One row between the potatoes

Westfront · Jun 24, 2013

I had 2 hrs to spend today so i tried one of the better roman fields but there was only a small strip to detect. No other options this time of the year. This field is known for lots of pottery and broken tiles and everytime i hunt there i pick a couple to look if there are decorated ones. Today i was lucky. Some nice pottery and a piece of wall tile. The bigger red piece in the middle bottom is found with the detector as there is metal in the shard. :icon_scratch:

Find of the day is the roman key. Other finds are the usual stuff, lead, square nails, WWII shell fragments, buttons, one is a lead button with iron shank and some coins. The only roman coin could be a beauty but has a dip of burnt lime on it.... Maybe lost during a construction period?

uglymailman · Jun 30, 2013

Nice pick Lu. What is the brass thing? Looks like that could be fun after harvest. I only saw 2 bullets (30 cal.?), a snap off of G.I. web gear and few driving rings. Lighter bunch of scrap than your usual hunts.
Where there's 2000 year old keys there should be 2000 year old stuff that was locked up. Good luck.

Westfront · Jun 30, 2013

uglymailman said:
Nice pick Lu. What is the brass thing? Looks like that could be fun after harvest. I only saw 2 bullets (30 cal.?), a snap off of G.I. web gear and few driving rings. Lighter bunch of scrap than your usual hunts.
Where there's 2000 year old keys there should be 2000 year old stuff that was locked up. Good luck.

Really depends on the site. Some WWII stuff is everywhere, but this was only a small strip to detect so everything can happen after harvest. The field i detect for the archies has WWII trenches complete through the villa site.... Good thing is: If there are driving bands no nighthawks have plundered the site!