First Video...Saxon.

[Silver Searcher]

Went out on Sunday to a Saxon site were my detecting buddy had 3 Anglo Saxon Stycas last week (well it was his birthday) But I had no camera and I hate going with out one. (Camera No 4 has now bit the dust) so I took the camcorder...so bare with me as this is the first time I have used it for detecting.

Sorry about the video I will post it as soon as I can. The Anglo Saxon Styca is that of Eanred 810-841 who ruled the Kingdom of Northumbria which these coins are unique to.

Northumbria had been from the early seventh century a major political and cultural force within the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy. Its kings had been Bretwaldas' or paramount kings amongst their English and British neighbours and its scholars and religious leaders were amongst the most respected in all of Christendom. However, by the ninth century Northumbria was in terminal decline and after periods of civil war quickly fell victim to the Danish Viking invaders that overran the the kingdom in A.D. 867. A curious feature of the late Northumbrian kingdom was its coinage of copper stycas or debased Sceats. Northumbria's archaic base metal coinage was unique in northern Europe where broad flan silver pennies had been in use in the southern England and in the Carolingian Empire since the late eighth century.

SS

 

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[artyfacts]

SS, with that camera work it wont be long before your working for a TV station or maybe infomercials... As always, its great seeing very old history dug, great saves...

 

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[Silver Searcher]

SS, with that camera work it wont be long before your working for a TV station or maybe infomercials... As always, its great seeing very old history dug, great saves...

I could only shoot the good bits, and they were not many, if I stopped to shoot every signal I would have got nothing decent on film, the coke signals in the field were a nightmare

SS

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Hey SS glad you got it up....the vid that is. And I liked it...pretty big field, and no doubt some keepers left there for you to find.
If you don't mind some constructive criticism, you don't speak too loud so I would not add a misic channel to your video, and I do hope to see another.
But that is just me, and I often have too much to say. That's just my opinionated nature. Please choose to forgive me, or ignore ? OK

Still friends ?
Rick

 

[thrillathahunt]

SS, very good first vid. Much better than I could have done. I even thought the music was fitting. I give you a

 

[Westfront]

......., the coke signals in the field were a nightmare

SS

What settings do you use? Running the GmaxxII i have rarely problems to hear coke as long as it's not too deep.

 

[Silver Searcher]

What settings do you use? Running the GmaxxII i have rarely problems to hear coke as long as it's not too deep.

I never had problems with the Goldmaxx power either, I have had problems with several settings regarding coke, I tried to discrim it out on Sunday but found I was losing signals on small buttons as well, which is not good, it's just a matter of finding the right program when there is a heavy amount of coke in a field, I was discussing this with a friend who told me he walked of a field because of the coke.
By the way I was getting coke at 6 inches, the surface coke I could see, and just scraped it away with my foot.

SS

 

[Westfront]

I never had problems with the Goldmaxx power either, I have had problems with several settings regarding coke, I tried to discrim it out on Sunday but found I was losing signals on small buttons as well, which is not good, it's just a matter of finding the right program when there is a heavy amount of coke in a field, I was discussing this with a friend who told me he walked of a field because of the coke.
By the way I was getting coke at 6 inches, the surface coke I could see, and just scraped it away with my foot.

SS

Usually i get a nice, easy to identify double tone, the better the closer coke is to the coil. Only surface coke has the known 'XP surface tone'. At a depth from 6" coke starts to give a single signal again. Then the trouble starts. Luckily i have very few fields with so much coke that it bothers me. Most have only small spots where trash was disposed. These have so much junk i walk away anyways.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Hey SS glad you got it up....the vid that is. And I liked it...pretty big field, and no doubt some keepers left there for you to find.
If you don't mind some constructive criticism, you don't speak too loud so I would not add a misic channel to your video, and I do hope to see another.
But that is just me, and I often have too much to say. That's just my opinionated nature. Please choose to forgive me, or ignore ? OK

Still friends ?
Rick

No problem Rick, like I said this was the first video, as I broke yet another camera.. 4 now, and I feel naked with out some form of capturing what I might find, I added the music just to see what it turned out like, and I realised it drowned my voice out some what....a blessing some might say

SS

 

[HISPAN]

I like these coins saxon ... they are hard to find coin this time around here ... Greetings!