Finished Field of Surprises - WOW!!! - UPDATED

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This has to have been my best day this year. :o

See the shots of the debased Roman Silver coming out the ground, had no idea it was silver until after the first photo.
I had:
Roman Silver - Severus Alexander - Rome AD232, Mars Reverse
3 Hammered:
Ed I - York Mint
Alexander III Scottish cut-halfpenny - Berwick Mint :o
Then on the way back to the car in the smaller field I got a loud hit I thought might be a coke can piece on the top, looked for it on the surface, picked up a white stone (thinking it might be it), but then spotted the hammered pocking out the grass :o Turns out to be a rare Henry VIII Groat :o

Stunning 6th Century AD Saxon Brooch
Stunning Saxon Mount
Fragment of a Saxon/Viking dagger chape
2 Medieval Buckles
1620s Royal Farthing
Georgian Gaming Token
A nice 17th Century Button - type I need

oh & Dad got a couple of buttons, 1 copper, 2 modernish coins
 

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Deepdiger60

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Re: Finished Field of Surprises - WOW!!!

Cru,

The photos of that groat sticking out of the grass are FANTASTIC. I'm loving the photos! Great finds :hello2:

-Buckles
 

shaun7

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Re: Finished Field of Surprises - WOW!!!

Iron Patch said:
As Shaun's thunder is down graded to a dull roar. ;D
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I can't argue with that :D
 

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UPDATED:

The sub-triangular mount with the nice interlaced design is of the Style II Animal pattern & is circa 8th century (Anglo-Saxon). The book I have thinks is represents 1 arm of a cross & could have been part of a harness mount on a horse. I think another possibility is a Scabbard Mount, but like most its guess work.
 

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Re: Finished Field of Surprises - WOW!!!

BuckleBoy said:
Cru,

The photos of that groat sticking out of the grass are FANTASTIC. I'm loving the photos! Great finds :hello2:

-Buckles
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Doing a display soon, so have printed that one out. Its one of my fav pictures, the people in the carpark musk have wonder why we were kneeling on the floor & taking shots :laughing7:
 

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CRUSADER said:
UPDATED:

The sub-triangular mount with the nice interlaced design is of the Style II Animal pattern & is circa 8th century (Anglo-Saxon). The book I have thinks is represents 1 arm of a cross & could have been part of a harness mount on a horse. I think another possibility is a Scabbard Mount, but like most its guess work.
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Not Viking then?

Was the Stirrup Mount you got there Viking :icon_scratch:
 

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shaun7 said:
CRUSADER said:
UPDATED:

The sub-triangular mount with the nice interlaced design is of the Style II Animal pattern & is circa 8th century (Anglo-Saxon). The book I have thinks is represents 1 arm of a cross & could have been part of a harness mount on a horse. I think another possibility is a Scabbard Mount, but like most its guess work.
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Not Viking then?

Was the Stirrup Mount you got there Viking :icon_scratch:
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Yes.
It was in the later Viking period, as they brought then over here, before then they didn't exist. It was in the Urnes style which was of Viking influence. More likely Viking than not, the strap junctions were from this later period as well.
So we have 6th, 8th, & 10th Century activity in that field.
 

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CRUSADER said:
shaun7 said:
CRUSADER said:
UPDATED:

The sub-triangular mount with the nice interlaced design is of the Style II Animal pattern & is circa 8th century (Anglo-Saxon). The book I have thinks is represents 1 arm of a cross & could have been part of a harness mount on a horse. I think another possibility is a Scabbard Mount, but like most its guess work.
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Not Viking then?

Was the Stirrup Mount you got there Viking :icon_scratch:
Click to expand...
Yes.
It was in the later Viking period, as they brought then over here, before then they didn't exist. It was in the Urnes style which was of Viking influence. More likely Viking than not, the strap junctions were from this later period as well.
So we have 6th, 8th, & 10th Century activity in that field.
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If it wasn't for those pesky Lapwings......
 

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What a great day out you had. Big congrat's on the silvers. :icon_thumright:
 

Bubba65

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Awesome digs, I love the coin that is sticking out of the ground that is way cool.

Bubba65
 

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Re: Finished Field of Surprises - WOW!!!

CRUSADER said:
CurbdiggerCarl57 said:
shaun7 said:
You make me sick :o

Where was all this :'(

Love it all......Banner post :icon_thumleft:
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I'm ecstatic to hear that you are ticking off people on your side of the pond.
That is a good sign of excellent detecting skills.
Not being able to Google why?, well just too damn lazy, why is the Henry VIII so rare? Mintage?
Condition?
Problem with that wife thing?
Ticking off the Church?
Cheers, and kudos,
Carl

Oh yeah, Banner, yet again. :icon_thumright:
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Condition is definately one, only a few years after this one the shortage of Silver meant many of these were debased or had copper cores. This one is in VF & high grade silver, its also a Groat which is a large coin (less about & lost). Plus as you say, being a well known King can't harm the price.
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Thanks.
And I didn't know about the copper core in some of your silvers.
I lern at this site, much.

Why are they not Banner?
 

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Re: Finished Field of Surprises - WOW!!!

CurbdiggerCarl57 said:
CRUSADER said:
CurbdiggerCarl57 said:
shaun7 said:
You make me sick :o

Where was all this :'(

Love it all......Banner post :icon_thumleft:
Click to expand...

I'm ecstatic to hear that you are ticking off people on your side of the pond.
That is a good sign of excellent detecting skills.
Not being able to Google why?, well just too damn lazy, why is the Henry VIII so rare? Mintage?
Condition?
Problem with that wife thing?
Ticking off the Church?
Cheers, and kudos,
Carl

Oh yeah, Banner, yet again. :icon_thumright:
Click to expand...

Condition is definately one, only a few years after this one the shortage of Silver meant many of these were debased or had copper cores. This one is in VF & high grade silver, its also a Groat which is a large coin (less about & lost). Plus as you say, being a well known King can't harm the price.
Click to expand...

Thanks.
And I didn't know about the copper core in some of your silvers.
I lern at this site, much.

Why are they not Banner?
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Maybe not enough votes, doesn't matter to me. I know it was a Banner day for me, based on the quantity & quality of the finds (only 4.5 hour hunt). But I guess there wasn't 1 single find quite good enough to stick out :icon_thumright: Don't normally bother with my camera (glad I did, with the peeky out coin picture!), but the pace is slow enough on these fields not to worry about losing hunting time.
 

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Awesome digs . :notworthy: Wow, Sure wish I was back in Europe!!
 

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birdman said:
Awesome digs . :notworthy: Wow, Sure wish I was back in Europe!!
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maybe your get another tour :dontknow:
 

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