4 different sites 4 different results

[Westfront]

This weekend i went to 4 new fields for prospecting. First one is a known roman site. The problem is that these site is in a battlefield from winter 44/45. I gave up after one hour because only finds were driving band and fuze fragments. This site is heavily littered with that junk and our romans were poor people other than the ones in UK...

Next one is a 1700s homesite. Not one coin..... just a spoon, thimble, lots of musket balls and You guess it.....driving bands....

Third one on saturday is medieval. Nice field, fresh disced and my batteries gave up after a few minutes... But i managed a very nice axe. Not that easy to make a date on it because this style was used very long. I think 16th century but it can be much older.

Today was better. Some coins, 2 Reichsmark 1925 silver, 1784 1/4 Stueber, belgian and prussian coins 19th century...
Lead

Brass and a buckle

Coins

Medieval weight

1925 2Reichsmark

1/4 Stueber

Religious pendants

....and driving bands.....

 

[Lanny in AB]

Great pictures--great finds.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[worldtalker]

Westfront,Hang in there man,you are in for the LONG haul,somewhere in there THE GOOD STUFF is waiting for YOU to find it, PATIENTS/PERSISTANCE! Nice older finds!!! God Bless HH Chris

 

[CRUSADER]

Your getting enough targets, something will give soon

 

[HuntNdig]

looks like 4 good hunts to me!! Good job and HH

 

[HISPAN]

Good bunch of findings from Germany.
H

 

[uglymailman]

What is a "driving band"?

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Keep plucking away at those sites, something Roman is sure to turn up.

 

[AGBlex]

old german coins are pretty cool but the silver ones are real nice!

 

[wrecker]

What is a "driving band"?

The driving band or rotating band is part of an artillery shell, a band of soft metal near the middle of the shell, typically made of gilding metal,[1] copper or lead. When the shell is fired the pressure of the propellant swages the metal into the rifling of the barrel, both providing a seal preventing the gases from blowing past the shell, as well as engaging with the rifling to spin-stabilize the shell. In a rifle, the entire bullet is typically covered in copper or a similarly soft alloy, so the entire bullet is its own driving band.

 

[Westfront]

old german coins are pretty cool but the silver ones are real nice!

Thanks! Here is the silver and the Stueber cleaned up a little... Quarter for size reference.

 

[dfx willy]

i like the details on the german coin (the eagle)better than the american one. willy

 

[birdman]

I always love seeing finds from Germany. You can find coins from several different countries in one hunt.