New Roman Site...

[CRUSADER]

The plan got off to a false start with Cru'dad dropping me off for a couple of hours on a field near to the dentist so he could get a filling put back in. The site I tried called 'The Hill' didn't really work out other than a Neolithic Flint.
Then we spend 3.5 hours gridding a new Roman Site. Sadly we only get the Sites we find & not the ones we always want! It was a very low yield site;
Top of a Roman Childs Ring (No stone)
Piece of a Roman Terret Ring (sad it wasn't whole)
Medieval Barrel shaped Leather Mount
8 Scrappies

So with Cru'dad's 5 scrappies he had the other day, it really was a poor site.

 

[dirtlooter]

I like the flint, very nice

 

[CRUSADER]

I like the flint, very nice

Yeap, they are a joy to spot. By far the oldest objects I find at about 7000 years old.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Nice finds, Crusader. It's all relative. Your poor site would meet with zero complaints here across the pond. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Steve in Michigan]

Crusader, your poor site would make my day any day!

 

[treblehunter]

You need the kings yard. Nice finds buddy!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice relic and very old coin shooting! GL & HH

 

[Westfront]

That was a nice terret ring.... I like the flint too. Looks like an early to mid neolithic arrow head with the sides only crudely knapped? Here i would date it a bit older between 5-6000BC.
The late roman, very very late, glass is a pretty rare find too....

 

[CRUSADER]

That was a nice terret ring.... I like the flint too. Looks like an early to mid neolithic arrow head with the sides only crudely knapped? Here i would date it a bit older between 5-6000BC.
The late roman, very very late, glass is a pretty rare find too....

Looking at the other side, I would say its another scrapper. But I must admit I'm no good at dating them.

The weird thing is, that Terret is high status but the site was not. Kind of odd.

 

[DocBeav]

LOL "Poor Site" Yeah right! Not for us across the pond it wouldn't be! Still some nice finds! Next hunt will be the hoard!

 

[CRUSADER]

LOL "Poor Site" Yeah right! Not for us across the pond it wouldn't be! Still some nice finds! Next hunt will be the hoard!

I know but when you are used to Roman Sites with the coin count being 200 - 1500, its a poor site.

 

[The Patriot]

Still a fantatic day in my books...how is it for competition where you live?? Many other detectorist??

 

[CRUSADER]

Still a fantatic day in my books...how is it for competition where you live?? Many other detectorist??

Most farms we detect have no competition. They only trust us & turn down others. However, this farm has had a small rally on it, once.

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, wow those are great finds you found. Just finding one of those scrappies on a hunt would make my day

 

[Minkey]

As a few have said in this post, I would be ecstatic to find one of those hammered coins! Perspective is an interesting thing. Thanks for sharing! I like to see what one of your "poor sites" produces!

Have you covered the whole site, or would you revisit it?

 

[pepperj]

Somebodies going around half blind. Lol
Is it the site kind of sucked or you're kind of spoiled?

 

[sutphin]

 

[CRUSADER]

As a few have said in this post, I would be ecstatic to find one of those hammered coins! Perspective is an interesting thing. Thanks for sharing! I like to see what one of your "poor sites" produces!

Have you covered the whole site, or would you revisit it?

We gridded at least 90% of the site. The last 2 man hours to get 1 scrappy is not worth our time. Maybe another day when we have less options.

 

[CRUSADER]

Somebodies going around half blind. Lol
Is it the site kind of sucked or you're kind of spoiled?

Very spoiled now, I have to make up for the Cru'dad years...lol