Cru'Team's 2019 Results....

[CRUSADER]

The usual thanks to Land-Mag for his continuous, in the background researching & permission finding. We got 3 or 4 new permissions this year. The intel looked really good, but most of the good crop-marks turned out to be pre-Roman. Although East-Side West turned out pretty good for us.
On the hourly front, I've had to work more days this year & I didn't get near to the 500 hours I aim to do but Cru'Dad & I did the following:
Cru'Dad 398.25
Cru 424.75
Total 823 hrs

Coin/Artefact Type	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Celtic Bronze	3	3	4	6	9	11	6
Celtic Silver	1	1	1	5	2	4	0
Celtic Gold	0	2	3	0	1	3	2
Roman Bronze	879	1460	842	1231	1174	1520	1239
Roman Silver	21	26	27	31	27	34	30
Saxon Bronze	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Saxon Sceat	4	2	0	0	6	3	3
Saxon/Viking Silver	1	2	1	0	1	2	1
Other Gold coins	2	0	1	2	0	0	0
Hammered	49	66	52	64	28	61	76
Buttons	1357	1557	1255	1277	884	951	1510

Overall for the hours we did, they were well used on productive areas, very little wasted time. The 2 Celtic Gold Coins I got this year happening pretty early & I've said it before, I only need 1 to make it a good year in my eyes. Strangely we had no Celtic Silver, first 0 in many years! We had a strong year for Hammered & Buttons.

A couple of highlights would be Cru'dad's Roman Gold Ring, which I believe will be a new variant of a very rare type & my Sceat that is the first one recorded ever:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/619570-roman-lion-site-day-3-roman-gold-ring.html

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/609019-sugar-beet-ing-day-5-very-rare-sceat.html

Plus I got my oldest coin ever at 112BC!
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...oin-ever-quinctius-112-1-bc-marc-anthony.html

 

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[Relicific]

The great results are directly related to the amount of hours you put in.
Well deserved.
P.s. I noticed that Saxon Bronze is the rarest item listed.
Is that cause of your general location or something else?

 

[CRUSADER]

The great results are directly related to the amount of hours you put in.
Well deserved.
P.s. I noticed that Saxon Bronze is the rarest item listed.
Is that cause of your general location or something else?

Yeap, you guessed it, Saxon bronzes are regional & we are in a silver only region, so it would need to be out of its Kingdom. Not impossible just highly unlikely.

 

[Jeff H]

The 2 Celtic Gold Coins I got this year happening pretty early

Cru, you had a 33% decline in Celtic gold coins. You had best watch out. All us yanks will be nipping at your heels in the Celtic gold count if you don't pick up the pace in 2020!

Another awesome year for both of you. Though I think Cru' Dad's ring was my favorite Cru team find for 2019.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Thanks for sharing!

Congrats to you and dad on an exceptional set of finds. We all look forward to seeing what you find next.

 

[Digger RJ]

Awesome Year!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[mindcrime1988]

Amazing and mind blowing results to say the least. Hope 2020 is a good year for y'all as well.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the wonderful year!

 

[Mackaydon]

Again this year, you and your dad set the standard for excellence in metal detecting.
Congrats to you both.
Don.....

 

[Lost Signal]

I've really enjoyed seeing your finds, this year, and appreciate your generosity in sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to another year of cool stuff.

 

[washingtonian]

Way to go on another fantastic year! You are like the forum mascot. Bringing home silver and gold and old roman coins left and right lol.

 

[WG2020]

Crusader, congratulations to you and Cru’Dad on another great year. Thank you for bringing us along on your hunts, I always look forward to opening your posts as I know they it will be filled with treasures most of us only dream about. Good luck hunting in 2020, may it bring you the bucket listers you are still hoping to find. Walt

 

[CRUSADER]

THANKS EVERYONE

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Wow, I would have thought it would have taken 2x as many hours to bring in your 2019 haul. Great finds and quantities! Congrats

 

[BLK HOLE]

You and Cru'dad crushed it! You all have enough for your own museum