Another Field Crossed Off the List...

CRUSADER · Nov 1, 2012

This field is next to a major Roman Site & it had a pretty nice looking cropmark. We have tried this area before but were hoping for a better result (nearly 0 finds), as last time it was long stubble now its ploughed. After 2 hours 45 minutes we proved this was not a field worth trying again. At least we know now & I did at least fluke out a hammered.

Henry III circa 1250s
Tudor (broken) Book Clasp
Buckle bits
Broken Scrappy Roman Coin
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Westfront · Nov 1, 2012

No buttons but a hammered... You have at least one in every field. Did You took a day off again? We changed to winter time last weekend and i hate that early darkness. Don't like to detect in the dark as wild pig season started too....

hammered · Nov 1, 2012

Well done on the hammered mate, but if you couldn't find much then the field must be empty :laughing7:

. But you did better than me today, too much rain in the early hours of this morning, maybe better luck tomorrow :dontknow:

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hammered

CRUSADER · Nov 1, 2012

Westfront said:
No buttons but a hammered... You have at least one in every field. Did You took a day off again? We changed to winter time last weekend and i hate that early darkness. Don't like to detect in the dark as wild pig season started too....

No, just left work a little early.

CRUSADER · Nov 1, 2012

hammered said:
Well done on the hammered mate, but if you couldn't find much then the field must be empty. But you did better than me today, too much rain in the early hours of this morning, maybe better luck tomorrow.

hammered

It proves that no all our fields are full of history, as some think. Shows how you can be 1 field away, & miss.

VERMONTPACKRAT · Nov 1, 2012

Atleast you did not have to throw your back out digging hundreds of targets :icon_thumleft:

To me the slow day would be worth it when the hammered showed up.

VPR

stewielouie · Nov 1, 2012

Sweet Hammered!

Silver Searcher · Nov 1, 2012

I have to spend 2 hours on a good field to get that. :laughing9:

It's weird how fields, next to good sites have very little in them. :icon_scratch:

SS

Steve in PA · Nov 1, 2012

So even over there in the land of ancient abundance, a veteran detectorist goes in a field and then marks it off the map as a place "where it's not". Happens to me all the time as I go through the process of elimination trying to pinpoint the bulls eye of my research. Even so there is still a random hammered....in the fertile fields of dreams.....

BuckleBoy · Nov 2, 2012

I've got to admit, that's a nice fluke. :thumbsup:

CRUSADER · Nov 2, 2012

VERMONTPACKRAT said:
Atleast you did not have to throw your back out digging hundreds of targets To me the slow day would be worth it when the hammered showed up.

VPR

It was worth it to me as well, although this Hammered will end up in the Farmers collection.

CRUSADER · Nov 2, 2012

Silver Searcher said:
I have to spend 2 hours on a good field to get that. It's weird how fields, next to good sites have very little in them.

SS

True, but you should have had a shed load more finds besides it.

It is strange, this had no more than 5 pieces of Lead,no dark soil patches, no sign of Iron Nails, not pottery shards (other than an odd roof tile piece), practically nothing.