Day 2 - Hill Top Field....... Beat last years Roman count!

[CRUSADER]

Day 1 of my 2 day holiday, I've been saving them for just such an occasion. I'm not the lie on the beach type!

I spent 2 hours in the morning on my own (7 roman coins), surprise, surprise, Cru'dad picks me up for lunch & tell me he has the rest of the day off (must have been last nights email)

After lunch we did a further 4 hours (10 man hours for the day).

I had 20 roman coins, dad had 6 =26 is the most by a long way that we have managed in 1 day. It takes our years total to 237 breaking last years 234 Suddenly our 300 target looks achievable.

Plenty of roman pottery on this field. What is strange is that all the coins are of a similar date ie circa AD330-350. Yet yesterday's brooch was 2nd century. I know others have done this field quite well & maybe they have had the larger & early types

I thought I may stand a chance of a roman silver, however they could have been sucked off along with the other material I would expect on a site like this. But I'm more than happy to take left overs

Nearly every coin has detail on it, this never happens on any of our other fields. We only got about 3 true scrappies!

Bring on tomorrow!

 

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[Evolution]

Those Romans are beautiful. I wish I could find a few of those in these parts.

 

[CRUSADER]

Those Romans are beautiful. I wish I could find a few of those in these parts.

Cheers, 2 of them are the best condition romans I have ever had. Easy EF.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Thanks for sharing your enjoyment and great finds as normal! Remus and Remulus nurturing from the she wolf, that is an awesome coin! HH, Mike

 

[shaun7]

i am speechles i am trying to avoid saying the a word but its hard(,.`;;@@awesome./\]][[)
what fantastic coins hope you had some kleanex with you

surely them pics are a roman settlement!

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

How can there be that much stuff to be found...wow great digging!!

 

[CRUSADER]

i am speechles i am trying to avoid saying the a word but its hard(,.`;;@@awesome./\]][[)
what fantastic coins hope you had some kleanex with you

surely them pics are a roman settlement!

I have GPSed every roman coin & will analysis it later. But with all the pottery, I would now say that this field is part of a Roman villa complex. Its not a settlement (as such) but a field system associated with a Villa which I know was discovered several years ago. What I don't understand is the Villa had a life of several hundred years (3 Villa's built on top of each other), but the coins are so far only 4th century. The Brooch was 2nd century, but where is the rest? I will keep building the puzzell & see what happens.

 

[romeo-1]

Once again, very nice! I'm looking forward to tomorrow's post!

 

[ModernMiner]

Those Romans are beautiful. I wish I could find a few of those in these parts.

I agree with Ev.
Just one of those & I'd be happy for life!

"I had 20 roman coins, dad had 6 =26 is the most by a long way that we have managed in 1 day. It takes our years total to 237 breaking last years 234 Suddenly our 300 target looks achievable."

Crusader,
You & CrusaDAD are like field vaccums.
Congrats,
MM

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Awesome Roman haul! I wonder, how many Roman coins do other UK detectorists find in a year?

Kirk

 

[IAsoldier]

Nice Romans

 

[woody50]

Those Romans are beautiful. I wish I could find a few of those in these parts.

I agree with Ev.
Just one of those & I'd be happy for life!

"I had 20 roman coins, dad had 6 =26 is the most by a long way that we have managed in 1 day. It takes our years total to 237 breaking last years 234 Suddenly our 300 target looks achievable."

Crusader,
You & CrusaDAD are like field vaccums.
Congrats,
MM

Maybe they should change their names to Cru'vac and Cru'dad'vac?

 

[woody50]

Well I see that you Cru guys got your share (again) of my buttons, the romans are in great shape.

You know its so funny, when you are searching and up pops a few crudy romans, and then in the same soil right next to the others one pops up in perfect shape and a great patina, looking like someone just dropped it.

I was wondering Cru why that could be... could that be the composition of the metal used for the coins at that particular time? Or of course interaction the chemical composition of the soil, or both? What is your idea why that can happen?

For instance jetons are usually in great condition when we find them here in Holland, not a bit of crud or dusty. Most of the time you don't have to do anything with them at all, they look just like gold coins (once I found a jeton, put it in my Jeton box, and years later when I looked carefully discovered that it was a gold coin! Stupid but true, just didn't take the time back then).

I would think the composition of the metals used would be the reason (because normal copper coins are crudy in the same soil). But why didn't they use that composition for the other coins? Cost I guess.

 

[woody50]

Awesome Roman haul! I wonder, how many Roman coins do other UK detectorists find in a year?

Kirk

Kirk, I am not really sure about England, but down south in Europe I know they find them by the wheelbarrow, really. Of course you can't search everyplace down there....

 

[Iron Patch]

Man you're rollin! That must be lots of fun.

Sammy the Seahorse is looking mighty fine up there too.

 

[tinpan]

Thats one mighty haul you got there Wonder what the land owner going to say ? Have you contacted him ?


tinpan

 

[CRUSADER]

Thats one mighty haul you got there Wonder what the land owner going to say ? Have you contacted him ?


tinpan

Yesterday we left a message with his secretary & to tell him we needed a visit after finishing this field.

Awesome Roman haul! I wonder, how many Roman coins do other UK detectorists find in a year?
Kirk

Depends what area of the country you are in. I know some who find very few, but I met a pro who finds our yearly total in 1 day!

 

[CRUSADER]

Well I see that you Cru guys got your share (again) of my buttons, the romans are in great shape.

You know its so funny, when you are searching and up pops a few crudy romans, and then in the same soil right next to the others one pops up in perfect shape and a great patina, looking like someone just dropped it.

I was wondering Cru why that could be... could that be the composition of the metal used for the coins at that particular time? Or of course interaction the chemical composition of the soil, or both? What is your idea why that can happen?

For instance jetons are usually in great condition when we find them here in Holland, not a bit of crud or dusty. Most of the time you don't have to do anything with them at all, they look just like gold coins (once I found a jeton, put it in my Jeton box, and years later when I looked carefully discovered that it was a gold coin! Stupid but true, just didn't take the time back then).

I would think the composition of the metals used would be the reason (because normal copper coins are crudy in the same soil). But why didn't they use that composition for the other coins? Cost I guess.

I think this soil is kinder to the coins, nearly all of them have detail. I wish all our fields were like this. Also as the field has better soil (built up from 2000 years of farmer) then they maybe using less chemicals as well??

In answer to your question about why romans turn up in varying conditions in the same field, its hard to say.
Metal content did vary a lot over the years, this accounts for some variation.
Chance - some coins may have stayed out of range of the chemicals for longer than others.
etc...