Finding the Limits of the Hotspot.......

[CRUSADER]

When ever we discover a site like this, we will always try & find the limits of the site, specially in large fields (where doing the whole field is not practical).

After yesterdays success on this site we were pumped for more of the same. But when we gridded down the field & close to where the Roman silvers came from we had very little including lead, so we knew we had one of the edges. We had found the other two yesterday, so only one side of the square to complete. We worked into the dark but the coins kept coming. So we still have some more work to do next year. (this was our 2nd & our last day on this field)

We had 28 Roman Bronze Coins (Equal best day total this year & equal to yesterdays) but only did 4.5 hours today. 56 Bronzes in 2 days is a great total, pity we hit all the silver yesterday.

We had 3 Lead Roman Steel Yard weights, not sure what this site is yet No roman brooches Nene Valley painted tableware pottery (mid-high status). All we can say is its a late site, nearly all the coins are 4th century.

Although recently we have mega boosted our roman count, our Medieval hammered have dried up.

 

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[Born Free]

Why do these silly farmers think crops are more important than historical artifacts?? Perhaps they don't think about metal detecting every 6 seconds...

I would love to lend you my 2box for a while to scan your fave areas for even deeper treasures. The 2box is light, I'll gladly ship it to you for a jaunt over English soil. Goes down as far as 5 feet! It's a White's brand, light, easy to use and is not getting any action here, in a box stored away. It would love to be put to use. And US Tnetters would love to see what's way down there in English soil!

Born Free

 

[CRUSADER]

Why do these silly farmers think crops are more important than historical artifacts?? Perhaps they don't think about metal detecting every 6 seconds...

I would love to lend you my 2box for a while to scan your fave areas for even deeper treasures. The 2box is light, I'll gladly ship it to you for a jaunt over English soil. Goes down as far as 5 feet! It's a White's brand, light, easy to use and is not getting any action here, in a box stored away. It would love to be put to use. And US Tnetters would love to see what's way down there in English soil!

Born Free

Thanks, see previous answer on other post.

 

[rmptr]

Great job, Crusader!

You should be a peer, for the history you are saving!

Thanks for the great post.
rmptr

 

[Born Free]

Tyre Kicker doesn't have an email address listed.
So if you are reading this TK, the offer extends to you for some hoard hunting.

Born Free

 

[shaun7]

nice haul of coins thats all i can see though, my computers playing up!
you must have got wet today didn't fancy it myself!

 

[CRUSADER]

Tyre Kicker doesn't have an email address listed.
So if you are reading this TK, the offer extends to you for some hoard hunting.

Born Free

click on the second banner item from the left, click on 'send PM' under his Avatar.

 

[tymcmurray]

Glad you did very well at the "Incinerator"!!!
There is always next season!

 

[PACO]

NOW THATS WHAT I CALL RELICS.......I`M JEALOUS..........PACO

 

[woody50]

Why do these silly farmers think crops are more important than historical artifacts?? Perhaps they don't think about metal detecting every 6 seconds...

I would love to lend you my 2box for a while to scan your fave areas for even deeper treasures. The 2box is light, I'll gladly ship it to you for a jaunt over English soil. Goes down as far as 5 feet! It's a White's brand, light, easy to use and is not getting any action here, in a box stored away. It would love to be put to use. And US Tnetters would love to see what's way down there in English soil!

Born Free

Hi Born Free, great offer to Cru, but I really think he is too busy with finds from 0 to 20 centimeters. I have also a two box deep searching detector but have only used it sparsely, and only in England. To be able to use such a detector there you first need a pretty clean area and know that there could be something deep to find. England is not too swampy, so finds don't disappear to 2 meters deep, the only place I have been able to find anything is by a river, where much sand/soil has hidden stuff, and most everything that you find there is bronze age, farmers didn't use those areas very much, the soil is very heavy for horses. There is much more better land to farm. On the farm lands there are a lot of deep old plows, I got enough of them for a while, so I stopped trying. I would use one if I would find coins scattered so that I think there is a cache someplace on the field, but only after I have done all the detecting with a normal detector.

