Into the Roman Wood...

[CRUSADER]

Finally the wait for the end of the shooting season is upon us & we looked forward to trying the only Wood we know that produces Roman Coins. I have done it well with the GMP XP 11" coil & I wanted to see if the Deus had any luck. Well my confidence is growing after todays result, it found coins deeper in areas I had covered well.
I did 4 hours 15 minutes hunting whilst Dad was on log clearing duties, we also wanted to try a small trench & I found the perfect spot. I spotted some Mole Hills that had slightly darker soil & 2 of the many hills had small greyware pot shards. Dad spent about 2 hours digging & I helped for over 1 hour - producing a hole 3.5 metres long x 1.5 metres wide, by 2.5ft deep.
We got plenty of Large pieces of Roman Pot, nails, bones, animal teeth, shell,tiles, but sadly no coins or objects. Its a big pit & the best we have dug, so we many return one day to do the rest.

14 Roman Coins - One new type for us of Roma Comm. Rom & Rem, minted in Nicomedia (Turkey!)
Shoe Buckle Bit
Roman Plate Brooch
1889 Sixpence

A much better day.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Good score disc brooch. Confusing I know because both are almost identical, but I think yours is a disc brooch.

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

Good score disc brooch. Confusing I know because both are almost identical, but I think yours is a disc brooch.

SS

Yeap, 2nd C Disc Brooch.

 

[Scrappy]

Nice finds Cru! Always fun seeing your saves

 

[bill from lachine]

Cru,

Good score on the Roman pottery....should be more stuff around that pit.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Mackaydon]

CRU,

I can see the bottom "Rom and Rem" may be this one:

but what do you think is the mint mark on the other R&R?
I think it's R(wreath)Q or RFQ for Rome, in either case.
Don......

 

[Cross Potent]

Must be fun digging all those romans.

 

[cornman]

CRU,
Always great seeing your posts, love those Roman coins.
What settings do you like on your Deus, now that you've used it for a while?
Would the settings be different for those of us in the states?

 

[pepperj]

Nice results guys on the Roman coinage and shards. The disc brooch is really a nice find, it would make my day even over the coinage.

 

[robfinds]

Nice one Cru Think I've got a disc brooch the same type as that. Robert.

 

[Westfront]

No frozen ground in the woods! Good opportunity to get big pottery shards. Nice brooch and coin minted in turkey.... Great day!

 

[Argentium]

I like the Romulus and Remus , and of course I like the Silver Vickie ! Excuse my ignorance, is the plate brooch the shiny piece near
the buckle bits ? Nice Finds !

 

[CRUSADER]

I like the Romulus and Remus , and of course I like the Silver Vickie ! Excuse my ignorance, is the plate brooch the shiny piece near
the buckle bits ? Nice Finds !

No, its next to the sixpence, but like SS states its a Disc Brooch (same difference, in some ways, but much later)

 

[CRUSADER]

CRU,
Always great seeing your posts, love those Roman coins.
What settings do you like on your Deus, now that you've used it for a while?
Would the settings be different for those of us in the states?

Still using the Deus Light (no control panel yet) - So I modify the P3 setting to the following?
Disc - 20
Ses - 95
Feq - 12
Tones - 3
Leave the rest, as is

Not sure how to use it in the US, still trying to home my skills on a UK Roman Sites.

 

[Peyton Manning]

blast you Englanders anyway. for getting to live in a country that had so many peoples roaming around for so many centuries dropping stuff.

Guess that's what I get for being a colonist

 

[CRUSADER]

CRU,

I can see the bottom "Rom and Rem" may be this one:

but what do you think is the mint mark on the other R&R?
I think it's R(wreath)Q or RFQ for Rome, in either case.
Don......

Its this one:

A.D. 330-5​

18mm 2.4gm​

VRBS-ROMA [City of Rome] Roma, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak. ​

Rev. She-wolf left with twins (Romulus and Remus); above, two stars with three vertical dots between.​

In ex. SMN gamma ​

RIC VII Nicomedia 195​

 

[EasternShoreMetal]

Cru, you seem to find more Roman coins than British, is that by design? You must be focusing on Roman sites?
Either way, great stuff to see. I am impressed by your knowledge of European historical numismatics. Fun stuff.
Keep showing us the goodies.

 

[Mackaydon]

CRU,
Yes, you have confirmed with a description the R&R coin pic I posted.
My question concerned the other R&R coin and its mint mark.
Don.....

 

[Plumbata]

Nice hunt, hopefully one of these days one of your trenches will uncover a pot full of sceats! So the coin in the upper left of the 4th image, is that a Byzantine piece? If so, it doesn't strike me as something that would turn up too often in your parts. Cool finds all around.

 

[CRUSADER]

CRU,
Yes, you have confirmed with a description the R&R coin pic I posted.
My question concerned the other R&R coin and its mint mark.
Don.....

OK - The second ROMA coin is actually a RBQ mint for Rome AD 330-331 RIC VII 338 or Sears 16507