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We are desperate to search anyway, so we had decided to try a wood next to one of our Roman sites, based on a number of factors . Land-magnet did a few scouting missions & proved it was worth doing when he came up with 5 Roman Bronzes in less than 30 minutes.
I hardly ever do woods as I get terrible results & tons of cartridges. However, this site we knew was worth the cartridge digging. We are not sure whats going on at the moment as the Romans are generally only 2 inches deep. We know they dug out a nearby ditch which had lots of material in it (pottery etc..), so some has come from there, definitely the Brooch as its in amazing condition.
This is the largest Roman Disc Brooch (2-3rd Century) I have ever seen. Missing glass insert.
13 Roman Bronzes - A couple of Album reverse types never found before
Roman Silver Ring Fragment which will be declared treasure shortly. Missing intaglio.
The icing on the cake was the Celtic Bronze Unit which we didn't realised until we got home. Dad was GPSing the finds (not detecting) & I was detecting for only 3 hours.
We haven't had a Celtic bronze since 2007, so 2 clear years without any;
Cunobelin Circa AD15
Obv: Winged head left, CVNO in front, BELIN behind
Rev: Metal worker seated right, hammering vase, TASCIO behind.
See a better version:
http://www.coins2.ru/imgsearch/2097...nit-16-mm-2-33-gr-Metal-Worker-Type-RARE.html
285 recorded so not a scarce coin in Celtic terms but a very rare one for us, its our first of this type, & in pretty good condition compared to our others.
I hardly ever do woods as I get terrible results & tons of cartridges. However, this site we knew was worth the cartridge digging. We are not sure whats going on at the moment as the Romans are generally only 2 inches deep. We know they dug out a nearby ditch which had lots of material in it (pottery etc..), so some has come from there, definitely the Brooch as its in amazing condition.
This is the largest Roman Disc Brooch (2-3rd Century) I have ever seen. Missing glass insert.
13 Roman Bronzes - A couple of Album reverse types never found before
Roman Silver Ring Fragment which will be declared treasure shortly. Missing intaglio.
The icing on the cake was the Celtic Bronze Unit which we didn't realised until we got home. Dad was GPSing the finds (not detecting) & I was detecting for only 3 hours.
We haven't had a Celtic bronze since 2007, so 2 clear years without any;
Cunobelin Circa AD15
Obv: Winged head left, CVNO in front, BELIN behind
Rev: Metal worker seated right, hammering vase, TASCIO behind.
See a better version:
http://www.coins2.ru/imgsearch/2097...nit-16-mm-2-33-gr-Metal-Worker-Type-RARE.html
285 recorded so not a scarce coin in Celtic terms but a very rare one for us, its our first of this type, & in pretty good condition compared to our others.
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