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The extreme heat wave has died down after making a new UK Record of just over 40 Degrees C (104). I think the old Record was broken in about 30-40 locations around Britain.
We still have had no rain to speak of, but mid-week Cru'dad scouted a place we could get our spades in. He did 2.5 hours & only put 1 scrappy on the board (included in picture 1), but I was just pleased to hear we could get out again.
We went to a farm that is one of our favourites as it has several Roman Sites on it. The barley stubble had been disced up around the edge of all the fields to act as a fire break. There was still a brand new burnt out straw baler that had set a light & spread across the stumble. Thankfully they got it under control before it hit the woods.
The first couple of hours we blanked other than a musket ball.
Then we moved to Copse Field where I had 3 scrappies & in the next field on the burnt stubble I got 2 buttons.
After nearly 4 hours & OTWBTTC (50 metres from it) Cru'dad got a nice Hammered of Henry III, 1247-72, Ricard (moneyer) of London. (first complete penny of this mint & moneyer, so very pleased with it & it saved the day)
He also found a strange Iron Knife, which I put in the What Is It;
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On the way home we went via another farm & was surprised to find all the oilseed rape, plough in & disced down! Had a quick 30 minutes & got another scrappy. At least now we have some options.
We still have had no rain to speak of, but mid-week Cru'dad scouted a place we could get our spades in. He did 2.5 hours & only put 1 scrappy on the board (included in picture 1), but I was just pleased to hear we could get out again.
We went to a farm that is one of our favourites as it has several Roman Sites on it. The barley stubble had been disced up around the edge of all the fields to act as a fire break. There was still a brand new burnt out straw baler that had set a light & spread across the stumble. Thankfully they got it under control before it hit the woods.
The first couple of hours we blanked other than a musket ball.
Then we moved to Copse Field where I had 3 scrappies & in the next field on the burnt stubble I got 2 buttons.
After nearly 4 hours & OTWBTTC (50 metres from it) Cru'dad got a nice Hammered of Henry III, 1247-72, Ricard (moneyer) of London. (first complete penny of this mint & moneyer, so very pleased with it & it saved the day)
He also found a strange Iron Knife, which I put in the What Is It;
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99.9% sure this is an Iron Knife. It feels heavy & when held it seems to be balanced in a way that it tends towards a downward force. Makes think maybe for butchery? So I'm not sure it's proper name or use. I don't know if it's 200 years old or 2000. What catches my eye is the slightly...
On the way home we went via another farm & was surprised to find all the oilseed rape, plough in & disced down! Had a quick 30 minutes & got another scrappy. At least now we have some options.
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