6th Roman Site this year...

[CRUSADER]

I'm better now after an illness & back in the saddle.

Cru'dad scouted for about 5 hours whilst I was ill & pretty much came up with a blank, so I knew where not to hunt. We had a general plan yesterday but this morning I did a little aerial research prior to our hunt & changed our plan. It was a slight punt & I was only 40% confident that we would find anything.(no visible cropmarks only a slight change in soil colour) But we walked 15 minutes from a known Roman Site & I plonked us down right onto our 6th new Roman Site this year. Sadly its a low yield small site, but for this time of year, I'm happy I sniffed it out!
5.5 hours for me & about 3 for Dad;

14 Roman Coins
Tudor Button
17th C Button
Livery Button - Heron Head
29th Worcestershire Reg Button 1856-81 - First one to the collection
Roman Lead Steelyard Weight - A head of an aminal or human??
1834 Sixpence
17th C Box Stud
18th C Lead-Alloy Horse Harness Mount - 2 Lions in Shield - Rare object I believe

 

[Westfront]

To find a possible site with just a colour change in the soil needs some experience. I like the steelyard weight with the face, you don't find them very often.

 

[CRUSADER]

To find a possible site with just a colour change in the soil needs some experience. I like the steelyard weight with the face, you don't find them very often.

Something rang true in a recent talk I went to, where the 'expert' speaker was talking about the distribution of Celtic Sites, not being as random as first thought & that they planned the farmsteads in fairly even spacing across the valley face. This got me thinking that it would make predicting, some what easier. I already know many sites that evenly follow a water source, & this site fitted the bill. Although we have no Celtic roots on this one, (yet) the same principles must apply. The slight dark patch, ignored before, now came top of the 'must try list'.

 

[CRUSADER]

To find a possible site with just a colour change in the soil needs some experience. I like the steelyard weight with the face, you don't find them very often.

Never had one with a face before.

 

[sutphin]

SPEEEECHLESS .......

 

[Z.K.]

Glad to see you healthy and back in action, and with cool finds. The lion harness mount and 29th button are compelling. Oh yeah, and the 14 coins that are 9+ times as old as the USA. Those are pretty good, too.

 

[CRUSADER]

Glad to see you healthy and back in action, and with cool finds. The lion harness mount and 29th button are compelling. Oh yeah, and the 14 coins that are 9+ times as old as the USA. Those are pretty good, too.

The harness mount, could be considered the find of the day.

 

[ossi]

Hi .last picture in the lower right object to? http://www.plumbbobcollectors.info/media//DIR_42123/DIR_175501/35884ae5b93ee1e5ffff814ffffffff0.pdf

 

[Scrappy]

Looks like a great site to me! I'm happy to hear you found a new site to play around with for a while. I like the mount and the buckle. Is that a sword guard in the top-right of the third pic?

Cheers

Steve

 

[Scrappy]

Looks like a great site to me! I'm happy to hear you found a new site to play around with for a while. I like the mount and the buckle. Is that a sword guard in the top-right of the third pic?

Cheers

Steve

Ill answer my own question: no. But what is it?

 

[Westfront]

Something rang true in a recent talk I went to, where the 'expert' speaker was talking about the distribution of Celtic Sites, not being as random as first thought & that they planned the farmsteads in fairly even spacing across the valley face. This got me thinking that it would make predicting, some what easier. I already know many sites that evenly follow a water source, & this site fitted the bill. Although we have no Celtic roots on this one, (yet) the same principles must apply. The slight dark patch, ignored before, now came top of the 'must try list'.

Our Romans had fairly equal properties in size. The more sites you know the easier it becomes to find more. As long as they follow the water it's nice. We have very little streams here, most homesteads had wells, so it's a bit more challenging. But i understand how you worked that out.

 

[Westfront]

Ill answer my own question: no. But what is it?

Looks like a furniture mount to me.

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks like a great site to me! I'm happy to hear you found a new site to play around with for a while. I like the mount and the buckle. Is that a sword guard in the top-right of the third pic?

Cheers

Steve

No a thin copper pressed 19th C Sash Buckle.

 

[CRUSADER]

Hi .last picture in the lower right object to? http://www.plumbbobcollectors.info/media//DIR_42123/DIR_175501/35884ae5b93ee1e5ffff814ffffffff0.pdf

Very interesting read, thanks. Plumb bobs, as I know them should really come to a point at the bottom. Even that collector has muddled up Steelyard Weights with Plumb Bobs.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

As always, great finds from you and your dad Cru!
Love the 29th Worcestershire Reg Button 1856-81 & the 18th C Lead-Alloy Horse Harness Mount - 2 Lions in Shield!

Dave

 

[Hot diggity]

You always find museum stuff! Thanks for sharing. You & your pops!

 

[CRUSADER]

As always, great finds from you and your dad Cru!
Love the 29th Worcestershire Reg Button 1856-81 & the 18th C Lead-Alloy Horse Harness Mount - 2 Lions in Shield!

Dave

We are lucky to keep ticking over for this time of year.

 

[celtic fox]

nice few bits thats a good site you got there , hopefully more to come well done and hh

 

[CRUSADER]

nice few bits thats a good site you got there , hopefully more to come well done and hh

We wouldn't call it a good site, but anywhere to hunt this time of year is a bonus.