Urien of Rheged
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I've been hunting a permission now close to a Roman fort and settlement here in Lancashire since spring now. I've had some great finds including gold, quite a few medieval coins bit only the odd Roman coin and not in any decent condition too.
So up bright and early this morning determined to find a nice denarius I toiled away. I decided to hunt around the field gate which I know a lot of detectorists steer clear of because a lot of modern rubbish tends to accumulate and oh how glad I was too.
I was finding the expected modern rubbish but I got a very scratchy signal thst I knew was deep. My pointer decided to run out of batteries though and I'd left the spare in the car and I was getting seriously frustrated trying to squeeze the last bit if life out of the pointer, I very nearly gave up i
on the hole expecting to find nothing anyway but then I peered down and could see a nice deep green patina. It then dawned on me what I'd just come across...a bronze age Palstave axe head circa 1400BC.
Maybe I've peaked too early I'm 2025 but I really don't care!
I'll give it a good clean and post it up later. Thanks for looking folks.
What a hobby this is!
Still no Roman though. A thousand years after them and now a thousand years before.
Maybe next time then 😉🤩
So up bright and early this morning determined to find a nice denarius I toiled away. I decided to hunt around the field gate which I know a lot of detectorists steer clear of because a lot of modern rubbish tends to accumulate and oh how glad I was too.
I was finding the expected modern rubbish but I got a very scratchy signal thst I knew was deep. My pointer decided to run out of batteries though and I'd left the spare in the car and I was getting seriously frustrated trying to squeeze the last bit if life out of the pointer, I very nearly gave up i
on the hole expecting to find nothing anyway but then I peered down and could see a nice deep green patina. It then dawned on me what I'd just come across...a bronze age Palstave axe head circa 1400BC.
Maybe I've peaked too early I'm 2025 but I really don't care!
I'll give it a good clean and post it up later. Thanks for looking folks.
What a hobby this is!
Still no Roman though. A thousand years after them and now a thousand years before.
Maybe next time then 😉🤩
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