Roman Metal Working Site - Day 6 - Another MARC ANTONY...

CRUSADER · Oct 19, 2018

(1 picture is a short solo hunt by Cru'dad on the Abbey Project - 2 scrappies, 2 Roman Nails)
Lovely day today with near T-shirt weather for most of it. It started off very foggy & I could hardly see Cru'dad at 30 metres, but it soon lifted which helped our gridding get back on track.
We spent 6 hours hunting on the flat cultivated but still not drilled land. :icon_scratch:

Must be running late, but that's great for us, because we now only have about 10% of the site left & we can move to Fan's site soon to get started there.

36 Roman Bronze Coins
Fossil (new type we need, well spotted Cru'dad) 8-)

Roman Leather Mount/belt/strap slide
2 Hob-Nails
Celtic Fibula
Celtic Bronze Unit - Dias Throne. c.AD1-10. Bronze unit. Head right./ Seated figure.
Very cool Roman miniature/votive Axe (best example for awhile)
Marc Antony circa 32 BC Silver Denarius of the IV Legion (my 2nd from this site, this year, & 3rd in total from this site alone!) Very worn but pleased we got the full ID. :icon_thumright:

Kray Gelder · Oct 19, 2018

Awestruck with the quality, quantity and antiquity of your finds, as always. Thanks again for sharing.

GB1 · Oct 19, 2018

nice finds

TomW244 · Oct 19, 2018

Truly amazing...again! Fantastic finds!

Professor of Engineering · Oct 19, 2018

Awesome hunt, congratulations! :occasion14:

A2coins · Oct 19, 2018

Wowza as always and again thanks for always sharing your amazing treasures!!!!!!!

weregolf · Oct 19, 2018

You are lucky with the places

flyadive · Oct 19, 2018

Crusader ! Congratulations on those super finds! Banner Banner Banner! Al day Long ! Can’t find that here in NJ! USA [emoji631]

lairmo · Oct 19, 2018

What is the purpose of the mini axe?

washingtonian · Oct 19, 2018

Love the silver denarius. That's incredible.

CRUSADER · Oct 20, 2018

lairmo said:
What is the purpose of the mini axe?

For votive offerings at a shrine or holy place like a spring etc..

Whyme · Oct 20, 2018

Man awesome finds again! Congrats! :icon_thumleft:

Hawks88 · Oct 20, 2018

Well you always seem to find the unusuals and I’m always happy to see them. I would love to hunt in some of the places you have. Congrats on all those nice saves.

sprailroad · Oct 20, 2018

Envy....keep em' coming.

Lord Verdigris · Oct 20, 2018

I haven’t been on the site as much as I’d like and god knows what else I missed that you found but great job. Awesome finds! [emoji16][emoji106]

Westfront · Oct 20, 2018

That votive axe is killer! And another early Denarius. Great!

CRUSADER · Oct 20, 2018

Westfront said:
That votive axe is killer! And another early Denarius. Great!

I've had time to check the collection & the axe is the best one of the lot. (now x4)

Westfront · Oct 20, 2018

CRUSADER said:
I've had time to check the collection & the axe is the best one of the lot. (now x4)

Must been a whole industry making these votive figurines and objects. Is there a relationship to the site possible?

Vhoov · Oct 20, 2018

Absolutely fantastic, way to go.

CRUSADER · Oct 20, 2018

Westfront said:
Must been a whole industry making these votive figurines and objects. Is there a relationship to the site possible?

The academics got very excited when I shared a lead test piece of a late Roman military buckle, as they are not sure where many of these were made. I've also found 2 types of lead Roman test pieces of 1st C AD Rings. These are the only types of items I can be sure of that were made here. The main problem is, was it handed in to be melted, lost by those working & living there or made there?? No idea on this one.