Sewage Site - Day 15 + Potato Field Day 8 - Hammered, Roman Silver & Flint Arrow-Head

[CRUSADER]

Sewage Site - Day 15 + Potato Field Day 8 - Hammered, Roman Silver & Flint Arrow-Head

Only got caught in 1 fairly short snow shower, otherwise not a bad day.

Usual routine; Morning on The Potato Field & afternoon on the Sewage Site - 5 hours total.

The Potato Field:

Jetton
18th C Clog Clasp
Medieval Buckle & buckle plates
Early Military Button
Small bit of a Saxon Strapend
Grotty looking Hammered Halfpenny
Grotty bit of a Roman Silver Denarius - Cru'dad got a full ID on this Domitian! (first Roman Silver from this field)

Sewage Site:

Tudor Button
Bit of a Medieval Buckle
Livery Button
Circa 3000BC Transverse/Chisel Type Flint Arrowhead - Amazing really, as it wasn't even on the same field as the last one I got, & getting them back-to-back is kind of crazy. From what I can tell this type is even rarer than my last one, never seen it before:
Flint Knapping UK: Chisel Shaped Arrowheads
I had no idea I was looking at it up-side-down for ages. It has a long wide point for maximum damage to the game they were hunting. Found in Northern Europe.

 

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[ArfieBoy]

Congratulations on your many finds, Cru! That point is fantastic! Thanks for the information and for sharing!

 

[Westfront]

Stunning point you got! I know this type from the books, never had one in hand. I believe very few had. You're onto something in this area. Did you shared your finds with the FLO? We call this outgoing neolithic age and arrow heads in this time frame would make our archies faint...

 

[CRUSADER]

Stunning point you got! I know this type from the books, never had one in hand. I believe very few had. You're onto something in this area. Did you shared your finds with the FLO? We call this outgoing neolithic age and arrow heads in this time frame would make our archies faint...

The Sewage Site where this flint came from is only 2 fields away from the other field where the other 2 came from. I'm now thinking the whole of this area must have been prime hunting, because it's not the type of area I think you would settle/camp. On the edge of low lying flood plain.
Not contacted the FLO, they are only concentrating on Treasure items during the Covid situation. They haven't had access to their office for nearly a year.

 

[billb]

CRUSADER. Your finds are incredible THANKS again for sharing

 

[Westfront]

The Sewage Site where this flint came from is only 2 fields away from the other field where the other 2 came from. I'm now thinking the whole of this area must have been prime hunting, because it's not the type of area you would settle. On the edge of low lying flood plain.
Not contacted the FLO, they are only concentrating on Treasure items during the Covid situation. They haven't had access to their office for nearly a year.

Been so long in the field, a year later doesn't matter. I think these fields need attention by stone age field walkers. Sounds like a good area for hunting back then.

 

[CRUSADER]

I think these fields need attention by stone age field walkers.

lol, just got this image of the flintstones field walking....

 

[Westfront]

lol, just got this image of the flintstones field walking....

Now, as you said it.....

 

[jewelerguy]

great finds. very cool arrowhead

 

[Calabash Digger]

man you make it look easy my friend!! Nice!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!!!! Congrats!!!!!

 

[oldmxrat]

Nice bunch of finds, congrats! Btw, they used transverse type points in Nevada about 6-9k years ago, see "Great Basin Transverse Type", a.k.a. Crescent projectile points.

 

[Coinstar magnet]

This may be the year of neolithic arrowhead for you...perhaps you have the beginnings of a streak

 

[CRUSADER]

man you make it look easy my friend!! Nice!

What I can't explain even to myself, is how it happens.
I spent more time on The Potato Field scanning for flints. On the Sewage Site I wasn't paying attention at all & this one just jumped out at me without effort. Strange.

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice bunch of finds, congrats! Btw, they used transverse type points in Nevada about 6-9k years ago, see "Great Basin Transverse Type", a.k.a. Crescent projectile points.

Thanks for that I have zero experience in these & was just quoting someone I thought had more knowledge. I have tuns to learn, & I have no books on them, as it was a investment I thought I didn't need.

PS. After looking at those points classified as transverse, they don't have the sub-class of Chisel (Which might be why the blogger stated these were only produced in Northern Europe)?

 

[CRUSADER]

This may be the year of neolithic arrowhead for you...perhaps you have the beginnings of a streak

I thought the same.

 

[Lanny in AB]

Nice finds indeed!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[pepperj]

The character in the purple is a keeper. Early what?

The point certainly made up for the 2 grotty silvers. Congrats on the eyeball find.

 

[CRUSADER]

The character in the purple is a keeper. Early what?

The point certainly made up for the 2 grotty silvers. Congrats on the eyeball find.

1992 - no idea who?

 

[BuckleBoy]

Wonderful variety of finds for you! Glad to see you’re continuing to make such fine recoveries. Love the bit of flint! We find very few of them here—have got 2 in 10 years because we have no natural rocks in the silt down here.