Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

[hodge]

Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

My most recent outing (this morning) was to a town called Ruthin, about 12 miles from my home in North Wales. The morning started of quite cold, with a hint of frost on the ground. Within a couple of hours the sun was beating down & it was jackets off time. Not a great deal found - apart from about a dozen bullets, part of a silver spoon & a two coins. The oldest of the coins being a halfpenny from King George III, dated 1806. Very encrusted but a nice coin never the less. Attached is a scan of the coin & a photo of the area in which it was found - the local council are in preparation laying out a number of soccer fields on the land. The prepared area being over 100yards wide & over 600yards in length - although the photo makes it look smaller!

 

[Thigh66]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Well done Hodge! That countryside is beautiful indeed.

Tell me - what did that halfpenny register as on the Ace250?

 

[mcmurphi]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

What a beautiful area. Before I read your post I was looking at the pic figuring out where this was first. Quite similar to some Eastern Oregon Country. Great coins too!

 

[hodge]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Hi guys - in answer to your question (Thigh66) the halfpenny showed up as a '1 cent'. It was about 5 inches deep & gave a good solid beep...but it is quite a big coin, at approx 29mm.

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Hi,

Welcome fellow UKer, nice to see more joining

Do you do ploughed fields?

Must be Roman stuff to be found, or were they not in the area?

 

[shaun7]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

hello hodge

 

[hodge]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Hi to my fellow brits... the photo is of Ruthin, about 23 miles from Chester. Romans right, left & centre in this area (not now of course!!). I've only been detecting since Oct '08, but my two mates have been detecting for many years & both have found loads of roman coins. My best find so far was a Wm III sixpence.

 

[shaun7]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Hi to my fellow brits... the photo is of Ruthin, about 23 miles from Chester. Romans right, left & centre in this area (not now of course!!). I've only been detecting since Oct '08, but my two mates have been detecting for many years & both have found loads of roman coins. My best find so far was a Wm III sixpence.

thats what i got yesterday

do you have a pic?

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Hi to my fellow brits... the photo is of Ruthin, about 23 miles from Chester. Romans right, left & centre in this area (not now of course!!). I've only been detecting since Oct '08, but my two mates have been detecting for many years & both have found loads of roman coins. My best find so far was a Wm III sixpence.

One of the few Legionary Fortresses in the UK. GREAT area.

Get out there on the ploughed land & find those Denarius.

 

[hodge]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

For shaun7 - I have a photo of the sixpence, not very good due to extreme wear - but good enough to identify itself. Found 2nd Jan '09, in rock hard ground about 6 miles from my home.

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

For shaun7 - I have a photo of the sixpence, not very good due to extreme wear - but good enough to identify itself. Found 2nd Jan '09, in rock hard ground about 6 miles from my home.

Actually its in good nick for this type.

 

[Finman]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Hello Hodge, Congrats on the halfpenny!

HH Joe

 

[shaun7]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

For shaun7 - I have a photo of the sixpence, not very good due to extreme wear - but good enough to identify itself. Found 2nd Jan '09, in rock hard ground about 6 miles from my home.

thanks hodge, looks a lot better than mine!

what about the back?

 

[John (Ma)]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Nice finds.

 

[hodge]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Especially for shaun7.... King William III 6d. A brand new scan (of both sides).
Whats your best find?

 

[beetle662]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Welcome Hodge and congrats on the nice coin!

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Especially for shaun7.... King William III 6d. A brand new scan (of both sides).
Whats your best find?

Thats typical, the most worn area is where the date is :P

I got this one wrong in the field, his coin is a 1723 George I Sixpence Very similar but it has SS & C in the qrters between the shields.

 

[hodge]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Yep.... sods law!

 

[shaun7]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

Especially for shaun7.... King William III 6d. A brand new scan (of both sides).
Whats your best find?

thanks hodge, like crusader said, different coin!

i only noticed the ss and c after a little cleaning....oh and the georgius, which was a bit of a give away

my best coin find has to be my avatar! a silver danarius probably the only time i've made crusader jealous

but i also really like a roman brooch i found (again with crusader)!

 

[allen]

Re: Nice spring morning & a pleasure to be out detecting

that is a really sweet coin Hodge...