At Last A day Out...Saxon..

[Silver Searcher]

First of all sorry about the crappy pictures, had trouble with the camera all day, at one point in the field it wouldn't work at all, and by the time I got it working tonight the light was fading fast .

At last I managed to get out onto a field, a friend and myself went back to the area were I did the short video, the field had just been seeded with maize and I knew it had been battered to death by detectors, but I also knew there was still a good chance of a Saxon styca, a small copper coin unique to my part of the country. https://www.yorkcoins.com/northumbria.htm

This field is very stoney and is full of iron so the coins can be very difficult to find, on top of that they are very small just 10-13mm and weighing 1.04 of a gram. I set the Deus up into Deus fast, this would help with the iron and off I went, sure enough the iron started to show then the small pieces of lead, and then a signal I was sure was a tiny coin..it was... Aethelred 11 First reign, circa 841-843/4 AD. In quite stunning condition for a Copper Alloy coin that has been under ground for the best part of 1200 years. It's was once Silvered, there is traces of the Silver still showing, and a lot that have come of this field have been Silvered.

Full ID... Anglo-Saxon Aethelred II of Northumbria 'MONNE' Styca
Copper-alloy, 1.04 grams, 13.78 mm. First reign, circa 841-843/4 AD. Obverse: rosette of pellets in centre with +EDILRED REX legend around. Reverse: rosette of pellets with +MONNE legend.

SS

 

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[Westfront]

Glad to see you out and posting a stunning Saxon Copper! Amazing how good a copper coin can be after all these years. Do you know what the diamond shaped thing is?

 

[Silver Searcher]

Glad to see you out and posting a stunning Saxon Copper! Amazing how good a copper coin can be after all these years. Do you know what the diamond shaped thing is?

I can only assume it's some sort of pin Mate, as there is iron running through the centre.

SS

 

[Westfront]

I can only assume it's some sort of pin Mate, as there is iron running through the centre.

SS

I found a similar looking one in the field i got the saxon stirrup mount from. Mine had some gilt left.

 

[Silver Searcher]

I found a similar looking one in the field i got the saxon stirrup mount from. Mine had some gilt left.

This ones lead.

SS

 

[Westfront]

This ones lead.

SS

Ok, your little copper is enough stuff to talk about! Real history in your hands!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Ok, your little copper is enough stuff to talk about! Real history in your hands!

A couple of better pictures ...I hope.

SS

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

WOW that is in amazing condition, it must be the alloy that helped it survive, as copper doesn't.
I thought the first pics (#3, #7) were very good, the last one seems a tad...grainy ? (if I may)

 

[robfinds]

Still got it then Colin .

 

[Silver Searcher]

Still got it then Colin .

It was a good find of a difficult field Rob.

SS

 

[Silver Searcher]

WOW that is in amazing condition, it must be the alloy that helped it survive, as copper doesn't.
I thought the first pics (#3, #7) were very good, the last one seems a tad...grainy ? (if I may)

Yea didn't turn out the way I wanted Rick, just trying different background....very hard to take a picture of these, harder to find though

SS

 

[Westfront]

For a Copper that old it's in beautiful condition. A little antique wax will help with the pitted surface.

 

[treblehunter]

I feel silly getting all excited about finding 1900's silver, ha lol. That coin is so cool (and so old) different world over here on the other side of the pond.

 

[CRUSADER]

Excellent coin find

 

[BuckleBoy]

That is a FANTASTIC coin find for condition, age, and rarity.

I wish all of Tnet knew how rare Saxon coins were to dig.

BIG congrats, friend!

-Buck

 

[Ahab8]

SS that is one crazy great find! Congrats on an amazing amazing find. I was doing backflips when I found my first Spanish silver yesterday :-)
Wonder what I would do if I dig that

 

[Silver Searcher]

That is a FANTASTIC coin find for condition, age, and rarity.

I wish all of Tnet knew how rare Saxon coins were to dig.

BIG congrats, friend!

-Buck

Hi Will ...These types are unique to my part of the country, but they nearly always come from contaminated sites, you need a good machine to pluck these out.

SS

 

[Silver Searcher]

SS that is one crazy great find! Congrats on an amazing amazing find. I was doing backflips when I found my first Spanish silver yesterday :-)
Wonder what I would do if I dig that

Well I would certainly be doing back flips if I find a Spanish Silver over here, and I have seen them found.

SS

 

[HISPAN]

Interesting coin and nice Button !