Failed Oil-Seed Rape - Day 1 - 2 Hammered + CELTIC SILVER & Fibulatastic...

[CRUSADER]

After 2 low yield, no silver days we are back on it.
The Roman Metal Working field had a large area of failed oilseed rape & they re-drilled it with late Spring Beans. The near 50 acre area is over 1000 metres from the edge of the Metal Working scatter but it did include a crop-mark which was thought to be either Roman/Celtic. We had tried this area before & found nothing, but it now became our next best option, after trying in the morning close the the Metal Working area. We tried to get as close as we could to the Metal working area by doing some smaller patches of failed crop & a footpath - we managed 3 scrappies.

After lunch we tried a large area grid over the area we think the cropmark is. (according to reports 200 metres by 300 metres) We soon started getting 1st AD Roman Brooches (Fibula) & 1 coin of Claudius. After Cru'dad got the Romano-Celtic Ring & I got the La Tene brooch (Fibula), I started to believe a Celtic Gold was possible, this made for an exciting hunt. Although no gold was found, Cru'dad got our first Celtic silver of the year. (1 monkey off our back, they are pretty hard to get)

6 Hours:

4 Scrappies
17th C Spoon handle bit
Medieval Buckles
Medieval Dagger Chape (one of my best of this type)
2 Jettons
Medieval Leather Mount
5 1st C AD Roman Brooches (Fibula)
1 Iron Age Celtic La Tene Brooch (Fibula)
1st C AD Romano-Celtic Ring Bezel
2 hammered - cut half of Henry III & Ed I Penny
RARE - Celtic Silver Unit, circa 45BC Corieltavi tribe, Proto Boar Right & Horse Left (Ref: ABC1797)

 

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[erfranks]

Awesome Saves!!! That is some great saves...

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the Celtic Silver!!! What a beauty it is, Now that is a great day out in the dirt right there.
So many fibulas, and not much coinage which seems strange.

 

[CRUSADER]

So many fibulas, and not much coinage which seems strange.

Our working theory is an Iron Age (Celtic) site that moved to the metal working area or close by habitation called Fan's Site, once the Roman influence started. ie. moved in the mid 1st C AD. (therefore, not many coins)

 

[Elvis]

Awesome finds as usual!!! Congrats!!!!!

 

[Westfront]

I'm with Pepperj, what a beauty that silver is! You a great day you had. Sometimes luck helps with finding a new area to detect afer all these hours on the metal working site!

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm with Pepperj, what a beauty that silver is! You a great day you had. Sometimes luck helps with finding a new area to detect afer all these hours on the metal working site!

Yeap very lucky, if it hadn't failed in that area we wouldn't have tried it.

 

[Jeff H]

Fibulatastic is right! I don't ever recall seeing that many in a single post.......even from you!

 

[CRUSADER]

Fibulatastic is right! I don't ever recall seeing that many in a single post.......even from you!

Been a long time but we had about 12 or so from Brooch Field in 1 day.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Well done !

 

[Lost Signal]

The Celtic coin is a beautiful small work of art. How many Celtic silvers do you typically find in a year? Celtic gold coins?

 

[ArfieBoy]

As always, I love the silver. Love all the other artifacts also. Congratulations!

 

[Digger RJ]

Awesome!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Such lovely silver coins. Glad to see that you are back on it!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Fantastic, wow!!

 

[CRUSADER]

The Celtic coin is a beautiful small work of art. How many Celtic silvers do you typically find in a year? Celtic gold coins?

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/2020-annual-finds/646820-cru-team-2020-record-year.html
See above actual results. We would be happy with 1 but we average about 2.

 

[yaxthri]

Wow! Everytime the finds of one of your hunts are more spectacular than all of the "good" finds of a "normal" hunter...

 

[Argentium]

Excellent to see the Cru back on the silvers !! (treasures ) Cheers !

 

[CRUSADER]

CHEERS ALL.
It was a real boost yesterday, as we thought it was payback time, & we had settled in to thinking it would be a long hard road to harvest.

 

[jewelerguy]

fantastic. Love it all but the Celtic silver coin really stands out