Sewage Site - Day 31 - Finished on 5 Hammered!

[CRUSADER]

Nice cool weather on our last outing on this field. We gridded the last of the scatter of the Roman hotspots. (6 hrs)
What really surprised us was getting 4 hammered from an area that had never produced them & we missed them all whilst gridding the ankle breaker conditions, not that long ago. Shows how much conditions make all the difference.

21 Scrappies
Tudor Button & early Militia Button
Neolithic Flint
Cauldron Foot
4 Small Leather Mounts (most 17th C)
Top of a 1st C AD Roman Fibula (Brooch)
5 Hammered:

1. Henry III Cut Qrter
2. Lizzy Penny
3. Henry VIII Halfpenny
4. Ed I Farthing
5. Mary Groat (shame it was cut, it would have been my best!)

Good way to finish a field off.

 

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[Westfront]

Such a nice big one and then damaged. At least still complete. Fantastic finish on that field!

 

[jewelerguy]

excellent!

 

[HunterMF]

These are some awesome finds! Congrats and cheers!

 

[Elvis]

Wow!!!! Awesome finds!!!! Congrats!!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

That's a great way to finish a field off Cru'....congratulations!

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the 5 Hammered day.

The Mary would of been sweet one if not sliced like you said.

 

[Digger RJ]

Super Hunt!!! Like the piece of Obsidian too Congrats!!!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on your 5 hammered silvers Cru, you and your Dad did well.
The early Militia Button and Neolithic Flint are nice finds.
Dave

 

[JeffInMass]

Simply amazing finds- we're pretty blessed here in Mass but those hammered coins you find routinely over there are incredible- Congrats!

 

[CRUSADER]

Simply amazing finds- we're pretty blessed here in Mass but those hammered coins you find routinely over there are incredible- Congrats!

Probably not routinely anymore, the slump begins & the waiting for harvest.....

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Fantastic finds !

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Five hammered coins on one outing? That's a great day - even for detecting in England. Touch luck on the Mary Groat, but there's always the next signal. I have a question please on cut hammered coins. Are such coins always found with clean cut from being divided assumedly with a chisel or perhaps shears? I know that some may show signs of plow damage, and those are not part of my inquiry. Were some hammered coins capable of being broken in half by hand to make change for transactions or were they too thick? If they were thin enough to be broken by hand, have you found any such examples? If not, any thoughts on why coins weren't occasionally broken by hand as situations might have required such methods at times. Any response is much appreciated. It's for some upcoming research. Thank you.

 

[CRUSADER]

Five hammered coins on one outing? That's a great day - even for detecting in England. Touch luck on the Mary Groat, but there's always the next signal. I have a question please on cut hammered coins. Are such coins always found with clean cut from being divided assumedly with a chisel or perhaps shears? I know that some may show signs of plow damage, and those are not part of my inquiry. Were some hammered coins capable of being broken in half by hand to make change for transactions or were they too thick? If they were thin enough to be broken by hand, have you found any such examples? If not, any thoughts on why coins weren't occasionally broken by hand as situations might have required such methods at times. Any response is much appreciated. It's for some upcoming research. Thank you.

As it was the weight & purity of the silver that mattered, most of the Pennies were cut in the mint before issuing. They used shears. Henry III had a voided long cross, so that you cut along the centre of the cross. I've never heard or seen any broken by hand, but I have heard of them been folded over cord for carry around the neck. If there wasn't enough small change (Halfpenny or farthings[Qrter]), I'm sure some were cut at markets. No idea if this was legal, if you got caught clipping coins, they chopped your hands off.