DavidBeard
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I have been allowed to go on a 30-acre newly set wheat field by a very nice farmer up until the wheat started to germinate - so in between all the very wet days and very early nights I managed a few afternoons totalling in about 10 hours in all - Almost half of it covered.
One bit of silver found was this very smooth William IV Groat - 1836 or 1837 (date illegible):
Also found was this Victoria Commemorative coin "TO COMMEMORATE LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW INFIRMARY DERBY BY HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA MAY 21st 1891":
Now then.....
I knew that the British Fifty-pence piece was the World's first ever seven-sided coin, so you can imagine that I was slightly baffled when I dug up an old seven-sided copper coin! "Must be some kind of token" I thought, "I've seen square ones, 'Crusader' will know..." It was only after cleaning the thing back home that I realised it was a George V Halfpenny - was this just done for the fun of it, some geometrical frustration or did this guy have a premonition of the shape of coins to come?
The dig also provided a very worn George II Halfpenny:
A George III 1797 Penny:
And a handful of other copper coins through to George VI:
A well-mangled fine silver Teaspoon with the initials 'D. T.':
Buckles and Musket Balls:
And a few buttons, bullets and an unusually-shaped key:
This wheat will be cut early so perhaps I can get the rest of the field finished in July 2010.
Best wishes.
David 8)
One bit of silver found was this very smooth William IV Groat - 1836 or 1837 (date illegible):
Also found was this Victoria Commemorative coin "TO COMMEMORATE LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW INFIRMARY DERBY BY HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA MAY 21st 1891":
Now then.....
I knew that the British Fifty-pence piece was the World's first ever seven-sided coin, so you can imagine that I was slightly baffled when I dug up an old seven-sided copper coin! "Must be some kind of token" I thought, "I've seen square ones, 'Crusader' will know..." It was only after cleaning the thing back home that I realised it was a George V Halfpenny - was this just done for the fun of it, some geometrical frustration or did this guy have a premonition of the shape of coins to come?The dig also provided a very worn George II Halfpenny:
A George III 1797 Penny:
And a handful of other copper coins through to George VI:
A well-mangled fine silver Teaspoon with the initials 'D. T.':
Buckles and Musket Balls:
And a few buttons, bullets and an unusually-shaped key:
This wheat will be cut early so perhaps I can get the rest of the field finished in July 2010.
Best wishes.
David 8)
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You guy's have alot of variety in your diggs always interresting to me to see. I'll be waiting for more.Cause I know there will be. 
willy
