Roman/Saxon Site - BIG HAMMERED!

[CRUSADER]

Nice sunny day but that meant the early morning freeze turned into a WWI trench. We predicted (hoped for) 10 scrappies today & thats what we got! The condition were so punishing Cru'dad stopped after 3.5 hours & I throw in the towel at the 4 hour point. That was plenty on my weaker knee.

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10 Roman Coins
1561 Lizzy Sixpence - Cru'dad picked it off the top.

PS. Notice the lack of the usual average finds (like buttons etc) - a sign of a site coming close to its end. (economically speaking)

 

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[GB1]

nice

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Fantastic finds!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

That is an awesome silver coin. And other amazing finds as usual. Congrats!!

 

[Relicific]

That’s a nice a hammered

 

[K1DDO1979]

Awesome finds! [emoji2][emoji2]

 

[Argentium]

Well worthy of a pint or two I'd say ! Very Nice !!

 

[Aureus]

Beautiful Lizzy! Luckily it survived the plow.

 

[Scrappy]

Smashing good find Cru’dad. Like Anton said, an amazing plow survivor considering the size.

 

[CRUSADER]

Beautiful Lizzy! Luckily it survived the plow.

Yeap that's what I thought & we just got it in time before the next round of discing.

 

[The Aluminum Monster]

Awesome! Great save.

 

[ivobg]

I cant imagine a field of yours coming to an end

 

[Ahab8]

Great job on the Lizzy guys! That’s a hammered coin that I hope to find one day

 

[CRUSADER]

I cant imagine a field of yours coming to an end

Only in that after 10 years of gridding the same area, over & over, the finds are so few that its not worth our effort. If we are finding less than 1 scrappy per hour then its time to move to a site that produces 10. It's purely productivity based detecting.

 

[Ahab8]

Only in that after 10 years of gridding the same area, over & over, the finds are so few that its not worth our effort. If we are finding less than 1 scrappy per hour then its time to move to a site that produces 10. It's purely productivity based detecting.

Does that mindset change Cru if it’s a site that’s produced a high number of rare or scarce finds or if it’s a preferred date range?

 

[CRUSADER]

@Ahab8
''Does that mindset change Cru if it’s a site that’s produced a high number of rare or scarce finds or if it’s a preferred date range?''

It's purely done to ensure we use our most valuable resource (Time) in the most effective way. We prioritise based on other facts as well & a site with low productivity may come to the top of the list if all other options are unavailable.

We have discovered 40+ Roman Sites & we have to spent the limited time we have at the right places. Plus Cru'Dad gets bored if he's not continually GPSing Roman Coins.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

really nice find, I envy you guys hunting in europe, your metal history goes back so much further than ours does.

 

[CRUSADER]

really nice find, I envy you guys hunting in europe, your metal history goes back so much further than ours does.

Not quite true as your copper age, if I remember right is over 1000 years older than our Bronze Age (our earliest metal history).

 

[against the wind]

Congratulations on the Big Hammered Silver and all your other finds. A tip of the hat to you and Cru-dad for working in a mud pit to get to those recoveries.

 

[Westfront]

Congrats to Crudad on a big one! Not clipped, not broken, well centered... That happens rarely. With all that the wear doesn't mind.