Back Yard Test Pit no.2 & no.3 - POTTERY JACKPOT!!!

[CRUSADER]

After my last weeks test pit I tried again with a bigger pit - 1.5 metres square. Although I had some pottery it was pretty much a blank for Roman features.
My mate dug a pit nearer the house & for awhile his 2 kids helped with the digging & finding. After they left their pit I filled mine back in & carried on where they left of - it looked more promising. As luck would have it, I came down on the corner of a Roman rubbish pit. This has been my most successful dig & never have I had such wholes pieces of Roman Pot.
I love the Roman Wine Jug.

 

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[Rivers rat]

Good lord thats very good thought i did well today pottery wise but you rock the show!!!!



RR

 

[ivobg]

amazing
its very rare to find such whole pieces of pottery

 

[creade]

What a great wine jug

 

[cjon455]

awesome piece of pottery ya got there!, cool finds

 

[Westfront]

Simply stunning.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

I missed your first post and I will go looking for it soon, but I have to know, was this your back yard? that jug top is off the charts Cru. what a piece to find. Some of the guys in my diving group have found Spanish olive jugs some complete, but they only date back to the 16th cent. yours is absolutely amazing and must be much older. Do you have an idea of how old it is?
ZDD

 

[CRUSADER]

I missed your first post and I will go looking for it soon, but I have to know, was this your back yard? that jug top is off the charts Cru. what a piece to find. Some of the guys in my diving group have found Spanish olive jugs some complete, but they only date back to the 16th cent. yours is absolutely amazing and must be much older. Do you have an idea of how old it is?
ZDD

No its a friend yard only 2 minutes walk from me.
All the pieces are Roman period but I have not researched there exact dates (1st-4th C AD)

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

No its a friend yard only 2 minutes walk from me.
All the pieces are Roman period but I have not researched there exact dates (1st-4th C AD)

Wow, that is amazing, well done Cru.
Makes me wonder what you might find in your back yard. I say it is time you started digging down 3-4 ft all around your place.
Congrats, that piece is museum quality,
ZDD

 

[Argentium]

Oh My Goodness ! In the pictures it appears that they are unbroken , Incredible finds ! A beer is being consumed in your honor !!

 

[sutphin]

ASTOINISHING FINDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!vanzutphen

 

[kingskid1611]

Astounding finds! congrats

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Very cool.

 

[jewelerguy]

fantastic jug!

 

[UnderMiner]

Fix, clean, and use that jug for its intended purpose - be the first person in nearly 2,000 years to use it!

 

[landmagnet]

Stunning !

 

[Rivers rat]

We want more!!!


RR

 

[g-olden years]

Wonderful! Must feel incredible just to hold that jug! Andi

 

[CRUSADER]

We want more!!!


RR

Just on my way to widen the hole.

 

[robfinds]

Nice one Cru. You're not pot's after all. Well you know what I mean. How wide can you dig ?.