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We only had a 2hr 45 minute window to hunt, so we carried on gridding the patchwork of fail crop.
Strange how these things work out - Dad checked our records for this field & a few years ago we spent some time scouting it & a fair amount gridding areas with little or no success - ie. 4 records total.
But when mother nature leaves us an area this time of year we just have to cross our fingers & try. Bearing in mind the area Winter Wheat will fail in has to be VERY wet for a very long time - normally the worst area to search for finds! (so you would normally conclude)
Yesterday we got 4 times the records in one go, today was a little slower & towards the last 20 minutes up popped a beauty!
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Nice Gilt Button
Lovely Gilt Horse Leather Decoration - circa 1600-1700
Tudor Book Clasp (bent)
Civil War (17th C) period Lead Powder Lid
Corieltauvi Tribe Silver Unit 45-10BC
(VA844-1) Known as a South Ferriby Type, this coin is a long way from it's Tribal Boundry. A scarce find & my first of this type. We had 1 Celtic Silver last year & 0 the year before & I have one already before the 6 month period!
Seems to be 44 of these recorded on the old database & can't find any on the new, but must be about 50-60 recorded examples, so pretty scarce.
2014 - Heading towards a really great year!
Strange how these things work out - Dad checked our records for this field & a few years ago we spent some time scouting it & a fair amount gridding areas with little or no success - ie. 4 records total.
But when mother nature leaves us an area this time of year we just have to cross our fingers & try. Bearing in mind the area Winter Wheat will fail in has to be VERY wet for a very long time - normally the worst area to search for finds! (so you would normally conclude)
Yesterday we got 4 times the records in one go, today was a little slower & towards the last 20 minutes up popped a beauty!
5 Scrappies
Nice Gilt Button
Lovely Gilt Horse Leather Decoration - circa 1600-1700
Tudor Book Clasp (bent)
Civil War (17th C) period Lead Powder Lid
Corieltauvi Tribe Silver Unit 45-10BC
(VA844-1) Known as a South Ferriby Type, this coin is a long way from it's Tribal Boundry. A scarce find & my first of this type. We had 1 Celtic Silver last year & 0 the year before & I have one already before the 6 month period!Seems to be 44 of these recorded on the old database & can't find any on the new, but must be about 50-60 recorded examples, so pretty scarce.
2014 - Heading towards a really great year!
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