Exploring a new field.........

[CRUSADER]

We headed out to go to a large field with a Bronze Age burial mound in it. However, on the way we saw that 3 smaller fields closer to the villiage were ploughed & not planted. So we stopped off & tried one of them.

Only spent 2 hours closest to the villiage.

Dad did around the edges to map it & I gridded.

Still learning the XP & dug two pouches of iron, but did get a short cross hammered:
King John
Cut Half Penny
1199-1216
[HENRICV]S REX
Bust holding sceptre

Short Cross
[RA]VF.ON.LV[NDE]
Class 5c

Not much lead in this field, so next time we will explore one of the other 2 fields.

The clay was very sticky & it was an excusing 2 hours.

 

[shaun7]

well now you've beat last year! thats a lovely coin, looks like it was clipped on one side to!

are they playing cricket on that lid or whatever it is?

 

[CRUSADER]

well now you've beat last year! thats a lovely coin, looks like it was clipped on one side to!

are they playing cricket on that lid or whatever it is?

Short-cross are my Fav, & I don't have many King John's

They are playing cricket, not sure what it is, as there in no evidence of fixings on the reverse.

 

[shaun7]

don't know how you resisted that bronze age mound field!

 

[CRUSADER]

don't know how you resisted that bronze age mound field!

easy, these 3 small fields are not as rough (although far from rolled) as the other one. Plus we have until the end of Jan beginning of Feb to search it.

 

[Mike_of_Tenn]

Wow super nice finds Crusader! Congrats!

Mike

 

[shaun7]

I really like the hammered silver coinage. I think that may be largely to blame for my irresistible impulse to detect in England. I cannot rest now until I have an English display on my coffee table to talk about while my girlfriend is trying to watch a movie.

Soon now my friend!

i deffinately want to be there for this

 

[dneyedli@res1.mts.net]

Nice finds! I think your cricket piece is a buckle. I have found ones like that with cricket, lacrosse, paddle ball, tennis, football, etc. Here's a photo of one that I have on file. Is there any weld spots on the back that may have supported these fasteners? Some of these buckles were very thin and broke my heart a few times coming from plowed fields where they were mangled. Beautiful coin.
Dave.

 

[HolyDiver]

Nice haul Crusader.

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice finds! I think your cricket piece is a buckle. I have found ones like that with cricket, lacrosse, paddle ball, tennis, football, etc. Here's a photo of one that I have on file. Is there any weld spots on the back that may have supported these fasteners? Some of these buckles were very thin and broke my heart a few times coming from plowed fields where they were mangled. Beautiful coin.
Dave.

My first thought was buckle plate as well. Although as stated there are no marks to show where anything was joined to the back. It most likely is a buckle & it was badly mangled by the plough until & straighten it.

 

[Silver Searcher]

well now you've beat last year! thats a lovely coin, looks like it was clipped on one side to!

are they playing cricket on that lid or whatever it is?

Short-cross are my Fav, & I don't have many King John's

They are playing cricket, not sure what it is, as there in no evidence of fixings on the reverse.

Mine to....did the XP nail it OK.

 

[Old River]

Can't say that I like anyone of the finds, because I like them all. Congradulations.

 

[CRUSADER]

well now you've beat last year! thats a lovely coin, looks like it was clipped on one side to!

are they playing cricket on that lid or whatever it is?

Short-cross are my Fav, & I don't have many King John's

They are playing cricket, not sure what it is, as there in no evidence of fixings on the reverse.

Mine to....did the XP nail it OK.

Yes it did, but I'm far from knowing the sounds. I think iron sounds good, but I guess on as close to all metal as you can set it, thats going to be the way for awhile until I tune in. The high tones are very obiviously not iron, but I'm still used to the Cortes which has a very different Iron response. I will predict now that 2009 will have our highest hammered count. Maybe I will count how many fall to the XP & how many to Dads Cortes. Its a bit unfair, as I get 60-70% of the hammered (when we both used the Cortes).

PS. I got it with the first 30 minutes which gave me high hopes for the field. As it turned out, I think its a random loss. Very little lead about, no other medieval signs & no Roman activity. It may have been cherry picked, I'm not sure, but we will hit the field next door on our return.

 

[tinpan]

well now you've beat last year! thats a lovely coin, looks like it was clipped on one side to!

are they playing cricket on that lid or whatever it is?

Ozzie's play cricket, you English have a batting average of DUCK [0] heheheheh


tinpan

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice hunt and finds! HH, Mike

 

[John Deere Digger]

Nice finds, those fields hunts look to be alot of work. Keep at it.
JDD

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice to get another Hammered to put you over the record.


Well done!

 

[woody50]

Just one more hammered and you will meet my specifications for you! Yes the sounds with EVERY metal detector are different. That makes it hard to go back to your 'old' 'now reserve' metal detector after a few years, you have forgot what the sounds were there. I never use my Lobo anymore, although its my reserve. I found so many good things with it, but now the XP is my favorite.

The buckle, it looks thin, maybe it was wrapped around a metal core, not fastened to it but wrapped around it and hammered down.

Nice finds!

 

[shaun7]

well now you've beat last year! thats a lovely coin, looks like it was clipped on one side to!

are they playing cricket on that lid or whatever it is?

Ozzie's play cricket, you English have a batting average of DUCK [0] heheheheh


tinpan

oh, how i wish i was australian!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Fantastic as usuall. Always something new to admire