CRUSADER
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This land was found by someone I know who's not got a detector yet but is very interested. This is the second farmer has has gain permission for in less than 1 month. He introduced me & then dropped me of to detect whilst he did other jobs.
It was 3 small game strips soon to be planted with maize, just about 2 acres. Not a lot of rubbish so I finished it all in 4.5 hours.
The first strip produced a couple of nice Medieval buckles, nice steady start.
The second strip produced 1 nice tudor button & not much else,,,, until I got a good large signal, flip the first few inches of the lumpy clay over & picked up what I thought to be a piece of scrap. I could hardly believe it when I realised its a Saxon/Viking Stirrup Mount! 1 step & two swings later a hammered! (I broke it trying to straighten it)
The third strip only had a couple of buttons.
The Stirrup Mount is a Class A, Type 1 & if the detail were still there would show strong Sandinavian influence. So its more likely a settled Viking than a Saxon, but eitherway its circa 10th century. Only my second one ever! Very rare in this area 8)
It was 3 small game strips soon to be planted with maize, just about 2 acres. Not a lot of rubbish so I finished it all in 4.5 hours.
The first strip produced a couple of nice Medieval buckles, nice steady start.
The second strip produced 1 nice tudor button & not much else,,,, until I got a good large signal, flip the first few inches of the lumpy clay over & picked up what I thought to be a piece of scrap. I could hardly believe it when I realised its a Saxon/Viking Stirrup Mount! 1 step & two swings later a hammered! (I broke it trying to straighten it)
The third strip only had a couple of buttons.
The Stirrup Mount is a Class A, Type 1 & if the detail were still there would show strong Sandinavian influence. So its more likely a settled Viking than a Saxon, but eitherway its circa 10th century. Only my second one ever! Very rare in this area 8)
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