Medieval Church Site...

[CRUSADER]

Dad & I spent 5 hours on relatively new ground (try it a little in the past with little to show) next to a Medieval Church. The aim was to try & get a hammered, & it only took me my first run to get it, although that was the end of my luck for anymore.
We came away with a good result;

17th C 1667 Halfpenny Token
Love Token - Will III Sixpence
VERY RARE - Tin Farthing of James II (1684-87) £2000-£3000 in EF, mine is nearly history
Edward I Hammered Penny - London Mint - (TheDane)
Dad got a Complete Crotal Bell, I got a slightly broken one
Brass corner Book Mount (Tudor)
Broken Book Clasp (Tudor)
Thimble - 'PEACE & GOOD WILL'
Flint Scrapper
3 Tudor Buckles (2 Spectacle types)
13th C Annular Brooch (I like this one!)
Roman Nail
2 Medieval Iron Lock Mechanism

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds CRUSADER!

 

[Nutriasub]

Nice hunt!
Silver it's just so great to pull out, I wish we had as much silver here, as you do there!
Congrats on the brooch, it's very nice!
Cheers

 

[berty]

That's a bloody good day well done

 

[tennessee digger]

Great job Cru. We would kill for a spot like that over here. Love those finds. Tennessee digger

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice hunt!
Silver it's just so great to pull out, I wish we had as much silver here, as you do there!
Congrats on the brooch, it's very nice!
Cheers

Yes but only my 3rd hammered this year & the only one on the whole site (none found previously). Its a pretty poor area for being so close to the Church. (maybe been hit before)

 

[Nutriasub]

Well just have to keep searching...
Here we have had rain like no other year, some areas 3 times the year intake!!!
I'm waiting for some better weather and a little less work to try some new spots!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Good / excellent scores.

With a site like that I imagine "anything" possible.

Rare "Tin" coin...that's interesting, never heard of such a beast.

 

[CRUSADER]

Good / excellent scores.

With a site like that I imagine "anything" possible.

Rare "Tin" coin...that's interesting, never heard of such a beast.

They are tin with a tiny copper plug in the centre, they started with Charles II, James II, ended with William & Mary.

 

[R&C jensen]

nice finds! I like the silver, buddy! great job on the finds, CRUSADER!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Great job Crusader!

 

[garryson]

Congrats on the silver hammered. Any finds this time of year are good ones, cause it means you got to go hunting.

 

[smokedaddy]

As always, nice job Crusader.. It is nice to see some real old stuff come out of the ground. Just curious,, what is your oldest find..also, I dug this coin a while back and could never ID it.. Can you shed some light ? The only letters I can see are DEI. Its about the size of a US 5 cent coin. Thanks

 

[Westfront]

You got hammered silver, so i call it a good day! And a very nice brooch!

 

[landmagnet]

A great day. sorry Not to be there! Apart from all the good stuff, well done on spotting the flint scraper !! So hard to see these ancient tools.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Glad to see you're back in the hammered groove Cru. That was a fine hunt with a nice assortment of finds. Hopefully more to come .....

 

[birdman]

Nice buckles and hammered,life is good!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

View attachment 769775As always, nice job Crusader.. It is nice to see some real old stuff come out of the ground. Just curious,, what is your oldest find..also, I dug this coin a while back and could never ID it.. Can you shed some light ? The only letters I can see are DEI. Its about the size of a US 5 cent coin. Thanks

This coin is a spanish silver coin, probably a half real size if slightly smaller than a nickel. If slightly larger then it's a one real. Looks like Carolus III or IV, late 1700s or very early 1800s.


Nice work to Crusader on pulling up some excellent keepers from a not-so-promising spot!

Cheers,

Buck

 

[smokedaddy]

This coin is a spanish silver coin, probably a half real size if slightly smaller than a nickel. If slightly larger then it's a one real. Looks like Carolus III or IV, late 1700s or very early 1800s.


Nice work to Crusader on pulling up some excellent keepers from a not-so-promising spot!

Cheers,

Buck

Thanks Buck !

 

[Jyverb64]

Thats some awesome finds!