Roman Villa Site producing Bronze, Silver and Gold

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Roman Villa Site producing Bronze, Silver and 1700 year old Roman Gold Ring

Today i went back to the Villa Site where i found the Wolfhead Pendant. It was plowed yesterday and i had time till 5.00pm today. I was detecting the field while the farmer was planting potatoes...
It was well worth the effort. Still have to dig nails, the site is far from being clean. So lots of nails, lead, some scrappies, one Denarius, a beautiful condition Dupondius(?) (not identified yet), found on the last row for the day and as nearly the last signal 20 metres from the truck the golden Ring. Other finds were a french Regimental button, roman sandal nail, roman bronze nails, one decorated, a first for me.
I talked a bit to the farmer, thanked him for his cooperation, showed the finds from the day and was invited to come back after harvest.
Here are the pics:

 

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[CRUSADER]

Just as an interesting note, has anyone ever considered the "why" factor in some of this stuff we dig on a strickly "Roman" site ?

I used to Metal detect in Spain, and I would be on a purely Roman site and dig a Spanish 2 Reals, or something nice like that
but nothing else from the period of the Real. Or a military button but nothing else other than Roman coins or artifacts.

It seemed to me that there never were Spanish people living a this place, considering that we never dug any of the accoutrements of daily life..... no buckles or bells or pieces of trash that could be linked to the 1600s or 1700s or 1800s
and yet suddenly a silver 2 Real would come out of the ground, and I would stand there and ask why it would be there with nothing else...

I got to thinking about this and my reasoning was .......
What do you think ?

It happens on all my Roman Sites, nothing unusual about it.

 

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[oldsalty19]

 

[fatkook626]

wow

 

[tommyaz]

wow too bad that gold ring got smushed...

 

[vince76]

Great finds

This is absolutely great. It's a well deserved banner.
On the pic nr 5 you have a grey piece of metal. I have exactly the same. Did you find out what it is?

 

[CRUSADER]

This is absolutely great. It's a well deserved banner.
On the pic nr 5 you have a grey piece of metal. I have exactly the same. Did you find out what it is?

The bow tie piece? Its a Roman Military Fitting thought to be a belt stiffener.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Killer hunt, congratulations!

Good Luck in 2018

 

[vince76]

The bow tie piece? Its a Roman Military Fitting thought to be a belt stiffener.

Thanks Cru. This is mine

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks Cru. This is mine
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This style of Roman Military 'Propeller style' belt stiffener became popular in the 3rd C AD.

 

[vince76]

This style of Roman Military 'Propeller style' belt stiffener became popular in the 3rd C AD.

Now I learned something new. Thanks Cru.