Day 25 - Big Grass Field.......

[CRUSADER]

Lovely sunny day with a light cool wind. Complete opposite to the heavy rain forecast, so I had plenty less layers & no waterproofs for a change.

Only spent 3 hours on my own, Dad had visitors.

One of my worst days this year but I expect this on the current field. Got to keep to the system.

Medieval salt glazed stripey pot shard
cica 1880s Martini-Henry Rifle bullet
Tombac Button cica 1800ish
Thimble
Very poor condition 17th century brass token (Farthing)

Lets hope next week is a bit better than this one

 

[wisconsinACE]

Neat finds ~HH~

 

[tymcmurray]

button, thimble, coin, lead, shard..........
Looks good to me!!!

 

[Evolution]

Have you ever taken the time to put a relic display case together? Because it would probably be as big as your house!! Nice finds once again.

 

[strike it rich]

I noticed you said "Lets hope next week is a bit better than this one" you rock dude like Elvis 67, I would be estastic with what you found today.

Best wishes S.I.R

 

[CRUSADER]

Have you ever taken the time to put a relic display case together? Because it would probably be as big as your house!! Nice finds once again.

I have a full museum display case in our local amateur Museum. I rotate finds & have plenty of photo's in there as well. I also do other displays at work & school's every year.

 

[CRUSADER]

I noticed you said "Lets hope next week is a bit better than this one" you rock dude like Elvis 67, I would be estastic with what you found today.

Best wishes S.I.R

I know it may sound a bit big headed but its the reality of the field. Its one of our worst ones but from time to time a nice find pops up to make it all worth it

 

[strike it rich]

Would love to see a brief write up one of these days such as the methods you use to gain permission search patterns, retrieval techniques, the effect moisture has on depth, tools used, the halo effect, culminations of pockets of finds, research tools, the treasure act, health and safety, gridding methods, average hours per field
,the size of your team, total amount you've found, average age of finds.


oh and what kind of biscuit's you dip in you tea or coffee ,choclate.

Best wishes S.I.R

 

[desertfox]

Big C, your slow days are better then most of my good days! HH

Desertfox

 

[CRUSADER]

Would love to see a brief write up one of these days such as the methods you use to gain permission search patterns, retrieval techniques, the effect moisture has on depth, tools used, the halo effect, culminations of pockets of finds, research tools, the treasure act, health and safety, gridding methods, average hours per field
,the size of your team, total amount you've found, average age of finds.

oh and what kind of biscuit's you dip in you tea or coffee ,choclate.

Best wishes S.I.R

methods you use to gain permission; Flagging down tractor drivers in the field, knocking on farm doors, ringing farmers on the phone, getting present farmers to recommend us to others, being 100% honest & showing 100% of the finds, 50% slit of treasure trove items, member of the local historial society, displays in the local museums

retrieval techniques, halo effect & tools used; Garden Spade & no probe, always dig back from where you think the target is

effect moisture has on depth; It's good when its wet, but I detect as much as I can even if bone dry

culminations of pockets of finds I use a market stall traders zipped finds pouch with a rubbish pocket, lead pocket for recycling, finds pocket, spare pocket with bits & pieces

research tools; Internet, Google earth, my library of books, book writing contacts, dealers, museums, PAS, maps, Local Records Office, Library, metal detector, intuition

the treasure act; Just read it

health and safety; Army boots

gridding methods; Cover the whole field however big in 300metre strips. 4 flags (Great Britain of course) 1 at start, 1/4 of the way, 1/2 way, & end.

average hours per field; Too many variables, size of field, time between harvest & planting, set-a-side or grass

the size of your team; 2 (Me & Dad)

total amount you've found; Wow, it would take a few days to count

average age of finds; Late Medieval

oh and what kind of biscuit's you dip in you tea or coffee ,choclate; Can't remember I was 8 years old

 

[wwwtimmcp]

you done better than me. all I got was 3 lead sinkers and a square piece of brass, last outing. I'm going to have to wait untill the water warms up to better my finds.

nice finds.

 

[allen]

those are some nice finds...