Farm Shop Field - New Land........UPDATED

[CRUSADER]

I got a rather excited call late last night from my newbie detectorist friend. He has been using my back-up Cortes on some of the new land he got permission for us to search. He had only found a few odds & sods but reported lots of lead. I said stick at it as lead is a sign of good land. Anyway, he continued the systematic search as I had shown him & towards the very end of the run he was about to turn around but he said he heard a little 'Cru' voice saying "cover it all, & don't miss the edges", so continued on & found his best find so far. Its in the first two pictures, a lovely Medieval Knife Terminal with a mans head on one side & a ladies on the other. One of the nicest I have seen & pretty rare.

Dad & I joined him today & did very well for 3 hours:

1 Hammered each - The better one is Edward I circa 1280s (Canturbury Mint)
2 Medieval Buckles
Interesting bronze Roman whatzit - one for the Archies to ID.
Medieval Beehive Thimble
Roman Bronze Snake bracelet piece

Dad got his nicest Seal Matix with a Lion

 

[BuckleBoy]

If you were swinging a metal detector with each arm, you could find 10,000 buttons on the year.

And think about how cool they would look symmetrically mounted on your rice rocket in Picadilly Circus!

Speaking of "5,000", this is my 6,000th post. YOU ARE ALL IN MY WILL NOW!

The news and events threads will do that to ya. Just wait until they delete one of those Incredibly Worthless Hulks and you'll be down 20 posts again. :P


Ahhh...the rollercoaster of Fame.

 

[woody50]

UPDATED:
Forgot to say, just made 1501 buttons this year

Wow, good that you are keeping track. Thats about the amount all the total of all buttons I have every found, including all the lands I have searched! And you do that in a half year!

 

[woody50]

Another great hunt, and this time on good old ground! There must be more than that there. The knife terminal is great also, a nice find. So you see, you thought the hunting was finished until September, but its not!

 

[CRUSADER]

Another great hunt, and this time on good old ground! There must be more than that there. The knife terminal is great also, a nice find. So you see, you thought the hunting was finished until September, but its not!

It would have been, if it wasn't for our new detectorist friend. He has already gained permission for 5 farms & only started a couple of months ago. I don't think anyone has turned him down, plus he's asking on our behalf as well! He has some amazing fields with great Iron Age crop marks to do after the harvest, plus lots of other great options. For his first year, he's going to have some great finds, I know.

We have 1 option left. Its the Huge Grass Field (ploughed years ago), its been hayed (short grass) but we have done it before with only a small amount of success. It was one we crossed off the list, but hard times mean we will try it again

 

[DMN]

Are you thinking of setting up an accessories shop, Crusader? Sounds like you're well on your way with the buttons.

I hear Tesoro is making a metal detecting hoover in an attempt to assure other hobbyists they can garner as much as you. I think it's supposed to have a "hammered coin" attachment.

Good luck on the goal and keep that ear open.

 

[Bikernico]

Nice Finds
Lovely seal

 

[CRUSADER]

Are you thinking of setting up an accessories shop, Crusader? Sounds like you're well on your way with the buttons.

I hear Tesoro is making a metal detecting hoover in an attempt to assure other hobbyists they can garner as much as you. I think it's supposed to have a "hammered coin" attachment.

Good luck on the goal and keep that ear open.

Thanks

I love posting here, as more than the farmer & friends see my finds. What amuses me, is that I not a good detectorist, I'm just a persistant one. Mine & Dad's success is simple:
We work together as a close team.
Put many hours in.
Cover the ground systematically.
Keep the Disc. to a minimum & dig 90% of the rubbish.
Dig & recover the rubbish in as shorter time as possible (seconds hopefully).
Own good detectors.
Honest with all the farmers.

My point is that anyone can do what we do, its simple. I used to say when fishing, if you find something that works 'hammer it'. I guess this is what we have done for years, found something that works & kept at it, the more you do, the better you get & more importantly on UK fields the quicker you become. Its about area covered & the 'going slow thing' will not work as well as a moderate pace. Thats why the lightning recovery time of the XP is perfect for field searching & large area coverage.

 

[CRUSADER]

Another great hunt, and this time on good old ground! There must be more than that there. The knife terminal is great also, a nice find. So you see, you thought the hunting was finished until September, but its not!

I know believe the Knife Terminal might be Dutch, what do you think?

 

[DMN]

Are you thinking of setting up an accessories shop, Crusader? Sounds like you're well on your way with the buttons.

I hear Tesoro is making a metal detecting hoover in an attempt to assure other hobbyists they can garner as much as you. I think it's supposed to have a "hammered coin" attachment.

Good luck on the goal and keep that ear open.

Thanks

I love posting here, as more than the farmer & friends see my finds. What amuses me, is that I not a good detectorist, I'm just a persistant one. Mine & Dad's success is simple:
We work together as a close team.
Put many hours in.
Cover the ground systematically.
Keep the Disc. to a minimum & dig 90% of the rubbish.
Dig & recover the rubbish in as shorter time as possible (seconds hopefully).
Own good detectors.
Honest with all the farmers.

My point is that anyone can do what we do, its simple. I used to say when fishing, if you find something that works 'hammer it'. I guess this is what we have done for years, found something that works & kept at it, the more you do, the better you get & more importantly on UK fields the quicker you become. Its about area covered & the 'going slow thing' will not work as well as a moderate pace. Thats why the lightning recovery time of the XP is perfect for field searching & large area coverage.

