Failed Bean Crop Area - GREAT DAY...

[CRUSADER]

We thought it was all over....

....but this fairly large area of failed bean crop was where Dad picked up his 2 good buttons on Saturday. It's heavily infested with trash dumped there in the 1880s-1920s. So we were looking for any WWI stuff & buttons. Although we have had a few scrappies & the odd hammered, so there was a 'little hope'.
We spent a tough 3 hours 45 minutes on rock solid clay with targets nearly every pace, but our mass digging paid of;

Jetton
Lead Token
2 Lead Cloth Seals
Broken Georgian Fob Seal
Livery Button
WWI Shoulder/Lapel Badges
Australian Capbadge
Bedfordshire enamelled Sweetheart Brooch
Trajan circa 98AD Silver Denarius (me)
1180-89 Shortcross Penny - Henry II - Scarce coin, my first 100% confirmed example! (me)
Norman Strap End circa 12th C - Beast Head with long tongue - Extremely Rare - I can't find any recorded that are the same. Until this very clear example, they were unsure it was a tongue.(only 2 examples, 1 with broken tongue & the other is only similar & not tongue like) It's in the style of the earlier Viking Strap-ends of the 11th C.

 

[mirage83]

Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as a Great Day! Wish we had even half the history over here that you find on a regular basis.

 

[el remolino]

Quite an assortment of great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Agreed - great day! Always exciting to dig a first ....

 

[park pirate]

Awesome day for sure..

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Not to mention your rare coin finds, that's a lot of militaria for one day, NICE !

 

[Steve in PA]

Sweet hammered!

 

[Army of 1]

Killer result , great day indeed ! , congrats ..cheers Mick

 

[joeyfresh]

Two spectacular silvers Cru and a great assortment of other finds. A far cry from your "mediocre" hunt the other day.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

A real nice haul Cru, I see a piece of Stratfordshire Slipware there under the crockery bottle. I once found an intact plate from a 1750s shipwreck.
Nice looking old silver as well.
ZDD

 

[frostdigger]

What a incredible hunt, amazing finds I can only dream about. I seen your post from last Saturday also and if I ever had a day like that I would be well on my way to a killer hang over of my own.

 

[AQUA]

Very nice Crusader !!!!

One farmers misery is another detectorists joy !!

Love them buttons...very interesting and nice. !!

Well done once again.

 

[Argentium]

Yeah , Great finds Cru ! Scarce and extremely rare in a days hunt , I think that qualifies as a Great Day !

 

[oravikmatt]

Nice, I like the military badges.

 

[CRUSADER]

THANKS EVERYONE.It's amazing how this year is working out, we already have more than half our Roman Silver count, when we sometimes had 0 at this stage.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Wow, what a day! You know, those trashy sites are sometimes well worth the effort for what lies beneath.

Congratulations,

Buck