The Teams - Scouting mission success!

[CRUSADER]

The Team's - Scouting mission success!

I was on hoover
Land-Magnet wingman
Cru'dad on GPS mapping field & Finds

Those that follow my posts - this land was the one we field walked a couple of weeks ago & picked up the Roman pot shards. Lucky for us it had a small unplanted strip of land down one edge (only 2.5 swings worth). We had waited until it was dry enough.

Only took 2 hours to cover but we hit another good site (keeps Dads mouth quiet after his, you can't be sure of those aerial shots). This is just one of many we have lined up for this year We are trying hard to follow last year so need new productive sites

I picked up 16 Roman bronze coins & 1 grotty Silver & the average condition is good. Not only that they are scarcer types. Can't wait for harvest, we didn't even cover 1%.

Found a piece of Bronze working slag

Got a VERY RARE:
Licinius I AD319
AE3 - silver washed (no mention of this type in the books)
IMP LICINIVS AVG
VICTORIA AVGG NN
Thessalonica mint
Not in sears book, RIC makes no mention of silver washes!

 

[Silver Searcher]

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Looking good Mr Cru way better than average Roman Bronzes the wait will be a long one though you will be dreaming of this field till then

Is that a Duck Brooch in picture 2

SS

 

[shaun7]

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A very good two hours

Nice way to tease yourself

 

[CRUSADER]

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Looking good Mr Cru way better than average Roman Bronzes the wait will be a long one though you will be dreaming of this field till then

Is that a Duck Brooch in picture 2

SS

No its the bronze waster piece from metal working. So we may have an industrial site, but its too early to say.

& yes I won't sleep for 5 months!

 

[CRUSADER]

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A very good two hours

Nice way to tease yourself

Yeap, I'm predicting 10 Roman Silver off this one site this year

 

[hammered]

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Nice one Cru , your ancient roman coins are in better condition than my modern (in comparison) roman coin button. If you carry on like this I am just going to have to come up there and hog tie you so that the rest of us can catch up . Apart from SS, David, Robfinds...... wait a minute, now I think of it, I mean so that shaun and I can catch up .

hammered

 

[CRUSADER]

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Nice one Cru , your ancient roman coins are in better condition than my modern (in comparison) roman coin button. If you carry on like this I am just going to have to come up there and hog tie you so that the rest of us can catch up . Apart from SS, David, Robfinds...... wait a minute, now I think of it, I mean so that shaun and I can catch up .

hammered

Cheers, we only just passed the 100 bronzes, a little behind last year at the moment & the next few months are likely to show 0.

 

[{Sentinel}]

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Way to go Cru Outstanding preserved Roman coppers. I like that one with Calligula on it

 

[shaun7]

Re: The Team's - Scouting mission success!

Nice one Cru , your ancient roman coins are in better condition than my modern (in comparison) roman coin button. If you carry on like this I am just going to have to come up there and hog tie you so that the rest of us can catch up . Apart from SS, David, Robfinds...... wait a minute, now I think of it, I mean so that shaun and I can catch up .

hammered

I've given up trying to catch up with Cru (it won't happen)!

 

[CRUSADER]

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Way to go Cru Outstanding preserved Roman coppers. I like that one with Calligula on it

Cheers, you're starting the season early compare to how long we have to wait. I'm going mad thinking about how many sites we have to do (almost lost track, glad we have detailed logs & maps!). All good virgin sites, but I have to watch the crops grow until then

 

[HISPAN]

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This man will leave with no Roman coin the fields....

 

[CRUSADER]

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This man will leave with no Roman coin the fields....

Maybe after 5 years on the field I'm predicting 350+ Bronzes after harvest from this field alone (in 2010).

 

[CRUSADER]

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Nice one Cru , your ancient roman coins are in better condition than my modern (in comparison) roman coin button. If you carry on like this I am just going to have to come up there and hog tie you so that the rest of us can catch up . Apart from SS, David, Robfinds...... wait a minute, now I think of it, I mean so that shaun and I can catch up .

hammered

I've given up trying to catch up with Cru (it won't happen)!