Your methodology is sound. And I bet it does help having a buddy to catch the overlaps and bounce ideas off. I have no doubt you could fill a scrap yard with the amount of junk you've dug over the the few treats. Some time you should get a box and fill it for a month to show us how much it really takes to get the wheat from the chaff.

Thank you and all the cross-ponders for sharing your finds. Keep them coming because us toddlers on this side don't (rarely?) get to see the ancients when we recover.

 

[woody50]

Another great hunt, and this time on good old ground! There must be more than that there. The knife terminal is great also, a nice find. So you see, you thought the hunting was finished until September, but its not!

I know believe the Knife Terminal might be Dutch, what do you think?

Well it could be, I have seen a number of this sort of terminal, I have also a few.
Cannot really determine what I see on the terminal, what can you see.
I will send the photos to some friends and see....
Earl

 

[woody50]

Another great hunt, and this time on good old ground! There must be more than that there. The knife terminal is great also, a nice find. So you see, you thought the hunting was finished until September, but its not!

I know believe the Knife Terminal might be Dutch, what do you think?

Just offhand here are two of the same sort of design... still waiting for others.

 

[woody50]

Another great hunt, and this time on good old ground! There must be more than that there. The knife terminal is great also, a nice find. So you see, you thought the hunting was finished until September, but its not!

I know believe the Knife Terminal might be Dutch, what do you think?

Hi Cru.... Here is the answer from my searching friend in Zeeland:

Dit ziet er zeker Nederlands uit Earl. Ik heb exact het zelfde mesheftje hier al diverse keren gevonden.

Oh, forgot you cannot read Dutch. Here is the translation from Google
This is certainly of English Earl. I have exactly the same mesheftje been found several times.

Although this translation is 100% wrong! The real translation should read:
This certainly looks Dutch Earl. I have found the exact same knife terminal a number of times (in Holland).

 

[shaun7]

Another great hunt, and this time on good old ground! There must be more than that there. The knife terminal is great also, a nice find. So you see, you thought the hunting was finished until September, but its not!

I know believe the Knife Terminal might be Dutch, what do you think?

Hi Cru.... Here is the answer from my searching friend in Zeeland:

Dit ziet er zeker Nederlands uit Earl. Ik heb exact het zelfde mesheftje hier al diverse keren gevonden.

Oh, forgot you cannot read Dutch. Here is the translation from Google
This is certainly of English Earl. I have exactly the same mesheftje been found several times.

Although this translation is 100% wrong! The real translation should read:
This certainly looks Dutch Earl. I have found the exact same knife terminal a number of times (in Holland).

ok Earl, now i'm confused!

that could be the spanish beer though

 

[CRUSADER]

Another great hunt, and this time on good old ground! There must be more than that there. The knife terminal is great also, a nice find. So you see, you thought the hunting was finished until September, but its not!

I know believe the Knife Terminal might be Dutch, what do you think?

Hi Cru.... Here is the answer from my searching friend in Zeeland:

Dit ziet er zeker Nederlands uit Earl. Ik heb exact het zelfde mesheftje hier al diverse keren gevonden.

Oh, forgot you cannot read Dutch. Here is the translation from Google
This is certainly of English Earl. I have exactly the same mesheftje been found several times.

Although this translation is 100% wrong! The real translation should read:
This certainly looks Dutch Earl. I have found the exact same knife terminal a number of times (in Holland).

Thanks, I will inform the finder. Funny, things are adding up. He had a chat with a local lady who said the area was settled in the early Medieval period by Dutch Merchants!

 

[woody50]

Another great hunt, and this time on good old ground! There must be more than that there. The knife terminal is great also, a nice find. So you see, you thought the hunting was finished until September, but its not!

I know believe the Knife Terminal might be Dutch, what do you think?

Hi Cru.... Here is the answer from my searching friend in Zeeland:
Dit ziet er zeker Nederlands uit Earl. Ik heb exact het zelfde mesheftje hier al diverse keren gevonden.
Oh, forgot you cannot read Dutch. Here is the translation from Google
This is certainly of English Earl. I have exactly the same mesheftje been found several times.
Although this translation is 100% wrong! The real translation should read:
This certainly looks Dutch Earl. I have found the exact same knife terminal a number of times (in Holland).

ok Earl, now i'm confused!

that could be the spanish beer though

Well what do you think I am... First he says Holland, google says England, and I repair it to Holland again.

 

[woody50]

Another great hunt, and this time on good old ground! There must be more than that there. The knife terminal is great also, a nice find. So you see, you thought the hunting was finished until September, but its not!

I know believe the Knife Terminal might be Dutch, what do you think?

Hi Cru.... Here is the answer from my searching friend in Zeeland:

Dit ziet er zeker Nederlands uit Earl. Ik heb exact het zelfde mesheftje hier al diverse keren gevonden.

Oh, forgot you cannot read Dutch. Here is the translation from Google
This is certainly of English Earl. I have exactly the same mesheftje been found several times.

Although this translation is 100% wrong! The real translation should read:
This certainly looks Dutch Earl. I have found the exact same knife terminal a number of times (in Holland).

Thanks, I will inform the finder. Funny, things are adding up. He had a chat with a local lady who said the area was settled in the early Medieval period by Dutch Merchants!

Well your research is paying off, it must certainly be dutch then...