Friday’s Finds xx

[blossom]

Finally got to go out again, weather has been wet and windy all week.

Went back to the fields nearest the castle. The only downside to detecting here as the fields have been used for events so we get to dig lots of trash and modern coins, but we found a few nice bits to show you.

Musket balls… yep 22 of them he dug 9 I dug 13! Then a lead counter/weight… a fancy bit.. a tack pin and possible tack mount (?) 1 solitary button, then 3 lead projectiles/weights… a long lost key 2 pre dec coins 1 toasted and 1 (1916).

Weather is wet again tomoz, but may get to go out on Sunday… fingers crossed! To give you an idea of where we are hunting when I say back at the castle …(castle circled in red) these are the fields outlined in green. Todays marked with a X… These fields have been farmed but are now grass, except the ones at the bottom that border the River Devon they are still Ridge and Furrow.

 

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[Digger RJ]

Finally got to go out again, weather has been wet and windy all week.

Went back to the fields nearest the castle. The only downside to detecting here as the fields have been used for events so we get to dig lots of trash and modern coins, but we found a few nice bits to show you.

Musket balls… yep 22 of them he dug 9 I dug 13! Then a lead counter/weight… a fancy bit.. a tack pin and possible tack mount (?) 1 solitary button, then 3 lead projectiles/weights… a long lost key 2 pre dec coins 1 toasted and 1 (1916).

Weather is wet again tomoz, but may get to go out on Sunday… fingers crossed! To give you an idea of where we are hunting when I say back at the castle …(castle circled in red) these are the fields outlined in green. Todays marked with a X… These fields have been farmed but are now grass, except the ones at the bottom that border the River Devon they are still Ridge and Furrow.

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Very Cool!!! Congrats!!&

 

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[WannaDig3687]

That’s my favorite spot that you hunt! Love seeing the castle! Congratulations on getting outdoors and enjoying the finds produced from the hobby.

 

[Almy]

All very interesting, as usual for your posts. Thank you. Being able to visualize where you are hunting, by ground and areal photos, really helps me to enjoy your finds. Much better, I think, than showing just the finds.
Back in the 1980s, I think it was, I took a trip to England, landed in Heathrow, took a train north, stayed in a small village overnight and visited a castle whose owners had installed a wood chip heating system. It was rather unusual in those times. I was a wood heat researcher at the time and the trip was part of a field trip after a conference. Your identification of the pile of lumber to be chipped to heat the castle reminded me of that trip. It's probably not the same castle, but I wonder how many in England would be heated with wood chips today.