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Cru'Dad's First Saxon Sceat...
As our year is winding up & the choice of land is limited we wanted to stay on track for our best Roman Count ever, so we decided on a Roman Site some distance away. As luck would have it, it's condition had improved 10 fold from the last hunt a couple of weeks back, as it was perfectly flat (drilled & rolled).
We only expected 10-20 Roman Bronze Coins but we got a big surprise:
55 Roman Bronze Coins
1 Roman Pinhead
Tudor Button
Livery Button
Unusual 18th C Button
Silver 18th C Cufflink (new design for the collection)
Roman Bits..
Medieval Belt Slide
Medieval Buckle & plate
Poor hammered Penny (York Mint)
Cut halfpenny of Henry II 'Telby' Type (sadly broken)
Cut halfpenny of Henry III
And maybe a story you have heard before
Cru'dad got a Saxon Sceat 30 metres from the edge of the field whilst on his way back to the car. We had done 13 man hours of gridding & it turns up right at the last minute. Not only that it's his first Sceat after 15 years of hunting. (took me nearer 20) 
Still need to fully ID, but its circa 700AD
As our year is winding up & the choice of land is limited we wanted to stay on track for our best Roman Count ever, so we decided on a Roman Site some distance away. As luck would have it, it's condition had improved 10 fold from the last hunt a couple of weeks back, as it was perfectly flat (drilled & rolled).
We only expected 10-20 Roman Bronze Coins but we got a big surprise:
55 Roman Bronze Coins
1 Roman Pinhead
Tudor Button
Livery Button
Unusual 18th C Button
Silver 18th C Cufflink (new design for the collection)
Roman Bits..
Medieval Belt Slide
Medieval Buckle & plate
Poor hammered Penny (York Mint)
Cut halfpenny of Henry II 'Telby' Type (sadly broken)
Cut halfpenny of Henry III
And maybe a story you have heard before
Cru'dad got a Saxon Sceat 30 metres from the edge of the field whilst on his way back to the car. We had done 13 man hours of gridding & it turns up right at the last minute. Not only that it's his first Sceat after 15 years of hunting. (took me nearer 20) Still need to fully ID, but its circa 700AD
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, I can't believe it's your first though, I would have thought you had loads in your purse 
) , it's heavy clay & we are having a dry Oct, so we are still smashing solid rock like lumps with the back of the spade & digging below the first 3 inches takes jumping on the spade 1/2 inch at a time. We have very few sandy sites like you suggest, I could only dream of that, it would be great, because the condition of finds would improve as well.
