i joined the crusader on his 2nd fav field

[shaun7]

mr crusader was kind enough to invite me to his fields yesterday to help me find some old stuff!
well, the 18th century barrier was well broken for me!

everyone found loads and i got my first roman coin (not a scrappy apparently) and various medievil stuff

all were identified at the scene by the man himself and we had a great day!

also got one or two pieces of iron so i need to upgraid to a cortes after having a turn on crusaders machine and finding the roman!

 

[BlackX]

Congrats for the barrier breaking! Looks like it was quite a fun hunt. One of these years...

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

That CRUSADER feller is a kind gentleman. Nice 18th century finds, buddy!

Kyle

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

Nice stuff!

 

[Iron Patch]

Well that looks like the year quota huh Crusader? No need for anymore "help".

 

[CRUSADER]

It was a fun day, even if it was the hottest day in Sept since records began :P :P I think the beer at lunchtime didn't help

I have to say, the international team award for speed detecting goes to Holland I've always said I detect at a moderate pace but compared to him I'm in the slow club. He showed me a lesson in UK detecting (Slow is NOT best) He had two hammered, I had one.

Today Dad got the only Roman. I got 1 yesterday in 9 hours & none today in 7. We used to get about 20 a day on this field, maybe we have been sucking most of them off the field

 

[tinpan]

Now you got smell for real old treasure so go get your share. Good luck and i,m happy to have suggested the idea ??

tinpan

 

[CRUSADER]

Now you got smell for real old treasure so go get your share. Good luck and i,m happy to have suggested the idea ??

tinpan

You were the catalyst which speeded up what I was already thinking Cheers my aussie couzin 8)

 

[Derek752]

Congrats Shaun !!

AWESOME finds !!

Hunting with Crusader must have been cool ... the man is unstoppable when it comes to finding the old OLD coins & relics.

I believe Crusader IS a human metal detector !!

Way To Go

Derek

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats Shaun !!

AWESOME finds !!

Hunting with Crusader must have been cool ... the man is unstoppable when it comes to finding the old OLD coins & relics.

I believe Crusader IS a human metal detector !!

Way To Go

Derek

How ever much I'm obsessed & spend most of my free time detecting I still can't believe that one day when I'm double the age I am now that I could keep up with the guy we were with that day! Now he was an athlete.

 

[Detectingfreak]

congratulations!

 

[shaun7]

Now you got smell for real old treasure so go get your share. Good luck and i,m happy to have suggested the idea ??

tinpan

thanks for that tinpan if it wasn't for you i would'nt be sitting here with a roman coin still stuck to my hand

 

[woody50]

He' Shaun, nice meeting you there! Nice finds, and glad you got stuff older than the 18e century! We sure had a good time there didn't we? Have again to thank the Crusader for inviting us, it was great! Also thanks for using your car (mijn only had two seats) to go there, pity you had to leave so soon though, I owe you a pint next time!

 

[woody50]

It was a fun day, even if it was the hottest day in Sept since records began :P :P I think the beer at lunchtime didn't help

I have to say, the international team award for speed detecting goes to Holland I've always said I detect at a moderate pace but compared to him I'm in the slow club. He showed me a lesson in UK detecting (Slow is NOT best) He had two hammered, I had one.

Today Dad got the only Roman. I got 1 yesterday in 9 hours & none today in 7. We used to get about 20 a day on this field, maybe we have been sucking most of them off the field

Hi Crusader! It's me, the roadrunner! Although you guys think I search fast, one guy in our club (of 4 guys) even searches faster and finds more than I do most of the time. I don't always search fast.... if I find something interesting I slow down to a creep and search all sounds, iron or not. But I guess I know my detector pretty good and can easily hear if something is good or not. I am not saying I don't miss stuff by moving faster, but if you keep moving your coil within certain boundaries you should hear most of the good signals. I don't always search so fast either, when I have all the time to search, can return the next day and continue, I search pretty slow; then I think much slower than you. But most of the time, especially in the short few weeks in England, I have to keep going and try to the the most out of the time that I have...

Anyway yes, you could have sucked the Romans out of the land, it happens. Takes a few years of intensive searching and sucking them out, but it's a pity, there just aren't any roman guys walking around anymore with holes in their pockets..... so gone is gone. We have done that now a few times also.

Thanks for the pleasure of meeting you and searching (OK, you were biting my dust) with you.....we had a great time!

 

[CRUSADER]

It was a fun day, even if it was the hottest day in Sept since records began :P :P I think the beer at lunchtime didn't help

I have to say, the international team award for speed detecting goes to Holland I've always said I detect at a moderate pace but compared to him I'm in the slow club. He showed me a lesson in UK detecting (Slow is NOT best) He had two hammered, I had one.

