my best day yet, better pics!!!!

[shaun7]

crusader took me on another one of his fields today, which was apparently a pretty bad one!

i got a saxon pinhead on my second dig
a small roman coin
medieval spectacle buckle
and then my favourite find of the day, a nice hammered coin! been waiting ages for one of these!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Great finds shaun love the Saxon pin head Crusader beware site that usually produce Saxon pins normally produce the Saxon sceats

I said, I hoped there would be a Saxon Coin (don't care what but a sceat would be preferred), but we are doing it quite well & only have a small section left. If it ever got ploughed again (which is unlikely, gone to it being a nature type reserve), we would do it. Otherwise its been a low priority field. I've only found 1 Saxon pinhead but that field produced nothing else Saxon :P

Shame it's not getting ploughed again shauns Hammered looks a bit like a Richard111 has he had a ID

Funny I thought that, when I first looked at it. Its a H, clipping took the top off. So one of the later Henry's halfpennies.

Might be a Henry1V that would make it even more special

 

[CRUSADER]

Great finds shaun love the Saxon pin head Crusader beware site that usually produce Saxon pins normally produce the Saxon sceats

I said, I hoped there would be a Saxon Coin (don't care what but a sceat would be preferred), but we are doing it quite well & only have a small section left. If it ever got ploughed again (which is unlikely, gone to it being a nature type reserve), we would do it. Otherwise its been a low priority field. I've only found 1 Saxon pinhead but that field produced nothing else Saxon :P

Shame it's not getting ploughed again shauns Hammered looks a bit like a Richard111 has he had a ID

Funny I thought that, when I first looked at it. Its a H, clipping took the top off. So one of the later Henry's halfpennies.

Might be a Henry1V that would make it even more special

the mintmark looks like a Henry VI (Cross patonce)

1427-30
Calais Mint

 

[Silver Searcher]

Great finds shaun love the Saxon pin head Crusader beware site that usually produce Saxon pins normally produce the Saxon sceats

I said, I hoped there would be a Saxon Coin (don't care what but a sceat would be preferred), but we are doing it quite well & only have a small section left. If it ever got ploughed again (which is unlikely, gone to it being a nature type reserve), we would do it. Otherwise its been a low priority field. I've only found 1 Saxon pinhead but that field produced nothing else Saxon :P

Shame it's not getting ploughed again shauns Hammered looks a bit like a Richard111 has he had a ID

Funny I thought that, when I first looked at it. Its a H, clipping took the top off. So one of the later Henry's halfpennies.

Might be a Henry1V that would make it even more special

the mintmark looks like a Henry VI (Cross patonce)

1427-30
Calais Mint

Think your right 1885 in book

 

[shaun7]

Great finds shaun love the Saxon pin head Crusader beware site that usually produce Saxon pins normally produce the Saxon sceats

I said, I hoped there would be a Saxon Coin (don't care what but a sceat would be preferred), but we are doing it quite well & only have a small section left. If it ever got ploughed again (which is unlikely, gone to it being a nature type reserve), we would do it. Otherwise its been a low priority field. I've only found 1 Saxon pinhead but that field produced nothing else Saxon :P

Shame it's not getting ploughed again shauns Hammered looks a bit like a Richard111 has he had a ID

Funny I thought that, when I first looked at it. Its a H, clipping took the top off. So one of the later Henry's halfpennies.

Might be a Henry1V that would make it even more special

the mintmark looks like a Henry VI (Cross patonce)

1427-30
Calais Mint

Think your right 1885 in book

what even i know thats not true!

 

[CRUSADER]

Great finds shaun love the Saxon pin head Crusader beware site that usually produce Saxon pins normally produce the Saxon sceats

I said, I hoped there would be a Saxon Coin (don't care what but a sceat would be preferred), but we are doing it quite well & only have a small section left. If it ever got ploughed again (which is unlikely, gone to it being a nature type reserve), we would do it. Otherwise its been a low priority field. I've only found 1 Saxon pinhead but that field produced nothing else Saxon :P

Shame it's not getting ploughed again shauns Hammered looks a bit like a Richard111 has he had a ID

Funny I thought that, when I first looked at it. Its a H, clipping took the top off. So one of the later Henry's halfpennies.

Might be a Henry1V that would make it even more special

the mintmark looks like a Henry VI (Cross patonce)

1427-30
Calais Mint

Think your right 1885 in book

Good call, started to wonder why I didn't see the rosettes & mascles in the legend, (wrong page ). So that narrows the date to 1430-34

 

[CRUSADER]

Great finds shaun love the Saxon pin head Crusader beware site that usually produce Saxon pins normally produce the Saxon sceats

I said, I hoped there would be a Saxon Coin (don't care what but a sceat would be preferred), but we are doing it quite well & only have a small section left. If it ever got ploughed again (which is unlikely, gone to it being a nature type reserve), we would do it. Otherwise its been a low priority field. I've only found 1 Saxon pinhead but that field produced nothing else Saxon :P

Shame it's not getting ploughed again shauns Hammered looks a bit like a Richard111 has he had a ID

Funny I thought that, when I first looked at it. Its a H, clipping took the top off. So one of the later Henry's halfpennies.

Might be a Henry1V that would make it even more special

the mintmark looks like a Henry VI (Cross patonce)

1427-30
Calais Mint

Think your right 1885 in book

what even i know thats not true!

