A Good Rally Day...

[CRUSADER]

Shaun7 invited me along with another friend to go on a rally (120 acres). I normally hate rallies, as I pay money to do worse than on my own free land, but there are next to 0 options right now, so it seemed a good idea

About 60+ detectorist turned up & we hunted the maximum 7.5 hours we were allowed.

This was pretty much the best rally I've done;

Victorian Navy Button
Roman Fibula fragment
Medieval Spur fragment
Lead Pilgrims Badge - Mitred bust of St. Thomas 14th C - My first one of this type
13th C Lead Seal Matrix
As of Julia Domna - Circa 200AD - Another hole in the collection filled

I got home & phoned to see how Dads scouting mission went. He did 3 hours around a thin strip on 2 edges of a field. We have previous found lots of Roman Stuff on it, so he was expecting the odd Roman Coin. Instead he had 2 hammered, the first ones to come off that field, in fact the first off that whole farm (the only other finds were 2 blank buttons )

Henry VI Penny
King John Shortcross

 

[olroy70]

Wow!!!!

Very Nice!

 

[umrgolf]

wow, that lead w/ bust is amazing congrats to dad, nice hammereds

 

[Silver Searcher]

They take a bit of getting used to, when you are use to just going on your own, people dashing about every were crossing your search area brings back bad memories :P but you did ok for a Rally, especially as you say, at this time of year

SS

 

[shaun7]

It was good to see you can still pull finds out of your ar*e

I didn't do so well

 

[HISPAN]

The Rally organizers should pay to Crusader for participating.
Greetings mate!
H

 

[CRUSADER]

The Rally organizers should pay to Crusader for participating.
Greetings mate!
H

far from it, I was under gunned, & many better finds were being found

 

[Nutriasub]

Crusader, looks like a fun hunt anyway!!
Congrats on the hammered, they look great

Cheers

Nutria

 

[CRUSADER]

Crusader, looks like a fun hunt anyway!!
Congrats on the hammered, they look great

Cheers

Nutria

congrats to my Dad. The 3 of us searched for a combined 22.5 hours without a sniff of a hammered. Dad goes out for 3 hours on land that never produces Medieval stuff & gets 2

 

[traverdog]

Some nice and interesting finds!!

 

[HISPAN]

The Rally organizers should pay to Crusader for participating.
Greetings mate!
H

far from it, I was under gunned, & many better finds were being found

are jealous .... And Shaun he could find?
H

 

[CRUSADER]

Just wanted to add a little info on the Short-Cross hammered:

These can sometimes be a minefield to ID, the short-cross series starts with complete confusion. All of them, including Henry II, Richard I, King John, & Henry III bear the name HENRICVS (thought to have continued, so as not to confuse the largely illiterate population who 'might' get confused or lose faith in the validity of the coinage if its 'shapes' changed dramatically!). This makes simple IDing a little harder, so without going into letter types or bust variations, the next best way to ID it is hope that the moneyer & mint can help.
Thankfully, there was enough lettering to be a positive ID:

[ROB]ERT.ON.CAN[T] which translates to Robert (Moneyer) of Canterbury (Mint) - Only active during King John's reign circa 1200.

I now fairly confident its a Class 5c.

On a different note, this series is one of the more difficult types to find in our area, so it makes them that little more exciting than the usual hammered. Also, its one of my favourite types, just look at it crude & off-centred look. Minted/hammered in vast numbers in double quick time, these often got shipped in the chest full by the King to help pay for Castle construction or other lavish goods. These were the engine of the economy at a time when only the 'Penny' denomination existed, therefore encouraging the cutting of these in half for a halfpenny & quarters for a Farthing.

Very cool coin, & a nice addition to the very small King John collection

 

[Rickiowa2009]

Wow those are some cool finds!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very interesting finds today Cru!
Love the look of this piece!
It's awfully big for a button . . . what's the age?

Cheers,
Dave

 

[DMN]

What is a Pilgrims Badge?
BTW, I like that fancy button as well. Sounds like you and Dad did quite alright!

 

[CRUSADER]

Very interesting finds today Cru!
Love the look of this piece!
It's awfully big for a button . . . what's the age?

Cheers,
Dave

Its a Medium sized Dandy button, circa 1780

 

[CRUSADER]

What is a Pilgrims Badge?
BTW, I like that fancy button as well. Sounds like you and Dad did quite alright!

When a Pilgrim went to a Shrine, he would see items like this for sale (made by the Church or Monks). It might represent his/her favourite Staint, so they would purchase it (smallish cost as it was Lead & for the masses) & would wear it on their clothes for the journey home. A kind of early souvenir.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

I think the heading of the post should read: A "REALLY good day"

Where's the pix of the fellow detectorists?

Nice day~

 

[CRUSADER]

I think the heading of the post should read: A "REALLY good day"

Where's the pix of the fellow detectorists?

Nice day~

Nearly took one, but I was focused on hunt, in the zone, so to speak

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very interesting finds today Cru!
Love the look of this piece!
It's awfully big for a button . . . what's the age?

Cheers,
Dave

Its a Medium sized Dandy button, circa 1780

Thank for letting me know Cru, she's a real beauty!

Dave