Another TOP Roman Site...

[CRUSADER]

This time of year we switch gears & change sites based on many factors. Yesterdays change was due to a good site being deep ploughed - 8 inches (deep nowadays). We have been waiting for this for years, as we had cleared most surface finds.
I eat like a horse but on this occasion, it was eyes down & 2 bits of marmite toast that kept me detecting for 8 hours 15 minutes. Dad joined me when he could for about 2 hours 30 minutes.
Lots of lead had been thrown up & I was glad to see a few bigger coins pop up.
I was rewarded with another Roman silver.

42 Bronze Coins
Livery Button
Bits...
Siliqua of Arcadius

 

[mihmar79]

very nice finds! GZ! :thumbup:

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[Argentium]

Another High Grade Siliqua ! Unreal - really reminds me of the one you found earlier this week (last week ) tiny little buggers , but
I'd be breaking out the good single malt with a find like that !

 

[shawninNY]

Incredible!

 

[whammy]

Unbeliveable, what great finds. Sure wish we could find stuff like that here. Congratulations on some super finds.

 

[Westfront]

Stunning Siliqua! Looks to be one made from high grade silver! Congrats!

 

[Qball]

MY sympathy on the marmite

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Cru, the 2 silver coins you posted in the last couple of days, if found on North American soil would be on the banner by now..........but I am sure you all ready know this so don't be offended that they are not nominated for banner. They are outstanding finds Sir and I am truly glad you are posting them here on TN. You make me want to take a trip to England for a little metal detecting.
Congrats,
ZDD

 

[Army of 1]

Cru and Co , unbelievable array of finds again , the number of Ancient grounds you guys can find and detect is mouth watering ..cheers Mick

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks everyone, it is years of practice.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

You continue to amaze me Cru with the large number of "scrappies" you seem to find each time out. Do you believe they were all individual drops, or maybe part of a small, scattered cache that was intentionally buried? Since you haven't mentioned anything I assume they're random drops spread out over a wide area. And congrats on the silver - very nice!

 

[CRUSADER]

You continue to amaze me Cru with the large number of "scrappies" you seem to find each time out. Do you believe they were all individual drops, or maybe part of a small, scattered cache that was intentionally buried? Since you haven't mentioned anything I assume they're random drops spread out over a wide area. And congrats on the silver - very nice!

Intersting question, as it is one I have had before.

I don't believe any of our sites have 'significant' hoards, I do however believe it maybe possible that some of them have had some small 'cashes'. 10 or so coins in a leather purse. No way of knowing for sure because most of these sites fit the normal distribution of settlement activity.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Another observation Cru. It seems like on many of your sites you recover quite a few 17th and 18th century buttons, but very few buckles from that period. Over here we find loads of whole and partial buckles from that time along with all the buttons. Maybe I'm off-base with that comment, but that's what I seem to be remembering from a lot of your posts. Comments?

 

[CRUSADER]

Another observation Cru. It seems like on many of your sites you recover quite a few 17th and 18th century buttons, but very few buckles from that period. Over here we find loads of whole and partial buckles from that time along with all the buttons. Maybe I'm off-base with that comment, but that's what I seem to be remembering from a lot of your posts. Comments?

In ploughed land we find very few whole 17/18th C buckles (mainly due to size). I do however post all the buckle bits, so you should see the whole picture. Buttons fair better, & the XP sings out with these, so I scoop them up.
Also, most of your finds (I guess) are random loses. Therefore, shoes buckles are right up there. Over here, most finds are dumped on the fields, hence the buttons. Make sense?

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Another nice silver. REALLY NICE.

You'll get your roman gold one of these days.

 

[DigIron2]

Absolutely incredible,Them ooold places you are hunting must have been heavily populated with people, dropping stuff like that.If anyone could find the big one ,it would probably be some of you European diggers.Very impressive stuff!I would have been completely ignorant of what you guys find over there if it wasn't for this site..

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

In ploughed land we find very few whole 17/18th C buckles (mainly due to size). I do however post all the buckle bits, so you should see the whole picture. Buttons fair better, & the XP sings out with these, so I scoop them up.
Also, most of your finds (I guess) are random loses. Therefore, shoes buckles are right up there. Over here, most finds are dumped on the fields, hence the buttons. Make sense?

The fields Dan and I hunt are cultivated and were plowed for many, many years although that practice has now stopped in favor of no-till planting. But we still find quite a few whole buckles, and the large majority are shoe or spur buckles. The pic below shows my colonial buckle finds from just the past season, and does not include the boatload of smaller pieces. Buckles were apparently very popular here in colonial Virginia, and I'm definitely not complaining.

 

[DigIron2]

The fields Dan and I hunt are cultivated and were plowed for many, many years although that practice has now stopped in favor of no-till planting. But we still find quite a few whole buckles, and the large majority are shoe or spur buckles. The pic below shows my colonial buckle finds from just the past season, and does not include the boatload of smaller pieces. Buckles were apparently very popular here in colonial Virginia, and I'm definitely not complaining.

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"No till planting!'I was wondering how come they haven't turned up the corn and soy bean fields around here in the last couple years.Does that mean they are not gonna plow them again?I would imagine they would have to turn them up sometime,but I don't know now!.I have never heard anything about that.

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

That Roman silver looks awesome! Congrats on some great finds. The US penny for scale is very helpful. That's a real small coin. May I ask how deep it was?

 

[dirtlooter]

love your posts, always awesome history, awesome finds, awesome detecting