Table of Results;
Coin/Artefact Type | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Celtic Bronze | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Celtic Silver | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Celtic Gold | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Roman Bronze | 1231 | 1174 | 1520 | 1239 | 1422 | 706 | 891 |
| Roman Silver | 31 | 27 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 17 | 18 |
| Roman Gold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saxon Bronze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saxon Sceat | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Saxon/Viking Silver | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Other Gold coins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hammered | 64 | 28 | 61 | 76 | 98 | 77 | 90 |
| Buttons | 1277 | 884 | 951 | 1510 | 2068 | 1176 | 870 |
Hours Detecting: Me 421.5 hrs, Cru'Dad 425 hrs,
Grand Total = 846.5hrs
Avg hrs for last 6 years: Me 426, Cru'Dad 423 = 849 hrs (So close to average detecting time)
Total ALL Records this year (not incl Buttons) =
1789
Avg for last 6 years: = 1961 records (So a little below average on total finds, but the QUALITY was higher IMO)
Above are the facts/figures (thanks to Cru'dad for this mammoth effort), but how do you call this year 'The Year of The Sceat' after finding 5 Gold Celtic Coins, 3 in 1 day & your Wish List No.3, a Gold Roman Coin. Simply put it must be our BEST YEAR EVER!
Factors that matter;
Well oiled Gridding Machines
Cru'dad's first 'full year' with Deus I & me with Deus II (both with 11" Coil)
Land-Mag's Support
Network of Archeologist to call on
Pictured below are 'some' of the highlights;
Saxon Penny of Burgred (New King to the collection);
The plan worked perfectly. We finish the Roman Site (Split-Site East) in 3 hours, no silvers but 12 Scrappies & a nice lead/pewter 18th C Button with shank. We then move to a field near an old Abbey, we did this for a couple of years until the owner wanted to charge us £200 per person, per...
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Edward III Irish Halfpenny (Maybe only 5 Known);
Another warm sunny day with nice dry top to the newly drilled Spring Wheat. We are doing a good job at keeping all the 100's of birds off. The day started slow with us trying down Fan's Site end & deciding that today was our last hunt, so that we can focus at the other end. (Before time runs...
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2 Nice Condition Groats - Lizzy I & Henry VI
Northumberland Styca (First ever);
Some rain today but nothing too bad, so got on with the job of the mega grid. We were meant to be going into a previously recorded blank area, but the finds beg to differ, with the deep plough our best friend this year. Plus thanks to the farmer who leaves it perfectly flat but doesn't plan to...
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Roman Mirror, part of Cremation Burial;
Our plan was to continue on the Roman Lion Site today, but as we drove past one of our permissions, we noticed they had disced up the stubble. It was a high risk idea but I wanted to do a big grid in the next field to the Roman Metal Working Site. We have never had very much finds on there (no...
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As the removal of an further finds requires a Licence from the Department of Justice & HUGE funding it will remain undisturbed including no very deep plough. However, our Archaeological contacts have already done a mag Survey of the Cremation area & part of the nearby Roman Metal Working Site. It is still being worked on but early results seem to indicate about 8 burials/cremations, and in the Metal Working area there might be a Roman training ring for horses. This fits one of our theories very well, that it was controlled by the Roman Military, now pointing towards the Cavalry. (we did get a Cavalry Spur from this area, so adds up) All good work because we already know they were making Roman Military Buckles here which is of high Historic importance.
This leads on to our best Quern Stone find from this Site (Puddingstone) 1st C BC-1st C AD.
3 Celtic Gold Coin in 1 day;
Another very windy day similar to Saturday, but January has been one of the driest on Record! Great detecting conditions. Today was our last mega grid on the virgin ground before we planned to move, so we put in a 6 hour day, my longest since the accident. Coped fine, other than wind burn...
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A Extremely Rare Celtic Bronze Copper Core or the first known bronze version? (Still don't have the full answer);
I had a plan to try a new field & fall back to a nearby semi-good area if the before lunch option failed. Cru'dad wasn't happy with my Plan, so yesterday went looking around for a better option. He also needed to get some pears & apples from near the Roman Metal Working Site, so left this to...
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First complete new Reverse Type of Carausius;
Continued what will turn out to be a mega grid of 'The Hill', by far the largest area we have tried to cover. Just to see if there is much on the lower slopes. We gridded for 5 hrs 15 mins in really mild conditions & managed to miss the rain today. Surface conditions were pretty dry considering...
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First Roman Gold Coin - Magnentius;
We returned close to where we had marked off & I made a judgement call on the area Cru'dad could grid in a day (enough to finish up against our previous grid), so that I could grid right at my pace & Cru'dad could grid left at his slower pace. Saves me having to turn at the end of runs & finish...
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