Today”s finds! Xx

[blossom]

We set out with high hopes today… the field on todays list, has a Roman villa, roman farming, and is next to a roman road…😎…. And yet it was one of the quietest fields we have ever been in! Not a single piece of lead… 🤔 ground was irony.. but lots of natural.. as in when u put ur pinpointer on the ground it goes off..

But, fear not i did find a huge Sestertius!
5 pre dec coins, a musket ball, 1 button, a pen knife, another small coin, (not got an id yet) and a piece of worked flint!!

So not a great day for finds, but we had a lovely time in the fields as ever xx

 

[ArfieBoy]

You had some pretty nice finds for a slow day! Congratulations! Nice photos as usual.

 

[newnan man]

What is that in the last two pics before the scenery? It looks like a gun flint.

 

[blossom]

What is that in the last two pics before the scenery? It looks like a gun flint.

Im not sure… it just looked like a worked bit of flint.. would showing its size be helpful? xx

 

[robertk]

That's some nice finds for a slow day -- or any other kind of day. Nice digging!

 

[newnan man]

Im not sure… it just looked like a worked bit of flint.. would showing its size be helpful? xx

Yes, put a coin next to it.

 

[blossom]

Yes, put a coin next to it.

Here it is… next to my newly found US Penny 😂…!!! Xx

 

[sibbley]

Sure does look like flint lock flint! Great crusty Lincoln Penny! Love those views!

 

[newnan man]

Here it is… next to my newly found US Penny 😂…!!! Xx

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I would say it's a gun flint. Flintlock's were around for a long while a couple hundred years ago.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent finds !

 

[GaRebel1861]

No doubt that’s a gun flint. Always nice to find one of those.

 

[mindcrime1988]

Yes unless my eyes deceive me, it looks like a 1936 one cent. We refer to that style as "wheat cent" because of the design on the reverse.

 

[pepperj]

Getting the Roman bronze before himself, well the rest of the day is simply gravy.🤣
Cool flint.

 

[Bamasteve]

Another successful hunt with great views, congrats!

 

[oldmxrat]

Great results for such a quiet field, congrats!

 

[Bucket Lister]

Yes unless my eyes deceive me, it looks like a 1936 one cent. We refer to that style as "wheat cent" because of the design on the reverse.

Wow, you can read that date ‽ 😲 I can't. 👓

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I'm always struck by how differently coins--particularly "coppers"--come out of the ground from various locations and soil types.

I know the reasons & variables; they just don't alter the "Wow factor" for me. 😁

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Not a single piece of lead… 🤔
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a musket ball,

Then what was the musket ball made of? 🤔

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No doubt that’s a gun flint. Always nice to find one of those.

I wouldn't have known that, and probably wouldn't have noticed it. 🙁 Still so much to learn.

I'm a little curious how the flint got noticed. Surface find? Just happened to be in a hole with something else?

 

[Silvermonkey]

Way to go blossom. Some nice recoveries, despite the quiet field. Keep on keeping on!

 

[blossom]

Wow, you can read that date ‽ 😲 I can't. 👓

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I'm always struck by how differently coins--particularly "coppers"--come out of the ground from various locations and soil types.

I know the reasons & variables; they just don't alter the "Wow factor" for me. 😁

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Then what was the musket ball made of? 🤔

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I wouldn't have known that, and probably wouldn't have noticed it. 🙁 Still so much to learn.

I'm a little curious how the flint got noticed. Surface find? Just happened to be in a hole with something else?

Ok musket ball is lead, what I meant is usually we get loads of lead lumps and offcuts, blobs etc..

I am always looking for pottery as I walk… so saw the flint and picked it up. 😊

 

[DizzyDigger]

So not a great day for finds, but we had a lovely time in the fields as ever xx

Not a great day for finds? To use a British phrase...are you daft? If I was ever to find even one (1) of those coins, it would the best thing I ever found.

 

[CRUSADER]

What is that in the last two pics before the scenery? It looks like a gun flint.

It is.