Lead Seal?

[Garabaldi]

I think this is a lead seal. I also think it has the letters S C. Do you think it came from South Carolina? Any ideas.

 

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[BioProfessor]

You have to know Chris. It's just what he does.

If you pitch a fit, things can get worse.

I know that too from personal experience.

Chris is Chris - love him or leave him.

I hunted about 8 weeks there. Finds are out of this world.

Daryl

 

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[BioProfessor]

You have to remember that he picks you up in the field you chose to hunt at the end of the day. He can forget you for a few hours.

You won't win a P****** contest with Chris. Make too much of a fuss and amazingly all the slots are filled for the next 10 years.

Daryl

 

[Breezie]

You have to remember that he picks you up in the field you chose to hunt at the end of the day. He can forget you for a few hours.

You won't win a P****** contest with Chris. Make too much of a fuss and amazingly all the slots are filled for the next 10 years.

Daryl

If you don't mind me asking, what is the cost to detect? Also, is it his private land and does he 'salt' it for guaranteed finds? I mean, why is it so great to MD with him that would cause a 10 year booking; especially if he has a 'tude' and forgets to pick-up?

 

[Iron Patch]

You have to remember that he picks you up in the field you chose to hunt at the end of the day. He can forget you for a few hours.

You won't win a P****** contest with Chris. Make too much of a fuss and amazingly all the slots are filled for the next 10 years.

Daryl

I'd rather make the trip and hunt with the few UK guys I know on here and find NOTHING than pay Colchester.... even if he was to direct me right to the spot to find a gold coin like a few MA boys told me happened to them a few years back. There's an easy way to keep your customers in metal detecting!

 

[BioProfessor]

I've hunted with Chris at Colchester for over 4 years. It is the best hunt in the UK bar none.

We have exclusive access to over 40,000 acres of land. We have had studies done and we know where the Roman, Celtic, Saxon, Medieval, etc roads and villages are. It is some of the best land in the UK. As far as cost - CHEAP - $200 a day that includes your transportation to and from the airport, first class accommodations, 3 meals a day, transportation to and from the fields, ID and export of all finds.

As far as Chris seeded the land - Never has or Never will. Just not that kind of hunting and he's just not that kind of guy. As far as Chris directing someone to a gold coin, I can tell you the story and this is how rumors get started. Chris held a rally on a field a few years ago. As part of the Rally, he placed 5 gold Sovereigns in the field with each being in a PLASTIC BAG so the finder would know that it was a plant for the rally. When we hunt that field, Chris will show you where he put the gold coins because only 2 were found during the rally so there should be 3 still in the field. The part of the story reported here that is not true, is that the person DID NOT find a gold coin. All 3 are still there. That the story of a plant and finding a gold coin. The WHOLE story.

YOU get to pick the field you hunt every day. A single field may take you 30 minutes just to walk one row the whole way across. We have LOTS of BIG fields. And they hold AMAZING artifacts. Chris will NEVER just take you to a field and say you have to hunt here. Just won't happen.

Why do I hunt with Chris if he is like this sometimes. Because he is really a GREAT guy and I can take it as much as I dish it out. If you play the game. You play the game.

The other reason I hunt with Chris is because we find this stuff all the time. Planted? I don't think so!!!

Daryl

 

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That "seal" thingy is exactly like the 100 year old toothpaste tube or cream caps. Exactly like the handful that I have. They always appear to look like that and being smaller than a dime would be the right size for a larger tube of cream or ointment. The only thing is yours doesn't have the threads or look of a cap. Could it have been melted, fused or squished?
I have seen many railway baggage tags or seals that are that size. Does it have any holes on the sides where wire could go through?
It sure looks like those caps......
Dave.

 

[Garabaldi]

The third image seems to have an area where wire would have been able to get through.

 

[BioProfessor]

Come on guys. If it ain't lead, it ain't a seal.

Daryl

 

[Silver Searcher]

$200 a day Daryl is that right you must have plenty money, that's over a grand a week, you could get on Sutton Hoo for that Breezie PM me your address and I'll send you a hammered If you were to come to England to detect and are willing to spend that type of money, there wouldn't be many areas were you couldn't hunt
It doesn't look like lead to me the seal more like pewter, but again it looks like it has two parts, like a seal .......Ps Iron Patch, so would I

SS

 

[BioProfessor]

Yep $200 a day Silver Searcher. When I've come over to the UK to hunt on my own, I've paid about that much for a nice hotel and 3 good restaurant meals a day. And that did not include a car, gas, and trying to find a place that had any ancient villages and then get permission. So by the time I subtract out all the tourist/visiting living expenses, I pay about $25 a day to hunt. That's not bad. Staying in the UK is expensive. The hotel at the airport gets 500 pounds for a room? What that all about?

Daryl

 

[Silver Searcher]

Yep $200 a day Silver Searcher. When I've come over to the UK to hunt on my own, I've paid about that much for a nice hotel and 3 good restaurant meals a day. And that did not include a car, gas, and trying to find a place that had any ancient villages and then get permission. So by the time I subtract out all the tourist/visiting living expenses, I pay about $25 a day to hunt. That's not bad. Staying in the UK is expensive. The hotel at the airport gets 500 pounds for a room? What that all about?

