New Land - another new Hotspot - WOW........

[CRUSADER]

Got up early & packed our lunch as the new land is a massive 45mins away We only had one field left that was not in crop, it was huge. We started nearest the old roman road without much joy. I did my usual bloodhound thing & went to sniff out a good area. Dad was left behind. I found an area which had slightly darker soil, 1 piece of pot & 1 bit of lead. That was enough for me to start gridding. By lunch time I had a 1675 Charles II Penny (my first ever) & 3 roman coins. Dad at the other end of the field saw my universal sign for 'come over' when I was gridding. He had found nothing & we stopped for lunch, more importantly I had found where we were to consentrate our efforts.

After lunch the Roman coins flowed & Dad had two roman silver before I got my first. Then we had to decided to grid left or right. We both agreed left & got many more items:

28 roman bronze coins - most in 1 day this year.
4 Roman silver - Most in 1 day EVER (Beat last years 8 & made our 10 target)
(Caracalla AD195-217 & 3 clipped Siliqua of the 4th century)
Part of a Roman steel yard weight (balance arm)
Medieval Sword Chape

Roman Bronze Knife Terminal of MARS - no.4 on my wish list (3rd item I have found off my top 6 wish list all this year!)

 

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[shaun7]

i will have to aquire one

You can use our spare, if you let me know.

cheers! i had actually forgoten about the spade as i havn't done any ploughed stuff lately!

 

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[CRUSADER]

whats the top left bronze? it looks like a catholic symbol, which is on the holly comunion bread! i can't remember what it's called
i should be ashamed of myself

Well spotted, its 'chi roh' Christian symbol. That coin is a rare one & books at £350. Although this is worth very little with a poor reverse, but more importantly it fills a gap in the album.

 

[sniffer]

now, if I could only find a field like that over here I'd be pumped LOL

 

[DougF]

Spectacular day ! I thought Charles I was dead by 1675, could that be Charles II ? Or do I have my history mixed up ?

 

[CRUSADER]

Spectacular day ! I thought Charles I was dead by 1675, could that be Charles II ? Or do I have my history mixed up ?

Good point its the II, I will correct the rest. The give away should have been the II on the coin I'm to used to dating coin weights with a 'C' on it. This coin as I said is the first I have had, so not familar with them yet.

 

[Ramapirate]

Those are so awesome!! WTG!

HH,
Ramapirate

 

[allen]

way to go on those awesome relics...

 

[woody50]

Great finds again Cru, just great. You and Cru'dad seem to be cleaning up this year! Congrad for all the finds. And 4 silver roman and so many bronze!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Awesome hunt and finds, congrats on the Roman silvers! HH, Mike

 

[CRUSADER]

Why do these silly farmers think crops are more important than historical artifacts?? Perhaps they don't think about metal detecting every 6 seconds...

I would love to lend you my 2box for a while to scan your fave areas for even deeper treasures. The 2box is light, I'll gladly ship it to you for a jaunt over English soil. Goes down as far as 5 feet! It's a White's brand, light, easy to use and is not getting any action here, in a box stored away. It would love to be put to use.

Born Free

Thanks for the offer. It maybe worth PM-ing Tyre Kicker with the same deal. He's looking for the Edward III Hoard & needs a deeper machine (in my opinion). I would only really need one if I had a potential hoard. Otherwise I'm happy digging in the plough soil.

 

[trhunter1]

Congratulations, that is a nice bunch of coins and artifacts!!

HH, trhunter1

 

[CRUSADER]

Great finds again Cru, just great. You and Cru'dad seem to be cleaning up this year! Congrad for all the finds. And 4 silver roman and so many bronze!

We had a slow start to the year but we have more than made up for it now!

 

[B|lker]

Nice digs crusader

If you get tired of some of those roman coins let me know

 

[archaeon]

Very impressive Crusader! Your posts, as usual, have that jawdropping quality about them. That is dream detecting to the n-th degree! The Mars knife handle is beautiful and quite breathtaking. My father is from Devon, ever detected there?

 

[CRUSADER]

My father is from Devon, ever detected there?

We used to holiday in Devon when I was a kid. I detected the beaches a couple of times but never had much. Never tried the ploughed fields of Devon but it would be worth doing.

 

[Trond]

Beautiful finds.

 

[PACO]

I`M JEALOUS........TO BAD THE STATES DID`NT HAVE THE ROMANS COME THRU TOWN.......PACO

 

[crazyjarhead]

I am jealous too. What magnificent finds Crusader.

 

[burglarifyoulike]

WOW is right. what fantstic finds- and in such large numbers!! the beswt thing about your hunt though is that you got to share it with your dad.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Stunning Roman Knife handle worth a few bob to