DavidBeard
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- Dec 27, 2008
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- Minelab Etrac / Garrett Pro-Pointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi Guys,
Nice to see that you're up and running again - I've missed you!
Ever heard the saying "Be careful of what you wish for"? ..... Well for these past 2 years I've been detecting I've been wishing for a spot where the Romans had been a bit more careless with their money - I think I may have just found it - and it far exceeds what I was wishing for.
Got myself another farm to detect on - not too far from the others where the Roman finds have been few and far between. First day (amongst George III, Victoria, etc. not listed here) were 2 Roman Steel Yard Weights, Cooking Pot fragment and a grubby Roman Bronze:
Second day, 5 Sestertius of Antoninus Pius and Faustina - 4 of them in the same hole! :
And on the Third visit BINGO! My fist coin hoard - Over 500 Barbarous Radiates in 1 hole - couldn't believe it.
I can't photograph them all individually here but I've included some of the nicest. Size varies from some as small as 7mm in diameter to almost 2cm. Mainly bronze but a few with some silver content.
I also found some great bits of pottery, Nene Valley Ware, Samian Ware and Gray Ware:
I knew it needed reporting to the Portable Antiquities Scheme so Monday morning I was on the phone to them. The next step was an organised dig from the museum, and they were there in a matter of days; digging a 2 meter square hole around my original one:
And now the real excitement begins.... The coin count to date is well over a 1000, and there may be enough Gray Ware shards to build an entire pot; which the Museum now think is associated with the hoard. And it gets better - About a foot down, They (we) have now found a floor, or a collapsed wall, indicating a dwelling of some sort - so this post will need adding to as the dig continues and the original hoard continues to expand, Unfortunately though, we are now under 2 foot of snow so can't imagine any more digging this week.
Will keep you all informed,
Best wishes.
Nice to see that you're up and running again - I've missed you!
Ever heard the saying "Be careful of what you wish for"? ..... Well for these past 2 years I've been detecting I've been wishing for a spot where the Romans had been a bit more careless with their money - I think I may have just found it - and it far exceeds what I was wishing for.
Got myself another farm to detect on - not too far from the others where the Roman finds have been few and far between. First day (amongst George III, Victoria, etc. not listed here) were 2 Roman Steel Yard Weights, Cooking Pot fragment and a grubby Roman Bronze:
Second day, 5 Sestertius of Antoninus Pius and Faustina - 4 of them in the same hole! :
And on the Third visit BINGO! My fist coin hoard - Over 500 Barbarous Radiates in 1 hole - couldn't believe it.
I can't photograph them all individually here but I've included some of the nicest. Size varies from some as small as 7mm in diameter to almost 2cm. Mainly bronze but a few with some silver content.
I also found some great bits of pottery, Nene Valley Ware, Samian Ware and Gray Ware:
I knew it needed reporting to the Portable Antiquities Scheme so Monday morning I was on the phone to them. The next step was an organised dig from the museum, and they were there in a matter of days; digging a 2 meter square hole around my original one:
And now the real excitement begins.... The coin count to date is well over a 1000, and there may be enough Gray Ware shards to build an entire pot; which the Museum now think is associated with the hoard. And it gets better - About a foot down, They (we) have now found a floor, or a collapsed wall, indicating a dwelling of some sort - so this post will need adding to as the dig continues and the original hoard continues to expand, Unfortunately though, we are now under 2 foot of snow so can't imagine any more digging this week.
Will keep you all informed,
Best wishes.
