Fragile history

[robfinds]

The great thing about farmers, is they plough things up for us to find. The bad thing is, in doing so they can damage them. These latest two hammered coins prove this sad fact. The largest one is a half groat of Henry VIII, the smaller one, not got an id yet. The button is a 17th century type, rare to find with the shank still attached. The field I've been searching, is liberally covered with pot shards and Neolithic worked flints. All in all a great place to search.

Robert.

 

[romeo-1]

Yep...the plough is our best friend and our greatest enemy! Nice finds though!

 

[david680]

Yep. But better to find it damaged, than to never find it at all. The plow is your friend.

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs. I would take it in any condition, nice silver.

 

[robfinds]

Yep...the plough is our best friend and our greatest enemy! Nice finds though!

Bit like playing Russian roulette.

 

[robfinds]

Yep. But better to find it damaged, than to never find it at all. The plow is your friend.

true always better to find.

 

[robfinds]

Nice digs. I would take it in any condition, nice silver.

Just wish they were full ones.

 

[Westfront]

Nice hammereds! Absolute love the speckled flint!

 

[robfinds]

Nice hammereds! Absolute love the speckled flint!

The farmer say's there's no natural flint in the area. So all of these flints tools were brought there.

 

[Westfront]

They traded flint over very big distances. Most of the flint found here is local mined, some comes from Belgium, but we found artefacts made of south eastern europe stone!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

What's a plough?? They never do that around here. Everything is no-till planting. Relics and coins are slowly sinking to oblivion. It's a wonder we find anything in the fields.

 

[robfinds]

They traded flint over very big distances. Most of the flint found here is local mined, some comes from Belgium, but we found artefacts made of south eastern europe stone!

They were amazing people in those days Westfront.

 

[robfinds]

What's a plough?? They never do that around here. Everything is no-till planting. Relics and coins are slowly sinking to oblivion. It's a wonder we find anything in the fields.

Till planted Bill. Does that mean drilled direct into stubble ?.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Till planted Bill. Does that mean drilled direct into stubble ?.

Yep - exactly. So unless peanuts are planted, and there aren't too many of those, the ground never gets turned over. It has something to do with the Chesapeake Bay Act and keeping fertilizers and other chemicals from entering into the bay.

 

[robfinds]

Yep - exactly. So unless peanuts are planted, and there aren't too many of those, the ground never gets turned over. It has something to do with the Chesapeake Bay Act and keeping fertilizers and other chemicals from entering into the bay.

Good news for the bay, but bad news for detecting Bill. Can see it would be very frustrating.!!!

 

[Ahab8]

Sooooo how many hammered this year Rob?

 

[Old Dude]

As Bill said, no plowing here. I have hunted the fields I have access to until I can now walk 30 minutes and never even get an iron grunt. A few years ago, they planted potatoes in my best field and someone came in a boat and stole many. Now it's back to drilling in the corn.

 

[robfinds]

Sooooo how many hammered this year Rob?

Lost count Ahab, but 9 or 10 in last couple of weeks.

 

[Pointman]

Is this similar to the "smaller one" you found: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/436816-decent-day-last.html

 

[Scrappy]

Heyyyyy Rob, nice scores. Your killing it with hammered silvers. You must be a hell of a detectorist - Sites that old must just be littered with iron signals and other nonsence from centuries, and you can still pull the good stuff.

Steve