Good Day with Shaun7...UPDATED - Cleaned Button - Further update!

[CRUSADER]

Shaun & I returned to the Papal Bulla Field to finish it off. Which we did (except 20% of the low unproductive land) in about 5.5 hours. Dad joined us for 3 hours & by the end of the day (7 hours), we had totalled 10 man hours. (not including Shaun7 who will post his 7 hours worth soon)

Things didn't get interesting until we decided to do a bit of coin shooting in the small field next to the car, it has a footpath across it leading to an old ferry river crossing.

Dad got an outstanding 1697 Shilling almost off the bat, then a lovely 'Love Token' type coin with RMS Arzila:
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company brought her in 1908:
http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images/arzila2.jpg
See post card above of the Ship. If this one could talk, I think it must be from a crew member to their loved one?

2 Roman Coins (1 pictured in mud)
2 Late Medieval Buckles
Lead Token (maybe Boy Bishop which would be my first)

Plus I found what has to be my best conditioned Pewter button ever
43rd Regiment of Foot - late 18th Century
Involved in the Rev War where they were captured at Yorktown in 1781.

 

[shaun7]

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Is that part of a stirrup mount in with the buckles

 

[Silver Searcher]

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Yep that shillings a cracker....not a bad day all now I wonder how the Cartwheel Kid did

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

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Is that part of a stirrup mount in with the buckles

no just a buckle piece I think

 

[shaun7]

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Yep that shillings a cracker....not a bad day all now I wonder how the Cartwheel Kid did

SS

Still cartwheeless

 

[umrgolf]

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That love token is amazing... don't think ive ever seen one quite like it.. congrats to crudad

 

[Des from down under]

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man you two from over there nail it dont you..and dad of course...well done what craker finds..love the old button...

 

[Iron Patch]

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Super button and condition too! To me that makes the banner but you know...

One of the nicer love tokens I've seen too! That was a great day you had!

 

[CRUSADER]

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Super button and condition too! To me that makes the banner but you know...

One of the nicer love tokens I've seen too! That was a great day you had!

When I ran over to Shaun to show him the button (yes I was excited), he said you would like it

It's so nice its the first button I'm afraid to clean, I have left it as is. I have never seen them come out so good from a once ploughed field.

 

[Silver Searcher]

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What the Hells that top of third picture I can't believe you carried that home

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

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What the Hells that top of third picture I can't believe you carried that home

SS

Dad did, but I pictured it as I don't have a clue what its for

 

[Iron Patch]

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Super button and condition too! To me that makes the banner but you know...

One of the nicer love tokens I've seen too! That was a great day you had!

When I ran over to Shaun to show him the button (yes I was excited), he said you would like it

It's so nice its the first button I'm afraid to clean, I have left it as is. I have never seen them come out so good from a once ploughed field.

Soap & water with a little brusing to get the dirt out and it will be perfect! It wouldn't be any 43rd that would fire me up... that's a good one because it's early! The later ones are pretty common by comparison.

I never get the early ones nice like that and I have found many.

 

[robfinds]

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Yep that is one nice shilling, don't often come up like that
Robert.

 

[CRUSADER]

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Yep that is one nice shilling, don't often come up like that
Robert.

Cheers, it better than the one I brought for the collection, so this will replace it.
I find these much rarer than hammered. I had 1 1697 Shilling, Bristol Mint last year, but over 80 hammered.

 

[allen]

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great job on all of those wonderful finds !!

 

[HISPAN]

Re: Good Day with Shaun7...UPDATED - Cleaned Button

Good hunting Crusaser. I like the silver coin, and button .... congrats!

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Good Day with Shaun7...UPDATED - Cleaned Button

Cleaned the button & tried another shot of the 'ship' coin

 

[shaun7]

Re: Good Day with Shaun7...UPDATED - Cleaned Button

I think your dad beat the pair of us today

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Good Day with Shaun7...UPDATED - Cleaned Button

I think your dad beat the pair of us today

Its a close call, I will never get another early Military in that condition again, although I will likely get a Shilling some time. But the Arzila is a close second, so as he got both, I somewhat agree

Yours is the first Gothic Florin I have seen dug but its lacking condition compare to the 1697, The buckle & pin is up there in the ranking as well.

We basically all came away pretty good, its just Dad took half the time

 

[fathead]

Re: Good Day with Shaun7...UPDATED - Cleaned Button

Nice job. Could the unidentified object that Crudad brought home be one side of a hand grinder stand? We used to have a small cast iron grinder that was supported by something like that. It looks like it has two feet.

Just a guess.

As usual, your daily "rubbish" is nicer than anything I have found, not to mention all of your keepers. So I am back to the research. My goal is to find one item this year that gets a nod from across the pond.

-Fathead