'The Hill' , The Trackway Site, & the Roman Site - SAXON SCEAT ! ! !

[CRUSADER]

This was Mondays incredible hunt.
We returned to the spot where we got the Viking Penny & although I got a hammered we wanted to explore the spots we could see from the hill - 'The Trackway Site' & check how much of the Roman Site at the bottom was available. As luck would have it, the whole of the Roman Site had been re-drilled with Beans as the oilseed had failed. We also had a fair part of the Trackway Site available to hunt as well.

11 Roman Coins
Nice scarce Pyramidal Tudor Button
18th C Navy Button (only my 2nd of this largest kind)
Circa 1810 Pewter WEST KENT MILITIA Button (according to a leading expert there are only 9 known examples)
Lead Roman Steel-yard Weight
Tiny bit of a Saxon Brooch
Bit of a Roman Bracelet
Tudor Book Clasp
Couple of Medieval Buckles
1613 James I Halfgroat
14th C Medieval Seal Matrix - OTWBTTC - Probably a merchants with an owl in centre & the letters CREDEAICH - Loosely translated (with help from the What Is It boys ) means - 'Believe Me' or 'We Believe'.
OTWBTTC - I got a circa 700AD Saxon Sceat ;
Leading Expert;
'This is Series F, variety a. There are 89 other coins of Series F recorded on the EMC, only 9 of them variety a. Series F has an effectively meaningless pseudo-inscription, which becomes progressively cruder from variety a to d.'

 

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[xr7ator]

Amazing finds as always. Thanks for sharing and grats!

 

[invent4hir]

Way to go Cru, there are not enough positive adjectives in the dictionary to describe these artifacts.

 

[DCMatt]

Great digs, as always.

The matrix reminds me of The Owl of Athena - with the olive branch above.

 

[cudamark]

Nice Saxon! That's still on my bucket list.

 

[Gridwalker306]

The seal matrix is just spectacular! And I cannot see a Saxon sceat posted without voting banner, so...

BANNER!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!! Always Drooling over some of the stuff You find!!

 

[DigToChina]

The seal matrix is just spectacular! And I cannot see a Saxon sceat posted without voting banner, so...

BANNER!

Bwahahahaha because you never see a Saxon sceat posted J!

I would concur with J here Cru. Your posts almost always have something banner worthy. I see no difference here and I’ll throw a vote in. If someone gave me a choice between finding an ancient coin like that and a gold coin it really wouldn’t be a competition.

 

[Steve in PA]

You had a nice hunt. I like the two silvers and the seal matrix

 

[CRUSADER]

Great digs, as always.

The matrix reminds me of The Owl of Athena - with the olive branch above.

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I did spot the leaf but didn't think of olive branch, could well be!

 

[Calabash Digger]

WOW!

 

[Aureus]

Exceptional finds! Congratulations!

 

[Silvermonkey]

What a hunt Crusader! The seal matrix is simply outstanding. You killed it...again! Congrats!!!

 

[Relicific]

That’s a crazy hunt even by your standards.
Congrats on all the great finds

 

[jewelerguy]

incredible finds!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Cru'
The medieval seal, sceat....are really in nice condition...love the owl symbol...all found otwbttc? Nice way to finish...on a high note!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Bwahahahaha because you never see a Saxon sceat posted J!

I would concur with J here Cru. Your posts almost always have something banner worthy. I see no difference here and I’ll throw a vote in. If someone gave me a choice between finding an ancient coin like that and a gold coin it really wouldn’t be a competition.

Thanks DTC. I’ve seen very few posted over the years, they are a very rare dig. Crusader can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think finding a 2000 yr old Celtic gold coin is probably more likely than finding a Saxon sceat.

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

14th century seal matrix and a silver Sceat. You crushed that site. More epic finds fall taken up with your coil.

 

[CRUSADER]

Cru'
The medieval seal, sceat....are really in nice condition...love the owl symbol...all found otwbttc? Nice way to finish...on a high note!

Its a detecting expression coined on Tnet I believe to explain a phenomena that seems fairly common but makes little sense. In that the best find can often come On The Way Back To The Car (OTWBTTC).

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks DTC. I’ve seen very few posted over the years, they are a very rare dig. Crusader can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think finding a 2000 yr old Celtic gold coin is probably more likely than finding a Saxon sceat.

That used to be the case (mostly because they are so small compared to a Stater) but statistically they are now on about on par due to our sensitive machines. If we get 1 or 2 a year, it's been a good year.
Other difficulties are that its fairly easy to research & find an Iron Age (Celtic) Site but near impossible to research a Saxon Site. You either need to stumble on them or hope that a Roman Site continued occupation, which is super rare, as they tend to pick Sites away from the Roman areas. We have only found 2 Saxon Sites on top of Roman Sites, that's 2 out of about 46.
ie. I will be happy if its the only 1 we both see this year.