 

[woody50]

Nice stuff again Cru, and its still a pity that you don't find the roman weights somewhat earlier (say 1500 years) so the iron wire would still be attached, then you would like them! I am also surprised at your roman coins (bronze). I almost never see a real good quality one, the ground by you is pretty loamy/sandy or something. When I have searched, for every 20 bad bronze Romans there is always one that looks like it has just been dropped.

But nice finds for sure! Its always funny that in some fields you find a lot of silvers, and other fields nothing! But it was surely fun for 4 1/2 hours of searching. Greetings on your dad!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Nice stuff again Cru, and its still a pity that you don't find the roman weights somewhat earlier (say 1500 years) so the iron wire would still be attached, then you would like them! I am also surprised at your roman coins (bronze). I almost never see a real good quality one, the ground by you is pretty loamy/sandy or something. When I have searched, for every 20 bad bronze Romans there is always one that looks like it has just been dropped.

But nice finds for sure! Its always funny that in some fields you find a lot of silvers, and other fields nothing! But it was surely fun for 4 1/2 hours of searching. Greetings on your dad!

Hi woody......it's not very often the bronzes come out with a great detail on them Crusader will tell you that out of a hundred you will be lucky to get ten good ones at least that's the ratio I have been getting this year, Crusaders also been unlucky with his Silvers as well were as i have had better luck, there again look at his artifacts this season they more than make up for the lack of good coins, my Roman Villa field has produced a lot of Silvers and bronzes but very few artifacts and a lot of hammered Silvers yet just across the stream the field has produced a lot of artifacts and no Silver Roman a few Bronze Roman and the odd hammered

 

[allen]

as much goodies as you find, you should start your own muesem...

 

[woody50]

Nice stuff again Cru, and its still a pity that you don't find the roman weights somewhat earlier (say 1500 years) so the iron wire would still be attached, then you would like them! I am also surprised at your roman coins (bronze). I almost never see a real good quality one, the ground by you is pretty loamy/sandy or something. When I have searched, for every 20 bad bronze Romans there is always one that looks like it has just been dropped.

But nice finds for sure! Its always funny that in some fields you find a lot of silvers, and other fields nothing! But it was surely fun for 4 1/2 hours of searching. Greetings on your dad!

Hi woody......it's not very often the bronzes come out with a great detail on them Crusader will tell you that out of a hundred you will be lucky to get ten good ones at least that's the ratio I have been getting this year, Crusaders also been unlucky with his Silvers as well were as i have had better luck, there again look at his artifacts this season they more than make up for the lack of good coins, my Roman Villa field has produced a lot of Silvers and bronzes but very few artifacts and a lot of hammered Silvers yet just across the stream the field has produced a lot of artifacts and no Silver Roman a few Bronze Roman and the odd hammered

Yes I agree that the amount of bad bronze coins to good ones could have a higher or much higher ratio than I mentioned (5%). But that is what I have been experiencing. Guess it just depends upon the ground type (how much acid rain falls), or the way the farmers fertilize their ground (or don't do that). I do also agree 100% also that his artifacts make up for the coins this year, although the numbers of total coins is quite high. Gads, the Romans sure dropped a lot of stuff! I don't know why sometimes in one place you can only find roman coins, and in another only artifacts. Could have to do with the type of settlement/villa/pay place or something like that.

 

[{Sentinel}]

Nice finds my friend

 

[rayredditch]

Hell, I do miss England, one day I´ll move back there LOL

 

[woody50]

Nice stuff again Cru, and its still a pity that you don't find the roman weights somewhat earlier (say 1500 years) so the iron wire would still be attached, then you would like them! I am also surprised at your roman coins (bronze). I almost never see a real good quality one, the ground by you is pretty loamy/sandy or something. When I have searched, for every 20 bad bronze Romans there is always one that looks like it has just been dropped.

But nice finds for sure! Its always funny that in some fields you find a lot of silvers, and other fields nothing! But it was surely fun for 4 1/2 hours of searching. Greetings on your dad!

