Massive Roman/Saxon Site - Day 9 - SCEAT!!!

[CRUSADER]

As we had finished the Eastern edge & the better area, I decided to try my 11" coil for the Deus. It took me awhile to figure out how to pair it with the WS4 earphones, not surprising really, because I can't use a mobile phone yet. I wanted to go over the Saxon Brooch area which was several hundred metres from the edge of the Roman/Saxon Settlement. I've done this area several times with the XP GMP 11" coil, tried it with the Deus 9 inch & I hoped this coil would weed a few deeper pieces out. I ran it on a deep program (P9) at 8kHz but hardly dug anything. I decided to use this same program in the already covered 'good area' of the site. I got very little responses, so I swapped to the trusty P3 which on the 11" is 17kHz & she started churping again. I could hear all the small stuff & the iron & felt more at home, it also needled out some medium depth small Roman coins that Dad & I had missed.(I may return for a second pass, going opposite directions)
So it was with this P3 I left on to continue the gridding on the last lower section of the site. In the past only a few Roman coins have been found but today lots more than usual were appearing. I'm now liking the 11" coil on the P3 setting.

Towards the end of the hunt I got a Saxon Sceat (in an area we never get them, we had given up all hope) circa AD710-760, Series G.

14 Roman Coins
14th C Buckle & Pin
Saxon Pin Head
Half a Roman Tweezer
More Roman Pottery when do my experiments in the better area.

 

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[robfinds]

Nice one Cru , now try p3 and drop it down to 12 kh, discrim 10, more depth and still very good on the small stuff.

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice one Cru , now try p3 and drop it down to 12 kh, discrim 10, more depth and still very good on the small stuff.

Excellent thanks, someone else who's a long time user said he runs his at mostly 12 & its still alright on small silver etc... But when I ran the 9inch on 12kHz it just felt odd. I'm much more at home hearing everything & picking up all the tiny lead, it just builds my confidence that I'm not missing anything.

 

[Cross Potent]

Lots of detail on that tiny coin! Great finds.

 

[robfinds]

Excellent thanks, someone else who's a long time user said he runs his at mostly 12 & its still already on small silver etc... But when I ran the 9inch on 12kHz it just felt odd. I'm much more at home hearing everything & picking up all the tiny lead, it just builds my confidence that I'm not missing anything.

Sound Cru, if it's not broken don't mend it

 

[rodarian]

Man, everytime I read your posts, I feel like i'm watching the History Channel over here. You really make it look easy my friend and I am well aware that it is not easy. Great WORK!

 

[Plumbata]

Magnificent sceat! Can't shake a stick at Saxon silver!

 

[CRUSADER]

Sound Cru, if it's not broken don't mend it

Its a bit like fishing, the more confident your are with your 'catching' method the better the results 'seem'. I will be trying the 12 on this larger coil & see what happens, when I know whats going on a bit better I will customise a 'Roman Site Program' of my own.

 

[Vino]

Its a bit like fishing, the more confident your are with your 'catching' method the better the results 'seem'. I will be trying the 12 on this larger coil & see what happens, when I know whats going on a bit better I will customise a 'Roman Site Program' of my own.

Hey Cru..I would be happy to come across and help you build the program with ya..lol..

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Man those sceats are small little boogers. Great find!

 

[Argentium]

Another great little coin for the collection ! (and I get happy if I find a wheat penny !)

 

[jewelerguy]

awesome finds as usual. killer sceat and cool romans

 

[BuckleBoy]

That's a beauty of a coin for condition and scarcity. You've had one fantastic month!

 

[DFW_THer]

Nice finds, sir.

What's the collector value on that little guy? $200-$250?

 

[pepperj]

What a great hunt! The Sceat is a great find for sure and rare as hen's teeth, beautiful detail. The Saxon pin is a really nice find also, and it would be up there for the find of the day.
Looking at the buckles the one with the tongue still attached is a nice one, but what has me intrigued is the ring with the stone, anything special?

 

[CRUSADER]

What a great hunt! The Sceat is a great find for sure and rare as hen's teeth, beautiful detail. The Saxon pin is a really nice find also, and it would be up there for the find of the day.
Looking at the buckles the one with the tongue still attached is a nice one, but what has me intrigued is the ring with the stone, anything special?

No the ring is modern junk.

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice finds, sir.

What's the collector value on that little guy? $200-$250?

Maybe in the US, half that over here.

 

[CRUSADER]

UPDATE:

Sceat - 'Series G (Type 3a), which is a continental type (possibly from Quentovic in northern France) found in England in large numbers - 85 finds are recorded on EMC.'

Rare Roman Coin:

The top right Roman Coin in the picture caught our attention because we could see it was a female head but the reverse didn't add up & with very few letters visible I gave up looking on the web & Dad dug deeper. We already could tell it was not in any books that we owned, so this is what Dad found out:

' 'I have found a reference for the Salonina initially from the Helvetia ID site which has Excel tables of ALL the various records. It is a recorded Hybrid version with a Gallienus Reverse found in the Normanby Hoard coin No 158 – classed as Rare. The reverse is SECVRIT AVG and Obverse SALONINA AVG. It was the only one of its type in the Hoard and in Poor condition weighing 3.05gm – ours weighs 2.76. (I have the Cunetio & Normanby detailed records which blank sent me and confirmed the data in that mammoth set of docs too!)


So not in Sears, RIC or the Cunetio hoard but a known coin. '

This very poor condition coin could have easily been over looked, good effort Dad. (Make us a slip, it's out the general 'pile')

 

[Westfront]

Youre on a run! Stunning finds from that site! Congrats!

 

[pepperj]

UPDATE:

Sceat - 'Series G (Type 3a), which is a continental type (possibly from Quentovic in northern France) found in England in large numbers - 85 finds are recorded on EMC.'

Rare Roman Coin:

The top left Roman Coin in the picture caught our attention because we could see it was a female head but the reverse didn't add up & with very few letters visible I gave up looking on the web & Dad dug deeper. We already could tell it was not in any books that we owned, so this is what Dad found out:

' 'I have found a reference for the Salonina initially from the Helvetia ID site which has Excel tables of ALL the various records. It is a recorded Hybrid version with a Gallienus Reverse found in the Normanby Hoard coin No 158 – classed as Rare. The reverse is SECVRIT AVG and Obverse SALONINA AVG. It was the only one of its type in the Hoard and in Poor condition weighing 3.05gm – ours weighs 2.76. (I have the Cunetio & Normanby detailed records which blank sent me and confirmed the data in that mammoth set of docs too!)


So not in Sears, RIC or the Cunetio hoard but a known coin. '

This very poor condition coin could have easily been over looked, good effort Dad. (Make us a slip, it's out the general 'pile')

Nice save from the pile, it's always nice to get a surprise ID.