Spink reference no. (I'll give you a book soon)

 

[Silver Searcher]

Great finds shaun love the Saxon pin head Crusader beware site that usually produce Saxon pins normally produce the Saxon sceats

I said, I hoped there would be a Saxon Coin (don't care what but a sceat would be preferred), but we are doing it quite well & only have a small section left. If it ever got ploughed again (which is unlikely, gone to it being a nature type reserve), we would do it. Otherwise its been a low priority field. I've only found 1 Saxon pinhead but that field produced nothing else Saxon :P

Shame it's not getting ploughed again shauns Hammered looks a bit like a Richard111 has he had a ID

Funny I thought that, when I first looked at it. Its a H, clipping took the top off. So one of the later Henry's halfpennies.

Might be a Henry1V that would make it even more special

the mintmark looks like a Henry VI (Cross patonce)

1427-30
Calais Mint

Think your right 1885 in book

what even i know thats not true!

Spink reference no. (I'll give you a book soon)

1885 in Spinks

 

[shaun7]

Great finds shaun love the Saxon pin head Crusader beware site that usually produce Saxon pins normally produce the Saxon sceats

I said, I hoped there would be a Saxon Coin (don't care what but a sceat would be preferred), but we are doing it quite well & only have a small section left. If it ever got ploughed again (which is unlikely, gone to it being a nature type reserve), we would do it. Otherwise its been a low priority field. I've only found 1 Saxon pinhead but that field produced nothing else Saxon :P

Shame it's not getting ploughed again shauns Hammered looks a bit like a Richard111 has he had a ID

Funny I thought that, when I first looked at it. Its a H, clipping took the top off. So one of the later Henry's halfpennies.

Might be a Henry1V that would make it even more special

the mintmark looks like a Henry VI (Cross patonce)

1427-30
Calais Mint

Think your right 1885 in book

what even i know thats not true!

Spink reference no. (I'll give you a book soon)

sorry

 

[Silver Searcher]

Great finds shaun love the Saxon pin head Crusader beware site that usually produce Saxon pins normally produce the Saxon sceats

I said, I hoped there would be a Saxon Coin (don't care what but a sceat would be preferred), but we are doing it quite well & only have a small section left. If it ever got ploughed again (which is unlikely, gone to it being a nature type reserve), we would do it. Otherwise its been a low priority field. I've only found 1 Saxon pinhead but that field produced nothing else Saxon :P

Shame it's not getting ploughed again shauns Hammered looks a bit like a Richard111 has he had a ID

Funny I thought that, when I first looked at it. Its a H, clipping took the top off. So one of the later Henry's halfpennies.

Might be a Henry1V that would make it even more special

the mintmark looks like a Henry VI (Cross patonce)

1427-30
Calais Mint

Think your right 1885 in book

what even i know thats not true!

Spink reference no. (I'll give you a book soon)

sorry

 

[Bob S]

Nice Finds WTG

 

[woody50]

The photos are much better now, more than 10x as large. I would try for something larger say about 50-80 kb if you can.
Also you have to work on the focus still a bit, the pin is wonderful. If the pin photo was say 2-3 times larger it would be perfect.
For instance the photo of my 'enlargement' equipment is 76k...

Yea I know, you like the pin the best and did your best on taking the photo of it!

If you later make a sort of tripod (you can't use a normal one to make macros) to hold your camera and get it to focus with
a macro setting you can just put an object in the field and take the photo. Then just replace the objects and click away.
I don't touch anything then, only if the object is larger (higher)...

I used an old photo enlarger that I got for free from a photo shop here, just went in and asked if they had something like
that. He went upstairs, got one and gave it to me. Works perfect.

Here is a photo of it, you can raise the camera very high and very low, there are two apart up and down movements.

woody, if i start finding as much as you, i met look into getting one of those

Well look around and ask Shaun, look on the net for free giveaways. These things are really not used much anymore because everything is digital. Pretty old and just in the way.
Look at it this way, it cost me $ 0.00, and nice to use so try it....

OH yea, you will find as much as I if you keep looking, don't forget I have searched now for more than 25 years......

 

[woody50]

The photos are much better now, more than 10x as large. I would try for something larger say about 50-80 kb if you can.
Also you have to work on the focus still a bit, the pin is wonderful. If the pin photo was say 2-3 times larger it would be perfect.
For instance the photo of my 'enlargement' equipment is 76k...

Yea I know, you like the pin the best and did your best on taking the photo of it!

If you later make a sort of tripod (you can't use a normal one to make macros) to hold your camera and get it to focus with
a macro setting you can just put an object in the field and take the photo. Then just replace the objects and click away.
I don't touch anything then, only if the object is larger (higher)...

I used an old photo enlarger that I got for free from a photo shop here, just went in and asked if they had something like
that. He went upstairs, got one and gave it to me. Works perfect.

Here is a photo of it, you can raise the camera very high and very low, there are two apart up and down movements.

woody, if i start finding as much as you, i met look into getting one of those

I just found this in the attic Shaun.. Just the job, nice and portable.

Yours for a tenner, and it comes with my famous 3 minute guarantee...

Jeeze Steve, you must have an enormous attic! If I had such a monster upstairs my wife would kick met out or throw the thing away when I'm out searching. Guess I would never miss it either. Of course this would not be what Shaun needs, but you knew that! Nice post, good thinking!