CRUSADER
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The oilseed rape was the first crop to come in before the Barley, this has never happened (in our memory).
Instead of slogging it throw the Barley stubble for 2 days in a row we decided to do the easier option which was this disced up oilseed rape. All the stalks were cut down & turned in, so the soil was pretty flat & easy to dig.
This 200+ acre field has never been a good one on the list but I was hoping for a random hammered which I did get just after the first hour.
Our tactic today was to try & learn more about the whole field, so we did long (3/4 length runs) leaving a 10 run gap between each of us & each run. The idea being if we cut throw a better area we could grid properly.
We never found a good area after 3 hours, so we then spent the last hour on the Barley Stubble & did pretty good. (4 Roman Coins)
3 Roman Bronze Coins & 1 Silver which is bust up
Tudor Buckle
Lots of modern coppers
Bits...
Ed I Penny - Newcastle Mint (only our 2nd of this mint)
Instead of slogging it throw the Barley stubble for 2 days in a row we decided to do the easier option which was this disced up oilseed rape. All the stalks were cut down & turned in, so the soil was pretty flat & easy to dig.
This 200+ acre field has never been a good one on the list but I was hoping for a random hammered which I did get just after the first hour.
Our tactic today was to try & learn more about the whole field, so we did long (3/4 length runs) leaving a 10 run gap between each of us & each run. The idea being if we cut throw a better area we could grid properly.
We never found a good area after 3 hours, so we then spent the last hour on the Barley Stubble & did pretty good. (4 Roman Coins)
3 Roman Bronze Coins & 1 Silver which is bust up
Tudor Buckle
Lots of modern coppers
Bits...
Ed I Penny - Newcastle Mint (only our 2nd of this mint)
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Youre lucky! With a lot of oilseed rape here nowadays many fields are almost impossible to detect. Anyways, you did well in the heat. We had close to 40° yesterday and i only went out for an hour in the evening with little success.... Nice hammered and buckle!
