Land-Magnet stikes again!

[CRUSADER]

Last week or so Land-Magnet & I were discussing his latest potential land for his collection. Whilst doing the aerial survey with him over the phone, I notice a nice crop mark to the south-east of the land. Asked him to do his thing, well didn't take him long to get the latest 700 acres & find out the field was 1 field outside of the new permission. So he tracked down that owner & not only got permission for it but got us on it with the wheat crop, not many farmers like this! We respect whatever the farmers ask of us, but if they are happy for us to dig amounst the crop then so are we, although we do very little damage.

Turns out the Team have struck on another Roman Site. Plenty of pottery, but the lack of coins makes me wonder if we were the first. Took us 1.5 hours to track down the first coin, then they started to appear. (10 man hours total)

Very pleased with the Roman Bronze Key Handle - a type I haven't got
Small Roman Childs Ring with glass insert
Part of a Fibula
Possible crude ring
18 Roman Coins

We might not get on here again, I hope Mom will let us out tomorrow

 

[pepperj]

Nice shape the bronzes are in, real good hunt once again.

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice shape the bronzes are in, real good hunt once again.

Thanks, I really thought our good hunts were over until harvest & then he pulls this one out the bag. We may get on it again, before the Wheat is too high

Still adds to our known Roman Sites, starting to loss track, glad we have detailed records

 

[DMN]

I like that die. How old ?

 

[Detectingfreak]

nice coins!

 

[Des from down under]

i hope mom dosent let you out...otherwise theres gonna be shag nuttn for the future lil detectorists...well done you son of a gun....des

 

[49r Relics]

Wow, you guys really lucked out getting permission to hunt on a crop. And the condition on those roman coins

Cheers, Mark

 

[shaun7]

Result

I read the other day that some farmers think it does the crop good Can't see it myself!

Come harvest, your heads going to blow up

 

[reddirt]

What is the object thats on the top right hand corner of the 3rd pic? It looks like a stone adze or a stone chisel.

 

[CRUSADER]

What is the object thats on the top right hand corner of the 3rd pic? It looks like a stone adze or a stone chisel.

Its a 50cal bullet, or do you mean something else?

 

[reddirt]

What is the object thats on the top right hand corner of the 3rd pic? It looks like a stone adze or a stone chisel.

Its a 50cal bullet, or do you mean something else?

Oh ok now I see it. I thought the object was bigger....the pic kind of threw me off. Nice finds!

 

[CRUSADER]

Result

I read the other day that some farmers think it does the crop good Can't see it myself!

Come harvest, your heads going to blow up

I know, we have to do the known known & the incomplete new knowns, & try the unknown possible known's to prove they are knowns as well.

 

[shaun7]

Result

I read the other day that some farmers think it does the crop good Can't see it myself!

Come harvest, your heads going to blow up

I know, we have to do the known known & the incomplete new knowns, & try the unknown possible known's to prove they are knowns as well.

Well, at least you'll know

 

[CRUSADER]

I like that die. How old ?

Yeah we thought it was a die to begin with but its a printing block along with the others under it.

 

[Gator-Flea]

Good days hunting!!

 

[CRUSADER]

Result

I read the other day that some farmers think it does the crop good Can't see it myself!

Come harvest, your heads going to blow up

I know, we have to do the known known & the incomplete new knowns, & try the unknown possible known's to prove they are knowns as well.

Well, at least you'll know

I'm most excited about the moated manor house, I really hope we get into the hammered. But I'm prepared for a least one disappointment, as all our targets so far have been spot on

I'm beginning to believe 2000 Bronze Romans is possible this year, at the start of the year I would have said 1000 as we cleared off those 550 from one site & don't expect to many more from it this year as he shallow scraps & hardly deep ploughs

 

[Silver Searcher]

The signs are there for a good site but don't be supprised if the goods don't show :P I might not be a good turn from the plough The key however gives you hope, being quite big you would have though it would have been found...but yes looks like a real good site, we are not expecting quite as many coins as that, our sites didn't have the same traffic as yours

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

The signs are there for a good site but don't be supprised if the goods don't show :P I might not be a good turn from the plough The key however gives you hope, being quite big you would have though it would have been found...but yes looks like a real good site, we are not expecting quite as many coins as that, our sites didn't have the same traffic as yours

SS

This has crossed my mind on this site, it is remote, not near a major Roman Road & might just be a low coin count. We haven't asked the farmer yet if others have done it but even then it could have been Hawked.
We will understand better once complete which with the low signals should take only 1/2 a day. THats why its interesting to GPS everything & over plot on the crop marks plus we can compare to the other sites in the area. We will soon have a better understanding of Romano-Celtic activity in our area than most Archies.

 

[Silver Searcher]

The signs are there for a good site but don't be supprised if the goods don't show :P I might not be a good turn from the plough The key however gives you hope, being quite big you would have though it would have been found...but yes looks like a real good site, we are not expecting quite as many coins as that, our sites didn't have the same traffic as yours

SS

This has crossed my mind on this site, it is remote, not near a major Roman Road & might just be a low coin count. We haven't asked the farmer yet if others have done it but even then it could have been Hawked.
We will understand better once complete which with the low signals should take only 1/2 a day. THats why its interesting to GPS everything & over plot on the crop marks plus we can compare to the other sites in the area. We will soon have a better understanding of Romano-Celtic activity in our area than most Archies.

Just noticed, a lot of the coins look late types which would explain the coin count, if there had been early coins with them, then they would have been a bit more of a mystery

SS

 

[DMN]

I like that die. How old ?

Yeah we thought it was a die to begin with but its a printing block along with the others under it.

Ahhhhh, I was wondering if I was right and took the shot. A little suspect because of the coloring (I was expecting Roman). Nice finds altogether, as usual.