Crusaders Return...

[CRUSADER]

The start of the day did not go well. Turned up & the lovely flat stubble was being racked into a lumpy mess (they only took the hay bails off yesterday). The race was on to finish the last remaining stubble whilst playing chicken with the trackor & spikes. This only lasted 1.5 hours (first photo), got a couple of scrappies & Canadian Capbadge.
Then our luck took a turn for the good. We were asked to find a lost combine part, which we did (saved him a trip to buy new parts). I used this opportunity to ask who own the land across the road, which they rent. He pointed to the big mansion on the river, & we made our way to the telecom & large automatic doors. Dad did the chatting & he invited us in & we drove down the long driveway to speak in person. He ended up giving us permission To go on a nice Barley Stubble Field.

Results after 5 hours:
5 Roman Coins
Lead bag & cloth seals
Lead Tokens
4 Hammered - Sixpence & halfgroat of Lizy, Penny of Ed I, I think a halfgroat of Charles I (need to look it up, its a new addition to my collection)
Roman Steelyard weight
Tudor Book Clasp
Gilt Medieval Mount with some enamelling
A Few Jetton
17th & 18th Century Tokens
Rose Farthings - 1620s

My fav find of the day Maundy 1 penny 1784 - these are rare to find, as the generally don't get lost & they are tiny.

Guess where we are tomorrow

 

[CRUSADER]

lovin the george III penny, Crusader never seen one seems always a new something in your posts

Maundy money was given in sets of 1,2,3,4 silver Pennies by the King or Queen to the poor, a ceremony which had gone on many hundreds of years. See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_money
It was a great honour to recieve these, & although they were legal tender, you were quite likely to keep them, a bit like a medal from the King/Queen (family members rarely sell them).

 

[tuatara]

You've returned? . I haven't noticed you were away Seriously, that's a lot of excellent finds. That's one of my top dreams to find Maundy money. Some lucky devils do find them in Oz.

 

[Iron Patch]

That is a lot of good coinage and digging great finds that Maundy 1 penny 1784 because it is so tiny wouldn't it be prone to getting lost more then a larger coin ? another good hunt Dd60

A general answer to your question would be yes, for the obvious reason it is small. But you also have to take into account what a coin was worth at the time, and how great the numbers were in circulation. For example there has been many 8 reales found in my area and not a single early small gold coin that I am aware of. The reason of course is the Spanish silver probably circulated more, and losing gold was probably like losing a small fortune. (Not that a missing 8R made for a good day) It doesn't surprise me how many large coppers turn up because many eventually were not worth a lot, but that wasn't the case for a very long time for large silver so it's impressive how many get dug. It really points at how high the circulation likely was. But a small coin worth a lot I'm sure wasn't lost too often.

 

[umrgolf]

lovin the george III penny, Crusader never seen one seems always a new something in your posts

Maundy money was given in sets of 1,2,3,4 silver Pennies by the King or Queen to the poor, a ceremony which had gone on many hundreds of years. See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_money
It was a great honour to recieve these, & although they were legal tender, you were quite likely to keep them, a bit like a medal from the King/Queen (family members rarely sell them).

That's one of the coolest things I've learned since joining this site How many of these have you found? (denominations?)

 

[Iron Patch]

lovin the george III penny, Crusader never seen one seems always a new something in your posts

Maundy money was given in sets of 1,2,3,4 silver Pennies by the King or Queen to the poor, a ceremony

I actually found one of these coins a few years ago but is in pretty sad worn condition. Definitely something different for here though.

 

[mainer]

Sweet finds Cru! All that silver sure does look good.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

As always Cru, very interesting finds mate. Love the cap badge, found some information and a picture of a similar one for you as well.

WWI Royal Canadian Naval Air Service Cadet Collar Badge - Pickled Brass, 2 lugs.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Just the opposite what we were talking about the outher night, four hammered would be a good week never mind four in a day

SS

 

[davesx]

What a great day you had, four hammered in 5 hours, that's a years worth to me.
Dave.

 

[CRUSADER]

lovin the george III penny, Crusader never seen one seems always a new something in your posts

Maundy money was given in sets of 1,2,3,4 silver Pennies by the King or Queen to the poor, a ceremony which had gone on many hundreds of years. See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_money
It was a great honour to recieve these, & although they were legal tender, you were quite likely to keep them, a bit like a medal from the King/Queen (family members rarely sell them).

That's one of the coolest things I've learned since joining this site How many of these have you found? (denominations?)

1 Penny- 1686
2 Penny- 1692
1 Penny- 1738

That is the lot.

 

[umrgolf]

Guess they must be pretty rare to find if youve only got three thanks for sharing that info

 

[ATC1997]

What a day!

Hope you get back and find some more!

 

[pepperj]

Nicely done Cru, liking the ham's.