Hi woody......it's not very often the bronzes come out with a great detail on them Crusader will tell you that out of a hundred you will be lucky to get ten good ones at least that's the ratio I have been getting this year, Crusaders also been unlucky with his Silvers as well were as i have had better luck, there again look at his artifacts this season they more than make up for the lack of good coins, my Roman Villa field has produced a lot of Silvers and bronzes but very few artifacts and a lot of hammered Silvers yet just across the stream the field has produced a lot of artifacts and no Silver Roman a few Bronze Roman and the odd hammered

Hi TireKicker! I was wondering about what I said about the quality of Roman coins that I have found, so decided to take a look. I got my Roman coins out and sorted, classified and counted them. I was myself VERY surprised at the outcome! I used the A.N.A. Grading Standards, but I am not an expert in grading..... So to see is the quality from Romans found in England is much better than the coins I find here on fields in mainland Europe... I think better ground...

Total Roman Coins - Quality/Tally



Grade
% total
Amount




XF or EF
4.75%
26
Can be determined


Sure VF to EF
18.7%
102
Can be determined


Fine to VF
20.5%
112
Can be determined


Fine One side
15%
81
Can be partly determined


Basal to VG
41%
225



Total

546
Roman Coins




Unknown

36

Must be cleaned first



Grand Total

582

 

[rayredditch]

Mooie vondsten

 

[Silver Searcher]

Nice stuff again Cru, and its still a pity that you don't find the roman weights somewhat earlier (say 1500 years) so the iron wire would still be attached, then you would like them! I am also surprised at your roman coins (bronze). I almost never see a real good quality one, the ground by you is pretty loamy/sandy or something. When I have searched, for every 20 bad bronze Romans there is always one that looks like it has just been dropped.

But nice finds for sure! Its always funny that in some fields you find a lot of silvers, and other fields nothing! But it was surely fun for 4 1/2 hours of searching. Greetings on your dad!

Hi woody......it's not very often the bronzes come out with a great detail on them Crusader will tell you that out of a hundred you will be lucky to get ten good ones at least that's the ratio I have been getting this year, Crusaders also been unlucky with his Silvers as well were as i have had better luck, there again look at his artifacts this season they more than make up for the lack of good coins, my Roman Villa field has produced a lot of Silvers and bronzes but very few artifacts and a lot of hammered Silvers yet just across the stream the field has produced a lot of artifacts and no Silver Roman a few Bronze Roman and the odd hammered

Hi TireKicker! I was wondering about what I said about the quality of Roman coins that I have found, so decided to take a look. I got my Roman coins out and sorted, classified and counted them. I was myself VERY surprised at the outcome! I used the A.N.A. Grading Standards, but I am not an expert in grading..... So to see is the quality from Romans found in England is much better than the coins I find here on fields in mainland Europe... I think better ground...

Total Roman Coins - Quality/Tally



Grade
% total
Amount




XF or EF
4.75%
26
Can be determined


Sure VF to EF
18.7%
102
Can be determined


Fine to VF
20.5%
112
Can be determined


Fine One side
15%
81
Can be partly determined


Basal to VG
41%
225



Total

546
Roman Coins




Unknown

36

Must be cleaned first



Grand Total

582

Hi Woody....I was classing coins as what I would put into an album(album coins) as would Crusader, coins that would have good detail one side or the outher,these coins would proberbly grade f very few bronze coins would grade higher than this in my findings, the soil and modern day ferterlizer put pay to thatTK

 

[woody50]

Nice stuff again Cru, and its still a pity that you don't find the roman weights somewhat earlier (say 1500 years) so the iron wire would still be attached, then you would like them! I am also surprised at your roman coins (bronze). I almost never see a real good quality one, the ground by you is pretty loamy/sandy or something. When I have searched, for every 20 bad bronze Romans there is always one that looks like it has just been dropped.
But nice finds for sure! Its always funny that in some fields you find a lot of silvers, and other fields nothing! But it was surely fun for 4 1/2 hours of searching. Greetings on your dad!

Hi Woody....I was classing coins as what I would put into an album(album coins) as would Crusader, coins that would have good detail one side or the outher,these coins would proberbly grade f very few bronze coins would grade higher than this in my findings, the soil and modern day ferterlizer put pay to thatTK

Understand. But I will try tomorrow (if its a bit sunny) to take some photos of a few of the romans in each class and let you see what I mean. My romans have been found within the last 7 years, and that on normal fields.... I have found about half of my romans I can read, or almost.