Couldnt Save this Ancient Coin

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Couldn't Save this Ancient Coin

:hello:

Well the seasons drawing to a end fast :'( the temperature yesterday was in the low 20s and the corns growing fast :'(
We went back to the field were the Sovereign come from, to see if we could turn up some Roman coins and perhaps a Silver one :P
I was surprised to see so many targets still coming, Bronzes were mixed with the scrap, and I thought there might be a chance of a Hammered or Roman Silver :o
First good find was one I haven't had for a while...Medieval Pilgrims Ampular, these contained Holy water and were hung round the necks of the Pilgrim, in total we had another 20 bronzes from this field bringing the Total now to 60 in three visits , not bad, so some good signs for this field in the future.
I was surprised when I got home and cleaned one of the Bronzes to find it was infact a Silver :o but I was unable to save this Ancient Coin :'( because it looks as if it's been in a fire, and had started to melt :'(
We have one last chance for this time of year, a stubble field(one of our best) is due to be put to potatoes, so we should get one or two trips to it before the close of play :icon_thumleft:

I have included a picture of the Roman Silver Silaqua that was found last week covered in iron from the ground, it's cleaning up pretty well :o

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The Lead Ampulla come out real nice from the ploughed land :icon_thumright:

I wish I could hibernate for 2-3 months :D
 

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The Lead Ampulla come out real nice from the ploughed land :icon_thumright:

I wish I could hibernate for 2-3 months :D
Maybe I can get on the Roman road again :P like last year :dontknow:

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CRUSADER said:
The Lead Ampulla come out real nice from the ploughed land :icon_thumright:

I wish I could hibernate for 2-3 months :D
Maybe I can get on the Roman road again :P like last year :dontknow:

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forgot to say you can see the Pilgrim's teeth marks where he sealed the top after getting the Holy water :)
 

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Ohhh.....I want a pilgrims ampula :notworthy:

Shame about the Roman silver :(
 

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Ohhh.....I want a pilgrims ampula :notworthy:

Shame about the Roman silver :(
I have only ever had three :P Cru had a nice one when we went to the rally last year :o

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shaun7 said:
Ohhh.....I want a pilgrims ampula :notworthy:

Shame about the Roman silver :(
I have only ever had three :P Cru had a nice one when we went to the rally last year :o

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I remember...just :D

How many have you had CRUSADER?
 

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shaun7 said:
Silver Searcher said:
shaun7 said:
Ohhh.....I want a pilgrims ampula :notworthy:

Shame about the Roman silver :(
I have only ever had three :P Cru had a nice one when we went to the rally last year :o

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I remember...just :D

How many have you had CRUSADER?

I think 3 good ones & 2 half ones.
 

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Cool digs! :icon_thumleft:
 

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Medieval Pilgrims Ampular, these contained Holy water and were hung round the necks of the Pilgrim
WOWZA...... What is something like that worth SS???
That is a COOL find!
 

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Medieval Pilgrims Ampular, these contained Holy water and were hung round the necks of the Pilgrim
WOWZA...... What is something like that worth SS???
That is a COOL find!
It would all depend on the condition, but they are very collectable. The Ampula contained Holy Water which the field would be blessed with, for a good harvest, and then it would be buried :read2:

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Nice finds Colin, like the ampula :icon_thumright:. Had a couple of hammered yesterday, took some scans but I can't work out how to adjust or post them. ???.

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Silver Surfer said:
Silver Searcher said:
Medieval Pilgrims Ampular, these contained Holy water and were hung round the necks of the Pilgrim
WOWZA...... What is something like that worth SS???
That is a COOL find!
It would all depend on the condition, but they are very collectable. The Ampula contained Holy Water which the field would be blessed with, for a good harvest, and then it would be buried :read2:

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Bad day £20, good day £100 :icon_thumright:
 

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incredible this is what I call the field sweep ....... that one pile of finds and could be in a museum showcase.
Congratulations! :notworthy:
 

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Very nice again SS, :thumbsup: That's a pile of suff there now.Those pilgrim things I was looking at the other day.That's neat to know more on them.I was looking cause of a flat lead piece I found from one of my oldest site it had a hole drilled in it looked to be worn for pendant or something and saw that they made some called pilgrim badges made of lead and all.I don't know what the pieces I got are I was just shooting for some answers and had ran across those. :dontknow: Anyway you have done it again with your finds to bad about the one silver but your others look good. :thumbsup:
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Nice finds Colin, like the ampula :icon_thumright:. Had a couple of hammered yesterday, took some scans but I can't work out how to adjust or post them. ???.

Robert.
:D :D..still no Camera :D

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Very nice again SS, :thumbsup: That's a pile of suff there now.Those pilgrim things I was looking at the other day.That's neat to know more on them.I was looking cause of a flat lead piece I found from one of my oldest site it had a hole drilled in it looked to be worn for pendant or something and saw that they made some called pilgrim badges made of lead and all.I don't know what the pieces I got are I was just shooting for some answers and had ran across those. :dontknow: Anyway you have done it again with your finds to bad about the one silver but your others look good. :thumbsup:
Take Care,
Pete! :hello:
:hello:

Pete a Pilgrims badge or Ampula from over there would be something else :o they date about 1500s and you have had stuff from that time scale, do you wanna post a picture for me and Cru to look at :icon_thumleft:

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Some awesome finds but that Pilgrim's ampule is in very nice condition compared to the ampule's I have seen. Congrats and HH, Mike
 

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Bavaria Mike said:
Some awesome finds but that Pilgrim's ampule is in very nice condition compared to the ampule's I have seen. Congrats and HH, Mike
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Nice to hear from you Mike :icon_thumleft: it is a bit better than the normal ones you get, they seem to come of second best against the plough :laughing9:

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