New Roman Site Explored...

[CRUSADER]

Dad was away yesterday, so Land-Magnet & I went to some new land we had researched to track down a Roman site. I found 12 Roman Coins & had a better idea where the site was in this huge field, so returned with Dad today.
Got a further 22 Roman Coins today, but more pleased with the Late Roman Buckle with the Dolphin heads & the Roman Key which would have been a ring type (first for me). Plus a Roman Mount & a locking mechanism piece (pictures 1-3)

We then decided to hunt a barley stubble field where Dad had found a Saxon Strap Junction. To our surprise with only a short hunt (less than 1 hour), we had 4 Roman Coins & part of a Roman Brooch. So we think we have another site to search when we get time (picture 4)

 

[Silver Searcher]

Great finds and research Cru ....keep flying the flag

SS

 

[RIcoinhunter]

Nice finds and alot of digging!!!!

 

[Aquila]

Very good day you had there !

 

[pepperj]

Cool key. There must be a silver lurking in there someplace.

 

[CRUSADER]

Cool key. There must be a silver lurking in there someplace.

I forgot, the first coin I had off the site was a Silver Roman but it was in very poor condition (top left of picture)

 

[HISPAN]

Dolphin buckle that Romana is very interesting ...
Congratulations.

 

[{Sentinel}]

Thats ALOT of Romans!

 

[wwwtimmcp]

very nice finds, have you ever thought about how cool it would be to talk to the people that lost these items years/centuries ago ? I would just love to talk to the owners of the items that I find. it would be truly amazing if I could do that.

 

[tuatara]

Congrats on a 'key' hunt, Cru I guess you can find them, keys, only where permanent habitation was. I like late Roman 'bestial' buckle as well I always admire the way Romans made their copper alloy so that it corrodes less than metals of much later date.

 

[FortBedfordbob]

Great Finds ! Just Plain Excellent !

 

[Deepdiger60]

Good finds got to love that key very unusual Dd60

 

[cntrydncr1]

good hunt. That key is awesome. congrats

 

[pepperj]

Cool key. There must be a silver lurking in there someplace.

I forgot, the first coin I had off the site was a Silver Roman but it was in very poor condition (top left of picture)

Top left?

 

[yo6oej]

beautiful finds

 

[CRUSADER]

Cool key. There must be a silver lurking in there someplace.

I forgot, the first coin I had off the site was a Silver Roman but it was in very poor condition (top left of picture)

Top left?

my mistake - top right

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Hey Cru, great looking finds, amazing variety

You seem to have found an unusually large amount of Roman coins in this field . . . do have any idea why so many were found in this particular spot? Was it maybe a Roman encampment or a village market of some sort?

I'm just trying to understand why these people seem to have lost so many of their coins here?

Cheers,
Dave

 

[shaun7]

Plenty of Roman there Must be a silver!

 

[robfinds]

Looks promising Cru.

 

[The Swed Hunther]

Just WOW......... Damn that is great finds!!!!!