Roman Copse Field - Day 1 & 2...

[CRUSADER]

We just had a late season surprise. The Roman Sites that we thought were direct drilled with Oilseed Rape have only just been drilled with Wheat instead. Not sure if the Rape failed or we just saw them roughing it up abit right at the period you would expect them to drill.
Even better news we had special permission to do the fields until the Wheat Chits. Normally they want us off all drilled land. So its a rare chance to detect a billard table site. We only have this weekend so yesterday Cru'Dad scouted the Brooch Field & Copse Field & decided we should grid Copse as the best option. He did a few hours & got 4 scrappies & a Fibula.
6 Hours:

4 Scrappies (pictured, yesterdays finds) 24 Scrappies
Squashed Late 18th C Fob Seal
14th C Medieval Horse Pendant
Roman Pin Head
Fibula
Unusual Roman Leather Mount

UPDATE:
5 were album coins, couple we have never had.
Overall;
3 X Claudius II Goth AD268-70
3 X Gallienus AD253-68
2 X Constantius III AD320-337
2 X Valens AD364-78
1 X Barb Magnetius AD350-53

 

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[Scrappy]

Very nice Cru. How about that pottery? How would you date something like that? The reason I ask is sometimes I dig pottery pieces and don't know if they're old or new.

Steve

 

[pepperj]

Really liking the pendant, is there anything on it?

 

[The Patriot]

Another descent hunt for you.... aren't you due for some gold ...LMAO...Nice one!

 

[CRUSADER]

Very nice Cru. How about that pottery? How would you date something like that? The reason I ask is sometimes I dig pottery pieces and don't know if they're old or new.

Steve

Its all Roman pottery. Kind of learnt from books, Time-Team, & internet. I'm still not that great with some pieces that can be either Roman or Medieval but I know enough. Most of the pot pieces are stored by field at Land-Mag HQ, he's interested & is becoming the teams pottery lead.

 

[CRUSADER]

Really liking the pendant, is there anything on it?

Badly corroded & can only make out 1 Lion top left.

 

[CRUSADER]

Another descent hunt for you.... aren't you due for some gold ...LMAO...Nice one!

By the end of the weekend we hope to add 1 Roman Silver to the mix which will met our target for the year. Got plenty of Gold for 1 year already, but hey, why not.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Westfront]

These well hunted fields have still something to give! And there are big pieces too.

 

[CRUSADER]

These well hunted fields have still something to give! And there are big pieces too.

Just spoke with Land-Mag, this one had the deepest plough out of all the fields, makes sense now!

Plus we are doing what I call 'pushing the boundries' & doubling our normal grid to almost the full length of the field. That tactic work out very well today.

 

[CRUSADER]

Coins added to top.

 

[Erik in NJ]

OK so question: why are we supposed to know why you call it the "Corpse Field?"

 

[FC-Treasure]

OK so question: why are we supposed to know why you call it the "Corpse Field?"

LOL, he called it a "Copse" field, e.g. no "R" in it. I'm unclear on what he exactly meant, but a "copse" is a "thicket of small trees or brush or a small area of trees and/or brush". Copse dictionary definition | copse defined


edit - Oh, maybe it is the last definition on the page, verb = to trim or cut or to plant and preserve.... Man this is confusing, yeah Cru, what is a Roman Copse?

 

[nsdq]

Sweet hunt

 

[CRUSADER]

OK so question: why are we supposed to know why you call it the "Corpse Field?"

To be consistant & also so Land-Mag knows which Roman Site we are on. I've called it this since at least 2011:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/256893-hammered-hunting-copse-field.html
2012:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/313783-copse-field-day-1-a.html
We name all our Roman Sites, so that when chatting as a team we are all on the same page, makes life easier when you have about 30+ farms & about 700 fields spread over a massive area. (30,000 acres to search)
So as the name suggests, it has a small wooded area butting up against the edge of the Site.

 

[FC-Treasure]

So as the name suggests, it has a small wooded area butting up against the edge of the Site.

I think this is a "British English" versus "US English" thing. I don't think "copse" is part of the common vernacular in the US. A quick Google search shows that realtor's in the UK use this term when describing property. This doesn't happen in the US.

I get a big kick out of the language differences. For instance, I had a burger cook off contest at my house last week. Part of the event was a potato chip tasting. My wife went to a British Grocery a few miles from our house and bought a bunch of bags of meat flavored "crisps" (AKA potato chips in the US)

 

[CRUSADER]

I think this is a "British English" versus "US English" thing. I don't think "copse" is part of the common vernacular in the US. A quick Google search shows that realtor's in the UK use this term when describing property. This doesn't happen in the US.

I get a big kick out of the language differences. For instance, I had a burger cook off contest at my house last week. Part of the event was a potato chip tasting. My wife went to a British Grocery a few miles from our house and bought a bunch of bags of meat flavored "crisps" (AKA potato chips in the US)

I like Crisps, Cru'Dad & I have a ritual packet after most hunts.