic, circa 3000BC. But I'm not 100%

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats on the stone age artifact. I'm surprised you don't find more of them considering how much time you spend in plowed fields.

They are super rare over here, we get lots of scrappers but arrow-heads don't turn up that often. The PAS only has about 2000 recorded for the whole of the UK, most of which are barbed or leaf shaped.

 

[Steve in PA]

They are super rare over here, we get lots of scrappers but arrow-heads don't turn up that often. The PAS only has about 2000 recorded for the whole of the UK, most of which are barbed or leaf shaped.

Seems kinda odd that they are so rare considering other evidence (i.e. Stonehenge) that the British Isles had significant populations during that period.

 

[CRUSADER]

Seems kinda odd that they are so rare considering other evidence (i.e. Stonehenge) that the British Isles had significant populations during that period.

Just the way it is. Must be a few out there, just not many found.

 

[Westfront]

Seems kinda odd that they are so rare considering other evidence (i.e. Stonehenge) that the British Isles had significant populations during that period.

Not really. Neolithic culture was the first farming culture here. With farming of the land the period of the travelling hunters came to an end. Same here. We have collectors walking the fields for artefacts and never found a neolithic point. They are so rare!

 

[Westfront]

I think it's late Neolithic, circa 3000BC. But I'm not 100%

Exactly my thought. Give or take 500 years. The shape and both sides retouched clearly show the very well developed work you can find on late neolithic artefacts.
For me, knowing the rarity of a neolithic point, it's absolutely banner worth. Luckily it broke off the shaft at the small extension it had and not in the middle of the point.
You're a lucky dog....

 

[Coinstar magnet]

It looks like you found a rare find with the arrowhead Cru'

Your hunt may not have produced any silver but I would be quite happy with a neolithic arrowhead not to mention a Saxon strapend....I imagine things Saxon are harder to find then the roman..
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Congratulations!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!!!!

 

[CRUSADER]

We take the same curving route across the field to the start point & the same route off the field, so that our OTWBTTC is more of a grid approach. This Arrow Head was found right at the beginning of the hunt as I walked into the field, so my first find, it was very welcome & it's actually our 2nd from this field:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...hammered-neolithic-arrowhead-gold-stater.html
I've also never seen so many flints on 1 field other than 1 other by the river. It must have been a special place during that period.
I will be paying special attention on this field for any others, because having 2 out of 3 of my arrow heads from 1 field must mean there is a chance of more....

 

[CRUSADER]

It looks like you found a rare find with the arrowhead Cru'

Your hunt may not have produced any silver but I would be quite happy with a neolithic arrowhead not to mention a Saxon strapend....I imagine things Saxon are harder to find then the roman..
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Congratulations!

Roughly we get about 200 Roman artefacts to about 25 Saxon every year, so yes a big difference.

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the point a rarer find indeed. Like you stated that there's lots of scrapers but very few points.

 

[Calabash Digger]

WOW! Love the Arrow head..

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Did I misread something? You also found a gold stater?!

 

[steve_rowlands]

Yeah that arrow head is very special, I is jealous.

 

[uglymailman]

Cru, I think that point is about the coolest thing I've seen you post. Do you have any idea of where the stone for the point came from? I spoke to a guy doing a dig in South Dakota and they were getting stone from several hundred miles away. The Native American's traded for "good" flint, chert or whatever. Good luck.

 

[billb]

CRUSADER For me I truly enjoy seeing the history that you uncover,,perhaps you should be on the Hist,,,channel with a documentary one day I hope