Roman Lion Site - Day 10 - ROMAN & MEDIEVAL SILVER...

[CRUSADER]

I'm so glad I took a day off work today. Some days you are just blessed, because after this heat wave (dried the ground) we had some rain over night, just enough, & a lovely cool windy, cloudy day - perfect. Better than that if I had turn up tomorrow (like planned) it would have been too late as the beans were starting to show, which is the time to get off!
I was solo hunting in the morning for 3 hours & picked up 26 coins before Cru'dad arrived with lunch. We then did another 3 hours & 15 minutes together, by which point we had 60 Roman Bronze Coins. Which after being told this by Cru'dad I started off back to the car & said 'we just need 1 Roman Silver' & less than 30 seconds later - BOOM! A stunner! I/we acted a little crazy & turned our detectors off & went home. Funny how you can grid about 2.5 acres with none & get one OTWBTTC (even if it was just a few paces).

60 Roman Bronze Coins - Best 1 day total this year, plus a RARE Carausius (PAX AVGGG)
Roman spoon Handle
Roman Hair Pin
Medieval Buckle
Roman Fibula piece
Roman Key piece
2 Roman Whatzits
Roman Bracelet bit made into a ring
Hammered Cut-halfpenny of Henry III
Denarius of Commodus AD183

The initial recording of these coins took Cru'dad 3 hours which is about the same amount of time he was detecting. Thats without the further 3 hours of resourcing, electronic recording & mapping.

 

[crabstang44]

you always find the goods, congrats

 

[CRUSADER]

you always find the goods, congrats

Thanks, its nice to be lucky sometimes. This Roman Silver came from an area that was no-where near any others. I was actually worried it was a bronze & about to break the nice round number. (We were just about to turn off our detectors in less than a minutes time from this find!)

 

[Hawks88]

Wow. Those are some real nice finds. Congrats!

 

[Aureus]

That's a lot of Romans there! Congrats!

 

[TomW244]

Amazing finds, as always! Nice work!

 

[Argentium]

Incredible ! Massive day out - stunning really .

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks all. Today will be a foot off the accelerator.

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, wow, those are amazing finds and a great hunt. Congrats

 

[ToddsPoint]

"I'm so glad I took a day off work today."

What? You have a regular job? I thought detecting was your job!

Sooner or later, I predict you will hit the big time with a treasure trove find. "The Crusader Hoard". I'm confident. Gary

 

[Ahab8]

Cru I often don’t comment on your posts simply because they’re always pretty incredible so I try to choose some of your better days. That’s a hell of an outing my friend. Congrats on a stellar day. I’m guessing Roman spoon pieces don’t often show up in the dirt.

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very well done Cru. That Roman silver is a beauty.

Best of luck to you and Cru'dad!

 

[Squirrel322]

"60 Roman Bronze Coins"

The quantity, age and quality of your finds is AMAZING. Its like you are the only detectorist in England.....

 

[Patriot Relics]

The sheer quantity of Roman coins you recover never ceases to amaze. Well done Cru

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks all. Today will be a foot off the accelerator.

Well I got that predict wrong, we did far better today than expected on the Roman Metal working Site. I will post later....

THANKS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS. Its been a great few outings (recently)!

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice looking Romans!

 

[Vldetecting]

It's stunning how many roman coins you guys find in such a short period of time! That Silver is amazing!

 

[CRUSADER]

It's stunning how many roman coins you guys find in such a short period of time! That Silver is amazing!

We are a well oiled machine.

 

[lairmo]

Well I got that predict wrong, we did far better today than expected on the Roman Metal working Site. I will post later....

THANKS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS. Its been a great few outings (recently)!

OH GREAT...more to embarrass me...just kidding..stellar performance!!!