Today Dad got the only Roman. I got 1 yesterday in 9 hours & none today in 7. We used to get about 20 a day on this field, maybe we have been sucking most of them off the field

Hi Crusader! It's me, the roadrunner! Although you guys think I search fast, one guy in our club (of 4 guys) even searches faster and finds more than I do most of the time. I don't always search fast.... if I find something interesting I slow down to a creep and search all sounds, iron or not. But I guess I know my detector pretty good and can easily hear if something is good or not. I am not saying I don't miss stuff by moving faster, but if you keep moving your coil within certain boundaries you should hear most of the good signals. I don't always search so fast either, when I have all the time to search, can return the next day and continue, I search pretty slow; then I think much slower than you. But most of the time, especially in the short few weeks in England, I have to keep going and try to the the most out of the time that I have...

Anyway yes, you could have sucked the Romans out of the land, it happens. Takes a few years of intensive searching and sucking them out, but it's a pity, there just aren't any roman guys walking around anymore with holes in their pockets..... so gone is gone. We have done that now a few times also.

Thanks for the pleasure of meeting you and searching (OK, you were biting my dust) with you.....we had a great time!

Good to see you on here.

I just wanted to hightlight the point to any US guys who's mantra is 'SLOW IS BEST'. Its can be in the right conditions on pasture, but on medium or large ploughed UK fields then its important to cover as much ground as possible (& yes we do miss stuff, but pocket a lot more)

 

[Iron Patch]

It was a fun day, even if it was the hottest day in Sept since records began :P :P I think the beer at lunchtime didn't help

I have to say, the international team award for speed detecting goes to Holland I've always said I detect at a moderate pace but compared to him I'm in the slow club. He showed me a lesson in UK detecting (Slow is NOT best) He had two hammered, I had one.

Today Dad got the only Roman. I got 1 yesterday in 9 hours & none today in 7. We used to get about 20 a day on this field, maybe we have been sucking most of them off the field

Hi Crusader! It's me, the roadrunner! Although you guys think I search fast, one guy in our club (of 4 guys) even searches faster and finds more than I do most of the time. I don't always search fast.... if I find something interesting I slow down to a creep and search all sounds, iron or not. But I guess I know my detector pretty good and can easily hear if something is good or not. I am not saying I don't miss stuff by moving faster, but if you keep moving your coil within certain boundaries you should hear most of the good signals. I don't always search so fast either, when I have all the time to search, can return the next day and continue, I search pretty slow; then I think much slower than you. But most of the time, especially in the short few weeks in England, I have to keep going and try to the the most out of the time that I have...

Anyway yes, you could have sucked the Romans out of the land, it happens. Takes a few years of intensive searching and sucking them out, but it's a pity, there just aren't any roman guys walking around anymore with holes in their pockets..... so gone is gone. We have done that now a few times also.

Thanks for the pleasure of meeting you and searching (OK, you were biting my dust) with you.....we had a great time!

Good to see you on here.

I just wanted to hightlight the point to any US guys who's mantra is 'SLOW IS BEST'. Its can be in the right conditions on pasture, but on medium or large ploughed UK fields then its important to cover as much ground as possible (& yes we do miss stuff, but pocket a lot more)

I have a few speeds here but usually it's on the slow side because once we get anyway from what is usually just one small site in a field there isn't much to find. For the open cleaner areas we move along quite well, same as looking for a site, no point in wasting time.

 

[shaun7]

He' Shaun, nice meeting you there! Nice finds, and glad you got stuff older than the 18e century! We sure had a good time there didn't we? Have again to thank the Crusader for inviting us, it was great! Also thanks for using your car (mijn only had two seats) to go there, pity you had to leave so soon though, I owe you a pint next time!

hello "woody" its good to hear from you! the finds were nothing like yours and your more than welcome on the car! im just sorry you had to get in it and possibly risk your health.
i thank you all for the lesson

shaun

 

[CRUSADER]

As promised a full ID on your Roman find:

Claudius II (Claudius Gothicus) Sep 268 – Aug 270 AD.
AE Antoninianus. Minted Rome, AD 268-69
OBVERSE : IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right
REVERSE : IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter standing facing with head left, holding thunderbolt & scepter.
Sears 11342 RIC 54 Officina mark N (=9) in field normally to right of Jupiter

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[shaun7]

thanks crusader that is the exact head! havn't managed to clean it up too well yet. ive tried soaking in warm water and then a gentle brushing with my wifes toothbrush but this clay won't come off!

would it be ok to soak it overnight?

 

[dgaughan]

great finds shaun congrats and good luck