Not unless you give up smoking & become hyperactive (like me) Although its not about competing (although it fun teasing Dad), its mostly about enjoying the hunt & improving your game. I'm still doing it on this field. As I had a small area, I dug some real iffy signals that I might have left if I were covering more ground, they turned out to be Roman Coins (& the rare silver washed was one of them deeper on its edge)

 

[shaun7]

Re: The Team's - Scouting mission success!

Nice one Cru , your ancient roman coins are in better condition than my modern (in comparison) roman coin button. If you carry on like this I am just going to have to come up there and hog tie you so that the rest of us can catch up . Apart from SS, David, Robfinds...... wait a minute, now I think of it, I mean so that shaun and I can catch up .

hammered

I've given up trying to catch up with Cru (it won't happen)!

Not unless you give up smoking & become hyperactive (like me) Although its not about competing (although it fun teasing Dad), its mostly about enjoying the hunt & improving your game. I'm still doing it on this field. As I had a small area, I dug some real iffy signals that I might have left if I were covering more ground, they turned out to be Roman Coins (& the rare silver washed was one of them deeper on its edge)

I bet you could make some good money if you learnt to plaster and put as much effort in

 

[Iron Patch]

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I'm at least happy your banner finds might not start until we can at least dig!

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: The Team's - Scouting mission success!

Nice one Cru , your ancient roman coins are in better condition than my modern (in comparison) roman coin button. If you carry on like this I am just going to have to come up there and hog tie you so that the rest of us can catch up . Apart from SS, David, Robfinds...... wait a minute, now I think of it, I mean so that shaun and I can catch up .

hammered

I've given up trying to catch up with Cru (it won't happen)!

Yeah you have your hands full anyway chasing the Georgie big wheel.

 

[CRUSADER]

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I'm at least happy your banner finds might not start until we can at least dig!

Unless I fluke a random, it won't be until Sept

 

[Iron Patch]

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I'm at least happy your banner finds might not start until we can at least dig!

Unless I fluke a random, it won't be until Sept

Well randon is certainly possible. We might have what we might consider many good sites here, but not any killer ones, so in a way most of our better finds are probably random digs. Take last year for example, the top 5 things we found as a group were at places that hadn't given up anything else great that day, or in the past. It's good in a way having it this way because when that's how your success happens you know your luck can change at anytime and is just a matter of continuing to search.

 

[CRUSADER]

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I'm at least happy your banner finds might not start until we can at least dig!

Unless I fluke a random, it won't be until Sept

Well randon is certainly possible. We might have what we might consider many good sites here, but not any killer ones, so in a way most of our better finds are probably random digs. Take last year for example, the top 5 things we found as a group were at places that hadn't given up anything else great that day, or in the past. It's good in a way having it this way because when that's how your success happens you know your luck can change at anytime and is just a matter of continuing to search.

It happens here a lot with us, as we have often searched hard sites others would not bother with. Problem is we have been spoilt with the better sites we discovered, so have forgotten how hard we used to hunt for very little.

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: The Team's - Scouting mission success!

I'm at least happy your banner finds might not start until we can at least dig!

Unless I fluke a random, it won't be until Sept

Well randon is certainly possible. We might have what we might consider many good sites here, but not any killer ones, so in a way most of our better finds are probably random digs. Take last year for example, the top 5 things we found as a group were at places that hadn't given up anything else great that day, or in the past. It's good in a way having it this way because when that's how your success happens you know your luck can change at anytime and is just a matter of continuing to search.

It happens here a lot with us, as we have often searched hard sites others would not bother with. Problem is we have been spoilt with the better sites we discovered, so have forgotten how hard we used to hunt for very little.

Oh yes, our hunting has definitely evolved too. The first couple years or so we did everything from fields, to parks, to shoreline, and turned up some decent stuff but not near as consistant as now. It's great having a circut of dozens of decent sites that are good for at least one hunt after the plough. Add in the new places we scout and there's always somewhere to dig.