Day 3 - Church Field Finished......try else where....

[CRUSADER]

Finished the Church field in 3 hours with nothing better than an 1820s Farthing & a Victorian button (1st Picture). We are glad to cross this off the list & will not bother with it again.

It was T-Shirt weather even after the sun dipped below the horizon

Spent a further 2 hours on a very large grass field where we had the Bronze Age Axe last year. Did a lot better here;
3 scrappy roman coins
Broken Roman Brooch
Maybe the tip of a Bronze Age sword/dagger 8)

Plus on the last but one run I got a 1697 sixpence. Pretty good nick for this period when all the others I have are smooth & bent into love tokens.

So a little better finish to the day

 

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[robfinds]

Well at least you had a go on the field. The treasure will be in the next one !.

Robert

 

[Bridge End Farm]

still very nice digs and history you pulled. Thanks for posting it so I could see and good luck on your next site

 

[bootybay]

one heck of a hunt crusader..excellent as usual to me.. wtg

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Great finds Crusader, that crotal bell looks very medieval. Nice hunt and HH, Mike

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks everyone, we will hit the big grass field next (the one we finished on in this post). I think with alot of hard work & time we will find something a bit more rewarding. The runs we are doing are 250metres before the turn around, & this is still only a fraction of the field.

 

[bootstrap vinn]

I know the potential for ancient coins there are far greater than here but those are nothing to scoff at!!Congrats man!!! Bootstrap

 

[ModernMiner]

Crusader,
Thanks for sharing. I'd be happy with any of those finds. Good luck on your next spot. Looking forward to it.
Cheers,
MM

 

[Viking]

Nice finds Crusader
Since im not finding anything here,i think i´ll move the England

HH.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice work, Crusader. I'd take a "scrappy Roman" any day of the week. Nice silver find too--even though it isn't Roman or Celtic.

Now--are the fields in your parts still layed out in long, narrow strips? I am aware that Medieval fields were in this shape because the wheeled plow (such a technological wonder of its age) was hard to turn around. I assume this is what you mean by the "turn around."

Second question--do you typically make more Medieval finds at the turn around, since that is where they would've struggled with the plow, perhaps unhitching the horses to give them a break from the hard work?

Thanks in advance for indulging my curiosity...


Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice work, Crusader. I'd take a "scrappy Roman" any day of the week. Nice silver find too--even though it isn't Roman or Celtic.

Now--are the fields in your parts still layed out in long, narrow strips? I am aware that Medieval fields were in this shape because the wheeled plow (such a technological wonder of its age) was hard to turn around. I assume this is what you mean by the "turn around."

Second question--do you typically make more Medieval finds at the turn around, since that is where they would've struggled with the plow, perhaps unhitching the horses to give them a break from the hard work?

Thanks in advance for indulging my curiosity...


Regards,


Buckleboy

'Turn around' means just that. The point at which we decide to turn around & detect along side where we have come from. Its the end of the grid. My point here was that instead of the unusual 100m grid we have a much larger field & area to cover. This field was not plough until Victorian times as the clay is far too heavy to have been ploughed by old technology. Therefore finds are limited.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice work, Crusader. I'd take a "scrappy Roman" any day of the week. Nice silver find too--even though it isn't Roman or Celtic.

Now--are the fields in your parts still layed out in long, narrow strips? I am aware that Medieval fields were in this shape because the wheeled plow (such a technological wonder of its age) was hard to turn around. I assume this is what you mean by the "turn around."

Second question--do you typically make more Medieval finds at the turn around, since that is where they would've struggled with the plow, perhaps unhitching the horses to give them a break from the hard work?

Thanks in advance for indulging my curiosity...


Regards,


Buckleboy

'Turn around' means just that. The point at which we decide to turn around & detect along side where we have come from. Its the end of the grid. My point here was that instead of the unusual 100m grid we have a much large field & area to cover. This field was not plough until Victorian times as the clay is far too heavy to have been ploughed by old technology. Therefore finds are limited.

I see. Thank you, Crusader.

Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[The Bulgarian]

WTG my Friend cool finds.