New Roman Site - Confirmed!

[CRUSADER]

Dad & I started on one of our fav Roman Sites but after 1 hour over the best area with a zero result we released that our 4 best sites on this farm are a no go this year. We did them well last year & they are not ploughing & direct drilling into the stubble.

So we moved to a spot that Landmag & I had scouted on a new farm. I had got 1 Roman Coin & the Geological Maps showed soil that the ancients favoured, so I thought it a good spot. (plus the cropmarks were present)

Almost immediately we hit into the coins, game on, grid on, after 4 hours we had:

36 Roman Coins (some good album types)
Roman Key Handle
Roman Locking Pin Terminal
Romano-Celtic Ring (top of)
Hammered Charles I Halfgroat
Tiny Hammered Farthing Edward III
Buckles
Silver Roman Ring (bent up) - Needs declaring as Treasure

So another new site confirmed & a pretty good start on it!

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Very very nice! Keep that up and you will undoubtedly find something to make the banner for the 18th time....

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[Westfront]

Looking very good! I like these roman key handles. They look exact the same no matter where you dig them, only size differs... The ring looks very massive, male ring?

 

[jewelerguy]

no matter how many times you guys post those roman coins, they still amaze me. I would so love to be able to dig stuff like that.

 

[The Patriot]

That looks like a great site and you may have another banner find on the way...

 

[Greylock]

Great hunt as usually. Man those silvers are small

 

[landmagnet]

Great result !!

 

[TNGUNS]

Again......... beyond belief incredible. You guys rock.

 

[cond2013]

Looking for something to do on those rainy days! I took my magnet to the local thrift store! Checked out the cheap jewelry section! Bingo 10k Ladies Ring and a14k Italy rolled anklet! Total cost $4.00 cheaper than a set of batteries! Just a thought!

 

[justdugcrazy]

That's amazing I just couldn't even imagine finding anything even remotely that old.How deep are you digging if I may ask? Keep digging and keep posting just amazing

 

[Plumbata]

Wow, I always love checking out your posts! Congrats on the nicer Romans, but that Edward III farthing is wonderful! I had read a while back that despite decent mintages of silver farthings, up in the millions, few/none have been found in hoards and likewise relatively few have been detected because of their size. Does this sound about right? How many hammered silver farthings have you and your father found, and about how deep can they be resting for your machine to still be able to register the signals? Also, do you think the half groat was clipped, or just struck on a thicker planchet?

Sorry for all the questions, but it is only because I'm genuinely interested. Thanks for sharing your finds!

 

[Jeff H]

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

A couple of the better romans look almost silver, lower left, and center.
Nice hammered.
The ring does look massive.
Almost 10 coins an hour, that would be fun !

 

[Bubba65]

Congrats on another great hunt you guys had, looking forward to see what else you pull out of the ground there

Bubba65

 

[cw0909]

Silver Roman Ring (bent up) - Needs declaring as Treasure

CRUSADER im sure ive read why it needs declared,but i just cant remember
could you remind me,oh yea its silver right,great finds i enjoy your posts

 

[VERDE]

Hey CRUSADER!! WOW!! Really Neat Finds!! CONGRATS!! Wish We had Artifacts that old in this part of the world!! GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!

 

[Argentium]

Incredible day ! the variety and date range is amazing - That Roman silver ring looks like a heavy honker !

 

[pepperj]

Great hunt you two had today, congrats on the new Roman site and the crisp looking roman coinage. The upper left coin that shows brownish looks different, almost like the horn crust that a silvers would get on them.

With so many Romans at a site wouldn't it be classified as a hoard, or would it just be a villa site or village?

 

[CRUSADER]

Looking very good! I like these roman key handles. They look exact the same no matter where you dig them, only size differs... The ring looks very massive, male ring?

Maybe not as big as it looks in the picture (4g), but I do think Male.