Scouting another Good Intel Field...

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This is yet another new permission/farm which we tried for the first time today. The intel on it was solid, some of the best crop-marks I've ever seen. Once again the Archies guessing from the aerials that it might be Iron Age/Roman. It definitely had multiple phases, but like the site over the brook we think it to be Bronze Age/Iron Age. But it's early days, as the clues are limited. What we are pretty sure of is that it is NOT Roman. (Although we got a light scatter, so we are close to something) Hopefully the breadcrumbs will lead to a better spot. This will have to wait though as most of the land is under oil-seed rape.
This field had green waste on it, hence the modern burnt looking coins.
After the hunt we went & met the owners to show them the stuff. They made us laugh as they looked at our 1 day finds & said that 'looks more than all the stuff our detectorist found in all the years he hunted here'!

5 hours;

7 Roman Coins
1887 Horse Brass
1917 France's Day Pin/Medallion
A 1st C AD Roman Trumpet Derivative Brooch (Type I need)
Circa 14th C Medieval Lead Pilgrims Ampulla, vessel for Holy Water. Nice complete example dug from about 10", hence its condition!
 

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That fibula had made my day and the ampulla another one! Stunning! :notworthy:
 

Yeah that ampulla is in lovely condition, congrats! I collect Greco-Roman lead amphora ampules which held protective "magical medicine" and may have to supplement with medieval English pieces, as the properties ascribed to (vials of) holy water then parallel quite nicely with their earlier pagan counterparts.
 

After 5 hours of hunt i will take a cold drink
 

Nice!!! Congrats!!!
 

Love the finds
 

That ampulla is really good. I’m glad it was deep, sure kept it from getting damaged.
 

That ampulla is really good. I’m glad it was deep, sure kept it from getting damaged.
Yeap, we have more damaged ones than complete examples.

We have promised this example to the owners as they seemed to like it.
 

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