Another Target Confirmed!!! - UPDATED

[CRUSADER]

We were very lucky to get this land as the owner had been threaten by a night hawk, so understandably he had a poor impression of metal detecting. Our negotiator got us permission for this land but was trying to track the owner of another crop mark, so this kinda fell in his lap.
Our target areas are all under crop on this land as per everywhere else, but in a few days they were about to put in the maize for bird cover, so we had a couple of pockets of land to try. 1 small area was next to a potential Roman Site, & we now have proved it with 7 Roman Coins plus Dad got a surprise Celtic Bronze (our 4th this year)

RUES (Another ruler we have never had until now)
10BC-10AD
Lion Right
Eagle (reverse)
Only about 25 recorded examples.

In another small area I got a Hammered of Henry III & Dad got 2 Buckles
I got a Jetton of a type I haven't seen until now

So for just over 4 hours - Celtic-Roman-Medieval-Modern

Another Roman Site to look forward to

 

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[CRUSADER]

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Nice "stuff" Cru. Is that a Faustina Jr at the top left of thee coins.

Les

Absoluting no letters to go on, so its guess work but might be Faustina Snr

 

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[Deepdiger60]

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Another great find good hunt Dd60

 

[CRUSADER]

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Love the coin in the 5th photo, top right, what is it

Great assortment of finds, keep pounding that site looks like it has some treasures in store for you

HH,
Brian

Thats the Henry III Silver Penny, circa 1260s, minted in London. Or otherwise known as a 'hammered' after the method they used when striking the dies. You picked well, many UK detectorist spend many hours looking for these, often the come up 'clipped' (practice by which small pieces of silver were illegally taken from the edges, if you were caught they would chop you hand off to stop you doing it again). This one has a full flan & in pretty good condition.

 

[CRUSADER]

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Nice Cru Alot of nice history!!!

cheers mate, your team has been on fire this year We are just smouldering at the moment, itching for the crops to grow faster

 

[GopherDaGold]

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My dream is to visit your museum.

My house or the Local one I display in

Awww, you're killin' me here, BOTH!

 

[dragonsbreath]

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Another great selection of finds hearty congratulations to you both.

I like the roman bronzes as i find very few of them....regards and H.H. PaulB.

 

[kuger]

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Great finds as usual Cru,and Cru Dad

 

[Tank69]

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Hey Cru , wow you an Dad are on fire over there congrats man ,I circled something in one of your pics what is it kinda looks like a snake any idea a time period or who made it .I luv seeing what you come up with next .

HH my friend Tank

Commonly called a 'Snake' Buckle, but its the centre piece which clipped onto two ringed loops (1 on each side). The design goes back hundreds of years but the early ones were more bird like than snake. This one was popular on Sailors uniforms & may only date back 50-100 years.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,247639.0.html








See the above link

awsome find Cru Thanks for the info

 

[CRUSADER]

UPDATE:

Met up with the farmer today to show him yesterdays finds (this was only the 2nd time for me & first for Dad), he's very keen & has pointed out a few more possibles...
I gave him the 4 best Roman Coins & the nice hammered. I wanted to keep the Celtic Coin, which I did, plus I know we are going to get several hundred Roman Coins in the future off this new farm, so its no great loss & he will enjoy them more.

We discussed the night hawk issue & he's glad he has us to do the land properly, plus now he said he can tell others who ask that he has people doing it.

 

[HISPAN]

pretty good hunting ... as always!
Greetings!

 

[{Sentinel}]

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Hey Cru , wow you an Dad are on fire over there congrats man ,I circled something in one of your pics what is it kinda looks like a snake any idea a time period or who made it .I luv seeing what you come up with next .

HH my friend Tank

Commonly called a 'Snake' Buckle, but its the centre piece which clipped onto two ringed loops (1 on each side). The design goes back hundreds of years but the early ones were more bird like than snake. This one was popular on Sailors uniforms & may only date back 50-100 years.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,247639.0.html

See the above link

Cru, these style buckles were VERY popular during the American Civil War 1860-1865, mostly on the Confederate side but ALSO on the Northern (Yankee) side.

Have to comment again on the coins, I love the Henry Coin. Just absolutely Awesome

 

[pepperj]

Nice going on hte Roman, and the hammered.

 

[robfinds]

Missed this one, a good day's detecting by any standards

 

[history hunter]

Awesome finds,wish I was in an area that I could find the real old stuff.

 

[ivan salis]

a mere 150 year old "snake buckle" part yawnsville to CRU--- to them its like us finding new zinc cents here in the states -- if it not BC the brits seldom get too excited by it unless its gold or silver.

they have it good with all the great stuff to find --we get 250 -300 year old british colonial era stuff we go yippee --they go-- ho hum

 

[shaun7]

a mere 150 year old "snake buckle" part yawnsville to CRU--- to them its like us finding new zinc cents here in the states -- if it not BC the brits seldom get too excited by it unless its gold or silver.

they have it good with all the great stuff to find --we get 250 -300 year old british colonial era stuff we go yippee --they go-- ho hum

That's not always the case Ivan

 

[ivan salis]

true some of you fellows like to find most anything and are not so "hard" but -- sometimes you lucky fellows can be a bit "jaded" ---- oh another of those pesky ---king george the III coppers

 

[shaun7]

true some of you fellows like to find most anything and are not so "hard" but -- sometimes you lucky fellows can be a bit "jaded" ---- oh another of those pesky ---king george the III coppers

True, a George111 coin wouldn't make my day

 

[CRUSADER]

true some of you fellows like to find most anything and are not so "hard" but -- sometimes you lucky fellows can be a bit "jaded" ---- oh another of those pesky ---king george the III coppers

Nothing pesky about them, a good sign for better to come. Don't worry I use them wisely & melt them for recycling.

 

[ivan salis]

and to think--- i was happy to find a george the III half penny --1806 /07 era on this side of the pond a bit back. -- lol