Lower-Middle Section - Day 2......

[CRUSADER]

Freezing day with the ground frozen to about 3inches.

Dad only have to walk 5 paces on his first run & first signal to get a hammered, I shortly followed on my first run as well!

Hammered of Eliz I Halfgroat, Henry III Penny, Edward III Halfpenny. They are not in good condition but 3 in a day is great specially following a 2 Roman Silver day yesterday (making a great weekend).

2 nice Clothes fasteners
1826 Penny
2 17th century tokens
Rose Farthing
4 Scrappies

Great start towards our 2009 totals

 

[treasurenut]

Dang it look to be a very nice day I am sure you did warm up when you came in a cleaned your treasure, very nice stuff

 

[shaun7]

very nice three hammered in a day

was it on that hump?

 

[rmptr]

That's absolutely GRREAT, Crusader!

You are #1

Could you say an average on how deep you dig for targets?
...as a rule = probably broken next time out!

Thanks for posting your photos.
We enjoy them very much.

Best
rmptr

 

[CRUSADER]

That's absolutely GRREAT, Crusader!

You are #1

Could you say an average on how deep you dig for targets?
...as a rule = probably broken next time out!

Thanks for posting your photos.
We enjoy them very much.

Best
rmptr

Average in ploughed fields is about 3inches, Shaun will tell you we often pick Roman Coins off the top.

 

[CRUSADER]

very nice three hammered in a day

was it on that hump?

Roughly all came off near the hump. The last hammered was exactly at the point where we were turning around, the tree lined up perfectly, so someone just missed out!

 

[Argentium]

Hey Cru , I'd be so jacked if i ever found a 400 year old hammered silver . The fact that you guys

can go out and recover these every other day or so , just blows my mind ! Do you happen to know

what the silver standard of these hammered silvers is ? Sterling , 900 fine , other ?

Thanks Argentium.

 

[CRUSADER]

Hey Cru , I'd be so jacked if i ever found a 400 year old hammered silver . The fact that you guys

can go out and recover these every other day or so , just blows my mind ! Do you happen to know

what the silver standard of these hammered silvers is ? Sterling , 900 fine , other ?

Thanks Argentium.

It varied a little but about 0.925 was standard.

 

[shaun7]

very nice three hammered in a day

was it on that hump?

Roughly all came off near the hump. The last hammered was exactly at the point where we were turning around, the tree lined up perfectly, so someone just missed out!

bet we all know who that someone was

theres always next time!!

 

[woody50]

very nice three hammered in a day
was it on that hump?

Roughly all came off near the hump. The last hammered was exactly at the point where we were turning around, the tree lined up perfectly, so someone just missed out!

bet we all know who that someone was
theres always next time!!

Well why don't you just tell the whole world that it was Cru-Dad, Shaun? It could not be me, I was never close to turning around, I could not make the corners because of my inherent speed (thought I would say that before you did!) so just made wide easy circles; although I slipped once in a steep curve and fell down. Luckily for me that no one was looking.

Cru, my total is now 98, but the way that you pile them up in your photos, its hard sometime to see... Nice finds again!

Great that you got to that part of the field now, its not been planted either? That was very nice soft earth!

 

[CRUSADER]

very nice three hammered in a day
was it on that hump?

Roughly all came off near the hump. The last hammered was exactly at the point where we were turning around, the tree lined up perfectly, so someone just missed out!

bet we all know who that someone was
theres always next time!!

Well why don't you just tell the whole world that it was Cru-Dad, Shaun? It could not be me, I was never close to turning around, I could not make the corners because of my inherent speed (thought I would say that before you did!) so just made wide easy circles; although I slipped once in a steep curve and fell down. Luckily for me that no one was looking.

Cru, my total is now 98, but the way that you pile them up in your photos, its hard sometime to see... Nice finds again!

Great that you got to that part of the field now, its not been planted either? That was very nice soft earth!

I make it 94.

It was meant to have Beans but the rainy conditions stopped them planting. They won't do anything until April. Which means we are very lucky to have a good field at this time of year. Normally we would be thinking about pasture but we have covered most of those options before :P

 

[shaun7]

very nice three hammered in a day
was it on that hump?

Roughly all came off near the hump. The last hammered was exactly at the point where we were turning around, the tree lined up perfectly, so someone just missed out!

bet we all know who that someone was
theres always next time!!

Well why don't you just tell the whole world that it was Cru-Dad, Shaun? It could not be me, I was never close to turning around, I could not make the corners because of my inherent speed (thought I would say that before you did!) so just made wide easy circles; although I slipped once in a steep curve and fell down. Luckily for me that no one was looking.

Cru, my total is now 98, but the way that you pile them up in your photos, its hard sometime to see... Nice finds again!

Great that you got to that part of the field now, its not been planted either? That was very nice soft earth!

I make it 94.

It was meant to have Beans but the rainy conditions stopped them planting. They won't do anything until April. Which means we are very lucky to have a good field at this time of year. Normally we would be thinking about pasture but we have covered most of those options before :P

i think after last week, you could still call it the bean field

woody i think you may need to upgrade your boots to some with traction control!

 

[woody50]

Cru, my total is now 98, but the way that you pile them up in your photos, its hard sometime to see... Nice finds again!
I make it 94.

It was meant to have Beans but the rainy conditions stopped them planting. They won't do anything until April. Which means we are very lucky to have a good field at this time of year. Normally we would be thinking about pasture but we have covered most of those options before :P

Hmm, have to look more carefully. Yea searching in that ground is preferred over pasture, although you can find nice things there too.

 

[woody50]

i think after last week, you could still call it the bean field
woody i think you may need to upgrade your boots to some with traction control!

I didn't know that it was in beans last year, didn't see anything there, anyway, OK, bean field it is. Now you can sleep nicely and maybe wash your car...

I do still have my old baseball shoes with spikes, but the reason I don't use them is that the spikes keep getting stuck in hammered coins, and all those pierced coins aren't pretty to look at then. Maybe mountain snow climbing shoes would be better...hmm..

 

[shaun7]

i think after last week, you could still call it the bean field
woody i think you may need to upgrade your boots to some with traction control!

I didn't know that it was in beans last year, didn't see anything there, anyway, OK, bean field it is. Now you can sleep nicely and maybe wash your car...

I do still have my old baseball shoes with spikes, but the reason I don't use them is that the spikes keep getting stuck in hammered coins, and all those pierced coins aren't pretty to look at then. Maybe mountain snow climbing shoes would be better...hmm..

woody, my car is like a delicate find! if i clean it, it might fall appart

 

[tymcmurray]

Wow!!! you two keep coming up with hammerds at this rate and you
could reach 600+!!
I know not all days are this good, but I hope you have MANY of them!!!

 

[romeo-1]

You're well on your way to beating your 2008 finds! My ground is frozen and under a foot of snow! I did go ice fishing today and landed my dinner! Two nice rainbow trouts. My brother caught a couple as well and gave them to me...

 

[NGE]

What and who used all the 4 hole buttons?....NGE

 

[Burdie]

Well I guess I don't need to visit now. Nothing left to find over there. Congrats on some great finds.

Burdie

 

[CRUSADER]

What and who used all the 4 hole buttons?....NGE

Most people during 1890-1920s on trousers, shirts, & underwear etc..