CRUSADER
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This is the time of year we start scratching around for failed oil-seed rape or Bird Cover (Game Strips).
As my Bro's & his 3 young kids (all under 10) were arriving at Lunch time & wanted to do their first detecting hunt, Cru'dad & I needed a short 2 hour hunt somewhere.
We picked the game strip by the Copse & were amazed to get 20 scrappies, crude Lead Pendant & a Roman Horse Harness Fitting (at first I thought child bracelet but its too chunky & would only fit a baby). As they want to turn the maize stubble in they do a deep turn & it worked a treat. We only covered a small but previously productive area, & still have more to do.
We then took all the kids to one of our newest 1000 acre permissions on a Roman Site I named Farmer's Choice (Because had had directed us to it). It's a very low yield site & we have only had about 14 scrappies in 2 outing from the area we tried, so once again we were surprised to get 9 scrappies & a 1944 Sixpence in just 1 hour 15 mins.
The kids seem to enjoy it & one 1921 Halfpenny & a blank Geo farthing is not pictured, as the kids had them.
As my Bro's & his 3 young kids (all under 10) were arriving at Lunch time & wanted to do their first detecting hunt, Cru'dad & I needed a short 2 hour hunt somewhere.
We picked the game strip by the Copse & were amazed to get 20 scrappies, crude Lead Pendant & a Roman Horse Harness Fitting (at first I thought child bracelet but its too chunky & would only fit a baby). As they want to turn the maize stubble in they do a deep turn & it worked a treat. We only covered a small but previously productive area, & still have more to do.
We then took all the kids to one of our newest 1000 acre permissions on a Roman Site I named Farmer's Choice (Because had had directed us to it). It's a very low yield site & we have only had about 14 scrappies in 2 outing from the area we tried, so once again we were surprised to get 9 scrappies & a 1944 Sixpence in just 1 hour 15 mins.
The kids seem to enjoy it & one 1921 Halfpenny & a blank Geo farthing is not pictured, as the kids had them.
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