Winter Bean Field - Day 8.........

[CRUSADER]

We waited awhile in the hope that the rain would stop. It didn't so, on with the waterproofs. It was raining when we started & raining when we finished, thankfully the clay soil was past the sticky stage as it was too wet. We managed 2 hours which is enough when your waterproofs aren't keeping out the water anymore (too cheap to buy another set)

The best finds were:
Broken Medieval Casket key of a design I haven't seen before.
Roman & Medieval Pinheads
Spectacle buckle

My fav of the day, a Lead Medieval Trade Weight. I've been wanting one of these but hope for a nice one with a lion or other marking on the top. Still its our first & Dad found it in his usual way & thought it was a Victorian Toy Iron.

 

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[Bavaria Mike]

Great finds Crusader, I always enjoy your posts! HH, Mike

 

[mxtswinger]

That was a great outing. Congrats and many more to ya.

 

[phantomfinder]

WTG . great finds...

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

That is a nice assortment of grade A relics my man.
Chris

 

[ModernMiner]

Great finds Crusader.
The larger buttons are Tombac buttons in the first picture, correct?
Congrats to Dad on the trade weight. I found a small square one with a lion on it last year with four dots. By the time I had found that one and had it ID'd, I had already thrown two away from previous hunts.
-MM-

 

[Roger Mn.]

Nice finds crusader.

 

[civilman1]

Cool find's as alway's Crusader....I would love to dig over there someday!!!What's the "disc" item at the bottom in the second pic?

 

[melvin_it]

Hey Crusader,

Nice hunt!!
You know, I use to save all the pictures you set cause I dig for medieval here and find all that kind of stuff. Altough we're so far I've found a lot of comparisons with medieval Britain artifacts and this shows how stuff, knowledge, men and ideas was circling a lot more we'd expecting for the Middle Age. Then Normands still were in the South Italy when William I was planning his own career..

Raining here too England style!!

Good hunts

M.

 

[CRUSADER]

Cool find's as alway's Crusader....I would love to dig over there someday!!!What's the "disc" item at the bottom in the second pic?

Its a pan weight, often used on kitchen scales etc... (probably Victorian, but can make out any marks for a full ID)

 

[Southern_Boy]

Very nice finds there...you always seem to post something interesting.

 

[CRUSADER]

Hey Crusader,

Nice hunt!!
You know, I use to save all the pictures you set cause I dig for medieval here and find all that kind of stuff. Altough we're so far I've found a lot of comparisons with medieval Britain artifacts and this shows how stuff, knowledge, men and ideas was circling a lot more we'd expecting for the Middle Age. Then Normands still were in the South Italy when William I was planning his own career..

Raining here too England style!!

Good hunts

M.

Indeed, many similar items in France, Germany, Italy etc

 

[Ed-NH]

Another enjoyable sight to see. Congats on more interesting finds. The key is awesome. That oval stripped button that you have there, is it a cuff button 1700's? I found one just like it. The loop is sort of flat and squared off on the top.

 

[allen]

some great looking finds crusader...

 

[shaun7]

nice finds! strange how there is no coinage it almost looks like you must have dug them all before! but you wouldn't have missed these things first time round would you? especialy the lead!
does this mean that ploughed fields have coin hotspots? stupid question i know

 

[woody50]

nice finds! strange how there is no coinage it almost looks like you must have dug them all before! but you wouldn't have missed these things first time round would you? especialy the lead!
does this mean that ploughed fields have coin hotspots? stupid question i know

Shaun I though he had one, first photo on the bottom. Looks like a coin (somewhat)...

 

[woody50]

Great finds Crusader.
The larger buttons are Tombac buttons in the first picture, correct?
Congrats to Dad on the trade weight. I found a small square one with a lion on it last year with four dots. By the time I had found that one and had it ID'd, I had already thrown two away from previous hunts.
-MM-

Always, always take everything home first, especially anything made from lead. Only throw away stuff (to the side of the field) if its iron, and you can see that its recognizable as junk. That's my motto, sometimes I even check out ALL the iron also if its all rusty in one large package.

 

[CanadianTrout]

WOW! Crusader, again, great job!

I'm fasinated with that key. Just imagine the hands it passed through, the safe places it was kept etc and what it locked and guarded..... amazing stuff.

 

[woody50]

The key fragment is interesting. Lots of geometry and patina.

Yes the key frag is wonderful, pity that Cru didn't get all of it.

Say, now that I have your attention... I was wanting to ask you sometime about you alias. I am pretty sure what the pleh is, and maybe the bah is just a following word to describe the first. But not sure.....

As far as I can see pleh has a number of meanings
-An adjective used to signal disinterest, lack of regard or care
-A term used to express exasperation or distress. Help spelled backwards
-Help backwards. defined originally in the popular TV show friends
-The correct spelling for the typo "Play".
-The worst flamer on the net. he owns though
-Originated from wanting to type `okeh' and just having the fingers a tad too far on the right hand side... (a word for anything else)
-Sexual activity between one or more people.
-A term showing disgust or dislike
-A word used to explain you're retarded, and in need of some mental help

bah we all know (I think). Disgust, ugh, foei (dutch)

So I was thinking about the first definations... disinterest and disgust.
Could also mean Help ugh (don't know what to say after help).

Could you help me out? BTW I have a lot of relatives living in your city!

AND ARE YOU REALLY 77? You know we are not suppose to lie!

 

[woody50]

WOW! Crusader, again, great job!

I'm fasinated with that key. Just imagine the hands it passed through, the safe places it was kept etc and what it locked and guarded..... amazing stuff.

Yea that is a pretty special key, would have been a really great one back then.