CruDads Lucky Hunt!!!

[CRUSADER]

Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

Whilst I was down the pub, Dad was still trying for likely places ready for the weekend. It was another huge Barley stubble field, which we had never hunted but had very little going for it!

He only hunted for 1.5 hours & got a very lucky find & it happened as follows;

He had dug up 2 large plough shears & was carrying them to the edge quickly to get them off the field. He got another banging signal & thought he was in for another plough bit but dug a:

Charles I
1642-43
Halfcrown
King on horse back riding left
[CARLOVS.D.G.MA]G.BRI.FRA.ET.HIB.[R]EX

Oval draped shield
Bugle mint mark
Truro Mint
[CHRISTO.AVSPI]CE.RE[GNO]



This is now our largest denomination of hammered ever found

 

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[woody50]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

Nice Coin! CruDad is really working at it.

Tell us, in your last message you mentioned what a half-groot would buy and be worth, what about a half-crown? (is a crown a half pound?)
Great find, say Hello to CruDad for me!

 

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[CRUSADER]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

Nice Coin! CruDad is really working at it.

Tell us, in your last message you mentioned what a half-groot would buy and be worth, what about a half-crown? (is a crown a half pound?)
Great find, say Hello to CruDad for me!

I think a Crown is a 1/4 of a pound. I will pass on your wishes I hope to hunt with you some day in the future, it was a blast & you make me look slow

 

[Silver Searcher]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!



One I missed while I was away you don't see many of them dug because they are the first to be found through the sheer size of them, I bet that field has never seen a detector before ......great find Cru Team

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

One I missed while I was away you don't see many of them dug because they are the first to be found through the sheer size of them, I bet that field has never seen a detector before ......great find Cru Team

SS

The shear size of the field would have put most off, its massive, hard to know where to go. It has no crop marks, miles from anyway, no obvious tracks or footpaths. It really is the last place to try, nothing really going for it, often the way though. Bad field, random amazing find

 

[woody50]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

Nice Coin! CruDad is really working at it.
Tell us, in your last message you mentioned what a half-groot would buy and be worth, what about a half-crown? (is a crown a half pound?)
Great find, say Hello to CruDad for me!

I think a Crown is a 1/4 of a pound. I will pass on your wishes I hope to hunt with you some day in the future, it was a blast & you make me look slow

Thanks, they sure had many types of coins back then. I can remember going to London several times and really not knowing what coin to use in the pubs when I had to pay. Just like other countries where you don't know the coins you pay with paper money, that easy. But then you have more coins and have to try to get rid of them before you leave the country. It sure is easier with the decimal system, and the Euro is great for traveling through most of Europe, and is accepted by many non EU countries.

Yes those were neat hunts. Going down the first stretch with us 4 -side by side-, I can remember being so far ahead of you guys that I doubled back once. Shaun was very slow, I thought something was wrong with his detector (maybe was to see how much more he is finding now). Didn't know he was (then) just a rookie back then. It was great fun on that field and the finds were great. Have tried to find some place here in Holland after that for you and Shaun, but no luck. Places dried up and really (see my finds) there are not too many good fields in North Holland (BioProf just gave up on North Holland, won't search here anymore). The area where he is searching now, and more southern areas are much better, but they are way to far for me to try to find a place there, at least at this moment. Maybe Bio could find something for us 4? (Bio, are you there?).

 

[Argentium]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

Wow , I'm late to the party on this one - Great find Cru-dad ! Argentium.

 

[shaun7]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

Nice Coin! CruDad is really working at it.
Tell us, in your last message you mentioned what a half-groot would buy and be worth, what about a half-crown? (is a crown a half pound?)
Great find, say Hello to CruDad for me!

I think a Crown is a 1/4 of a pound. I will pass on your wishes I hope to hunt with you some day in the future, it was a blast & you make me look slow

Thanks, they sure had many types of coins back then. I can remember going to London several times and really not knowing what coin to use in the pubs when I had to pay. Just like other countries where you don't know the coins you pay with paper money, that easy. But then you have more coins and have to try to get rid of them before you leave the country. It sure is easier with the decimal system, and the Euro is great for traveling through most of Europe, and is accepted by many non EU countries.

Yes those were neat hunts. Going down the first stretch with us 4 -side by side-, I can remember being so far ahead of you guys that I doubled back once. Shaun was very slow, I thought something was wrong with his detector (maybe was to see how much more he is finding now). Didn't know he was (then) just a rookie back then. It was great fun on that field and the finds were great. Have tried to find some place here in Holland after that for you and Shaun, but no luck. Places dried up and really (see my finds) there are not too many good fields in North Holland (BioProf just gave up on North Holland, won't search here anymore). The area where he is searching now, and more southern areas are much better, but they are way to far for me to try to find a place there, at least at this moment. Maybe Bio could find something for us 4? (Bio, are you there?).

There was something wrong with my detector Woody....it was crap

Also, I think I was using a garden trowel to dig with

 

[woody50]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

There was something wrong with my detector Woody....it was crap
Also, I think I was using a garden trowel to dig with

Nice to hear from you Shaun...
Aha, now the truth comes out of your secret way of detecting. I had really thought you were detecting with a Heathkit detector from 1971 and just using a spoon!!!

Getting out much in this hot weather Shaun, finding anything? Hows the work situation?

 

[shaun7]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

There was something wrong with my detector Woody....it was crap
Also, I think I was using a garden trowel to dig with

Nice to hear from you Shaun...
Aha, now the truth comes out of your secret way of detecting. I had really thought you were detecting with a Heathkit detector from 1971 and just using a spoon!!!

Getting out much in this hot weather Shaun, finding anything? Hows the work situation?

I might as well have been

Haven't been out in ages....only another week or so though

Work is getting better thanks Woody. After this week I have had 2 full weeks in a row!

 

[woody50]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

There was something wrong with my detector Woody....it was crap
Also, I think I was using a garden trowel to dig with

Nice to hear from you Shaun...
Aha, now the truth comes out of your secret way of detecting. I had really thought you were detecting with a Heathkit detector from 1971 and just using a spoon!!!

Getting out much in this hot weather Shaun, finding anything? Hows the work situation?

Sounds better. I would invite you to find some work here in Holland although the building vacations start soon for 6 weeks or so, and maybe there is not so much work here, but maybe more than there. But its also not easy away from your family.....

Hope you get out soon, want to see some finds from you. I will be taking my wife to her brother tomorrow to Friesland (north part of Holland) and will search there, they are making some ground movements for parks and such, I hope I can find something...

Earl



I might as well have been

Haven't been out in ages....only another week or so though

Work is getting better thanks Woody. After this week I have had 2 full weeks in a row!

 

[shaun7]

Re: Cru'Dad's Lucky Hunt!!!

Cheers Woody, good luck tomorrow