Daryl

So you are saying the $200 covers food, accomadation, transport and detecting for the day? You can get good bed and breakfast for £35 a night, and a good evening meal for about £20, in most of Yorkshire.

SS

 

[BioProfessor]

Yep. And lunch in the field, all transportation, and export. I've stayed in some 35 pound B&Bs. Nowhere near the quality we get. When I add up about 60 pounds a night for the same quality lodging, 40 pounds a day for meals, snacks, and drinks, car for a week, gas, etc. I ain't paying much to hunt. And this is on some of the best land in Essex. 40,000 acres of it.

Daryl

 

[Silver Searcher]

Yep. And lunch in the field, all transportation, and export. I've stayed in some 35 pound B&Bs. Nowhere near the quality we get. When I add up about 60 pounds a night for the same quality lodging, 40 pounds a day for meals, snacks, and drinks, car for a week, gas, etc. I ain't paying much to hunt. And this is on some of the best land in Essex. 40,000 acres of it.

Daryl

What's your best find from when you have been over hear Daryl

SS

 

[BioProfessor]

Best find. Hard to say. I would say these are some of my best finds.

And the $200 a day is 130 of your pounds.

Daryl

 

[Silver Searcher]

Best find. Hard to say. I would say these are some of my best finds.

Daryl

Some very nice finds Daryl the Roman Buckle. looks more like a Terret ring(Celtic)

SS

 

[Iron Patch]

I've hunted with Chris at Colchester for over 4 years. It is the best hunt in the UK bar none.

We have exclusive access to over 40,000 acres of land. We have had studies done and we know where the Roman, Celtic, Saxon, Medieval, etc roads and villages are. It is some of the best land in the UK. As far as cost - CHEAP - $200 a day that includes your transportation to and from the airport, first class accommodations, 3 meals a day, transportation to and from the fields, ID and export of all finds.

As far as Chris seeded the land - Never has or Never will. Just not that kind of hunting and he's just not that kind of guy. As far as Chris directing someone to a gold coin, I can tell you the story and this is how rumors get started. Chris held a rally on a field a few years ago. As part of the Rally, he placed 5 gold Sovereigns in the field with each being in a PLASTIC BAG so the finder would know that it was a plant for the rally. When we hunt that field, Chris will show you where he put the gold coins because only 2 were found during the rally so there should be 3 still in the field. The part of the story reported here that is not true, is that the person DID NOT find a gold coin. All 3 are still there. That the story of a plant and finding a gold coin. The WHOLE story.

YOU get to pick the field you hunt every day. A single field may take you 30 minutes just to walk one row the whole way across. We have LOTS of BIG fields. And they hold AMAZING artifacts. Chris will NEVER just take you to a field and say you have to hunt here. Just won't happen.

Why do I hunt with Chris if he is like this sometimes. Because he is really a GREAT guy and I can take it as much as I dish it out. If you play the game. You play the game.

The other reason I hunt with Chris is because we find this stuff all the time. Planted? I don't think so!!!

Daryl

So you find those gold finds all the time? How many in the pictures were dug by you?

Plus I did not say legit finds aren't dug, I didn't really even say anything was planted. I just told you about my encounter with 3 three guys from MA who were very clear in what they believed. If you could hear them laugh as they told the story of how one was directed right to the spot to dig the coin then you might have the same questions I do. Did they have any reason to lie to someone they had just met? I have no idea but they didn't have anything bad to say about the experience. They were actually very freindly and we spoke for quite a while.

 

[Iron Patch]

Come on guys. If it ain't lead, it ain't a seal.

Daryl

It's not lead. That would be news to me.

 

[Iron Patch]

$200 a day Daryl is that right you must have plenty money, that's over a grand a week, you could get on Sutton Hoo for that Breezie PM me your address and I'll send you a hammered If you were to come to England to detect and are willing to spend that type of money, there wouldn't be many areas were you couldn't hunt
It doesn't look like lead to me the seal more like pewter, but again it looks like it has two parts, like a seal .......Ps Iron Patch, so would I

SS

You don't know what you're talking about. But just on the lead, I agree on it being crazy to spend that much money to detect.

 

[Iron Patch]

Best find. Hard to say. I would say these are some of my best finds.

And the $200 a day is 130 of your pounds.

Daryl

Very nice finds but still expensive ones!

That said, if you like it, and can easily afford it, then knock yourself out.

 

[BioProfessor]

Which gold coins? I think you may be mixing up Chris' tour with Jimmy's tour. We hunt too hard and get skunked too often to think anything is going on. Plus we ALWAYS pick the field. Chris NEVER tells you which field to hunt. If you had chosen a field and he told you where gold had been found before, that's a possible scenario. What type gold were they talking about. The Celtic gold coins are all in the same area of a field as the priest planted them for a good harvest.

Take a look here to see what has been found each month of the 2009 season. Plants? I don't think so.

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2009Febfinds.html

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2009march.html

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2009MarchIIfindspage.html

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2009marchIIIfindspage.html

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2009Augustfinds.html

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2009septfinds.html

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2009Octfinds.html

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2009Octfinds2.html

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2009Novfinds.html