CRUSADER
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Plan A (probable Iron Age Crop-mark) was out of the window as the oil-seed rape had not yet been mashed in. Therefore, we tried the nearby 4th NEW Roman Site, knowing it had little to nothing on it. This time I gridded the opposite way & had nothing more than a 1799 halfpenny & 2 buttons. (45 mins hunt)
We then moved to another field that wasn't yet mashed in & after 5 minutes of not being able to dig in the tractor tracks, I moved us to the neighbouring field. This one was Wheat stubble & I hoped it would be easier to dig. It wasn't & digging past 4 inches was killing me in this sun, so we gave in after 1 hour 15 minutes with the following;
17th C Token (A first, I think...)
Squirrel from the top of an early 20th C brass toasting fork
Piece of a 16th C Sword Belt fitment
1 piece Dragoon Guards Button
1694 W&M Farthing
bits..
I had no-ideas of where to try next, so I looked at Cru'dads list & thought about returning for a 2nd look at a Barley Stubble field we had found a Medieval Site on. (the eagle horse harness pendant field) Its a big field & I thought it had more potential for a Roman Site, but if not we could get a little bit of Medieval instead.
I have no idea why but this field was the easiest to dig out of any we have tried recently, and its mostly clay & on a hill! But it was a relief to be able to dig again without jumping 3 ft in the air on to spade.
As we worked our way up the hill Cru'dad got a Roman As, great we thought, gridded that area, nothing. So maybe it was associated with the nearby lump or possible track-way. We loosely gridded over this linear lump following it up the hill, when I banged into my first Roman Silver. Now we are thinking, it must be a Site, gridding again - nothing. OK it had been 1.5 hours in the crazy burning sun, so time to head back & work out what's going on another time. I headed over where I thought the better area was OTWBTTC, & banged into my 2nd Roman Silver.
(gridded again, nothing)
What is great about these 2 Roman Silver are;
AD225 Denarius of Sev. Alexander is the best of his I have ever had. (I have lots but they are all debased or silver plated, broken etc..)
AD162 Denarius of Lucius Verus - Until last year we had never had this Emperor & the only 1 we have is a bronze As, & this is our first silver of him.
We then moved to another field that wasn't yet mashed in & after 5 minutes of not being able to dig in the tractor tracks, I moved us to the neighbouring field. This one was Wheat stubble & I hoped it would be easier to dig. It wasn't & digging past 4 inches was killing me in this sun, so we gave in after 1 hour 15 minutes with the following;
17th C Token (A first, I think...)
Squirrel from the top of an early 20th C brass toasting fork
Piece of a 16th C Sword Belt fitment
1 piece Dragoon Guards Button
1694 W&M Farthing
bits..
I had no-ideas of where to try next, so I looked at Cru'dads list & thought about returning for a 2nd look at a Barley Stubble field we had found a Medieval Site on. (the eagle horse harness pendant field) Its a big field & I thought it had more potential for a Roman Site, but if not we could get a little bit of Medieval instead.
I have no idea why but this field was the easiest to dig out of any we have tried recently, and its mostly clay & on a hill! But it was a relief to be able to dig again without jumping 3 ft in the air on to spade.
As we worked our way up the hill Cru'dad got a Roman As, great we thought, gridded that area, nothing. So maybe it was associated with the nearby lump or possible track-way. We loosely gridded over this linear lump following it up the hill, when I banged into my first Roman Silver. Now we are thinking, it must be a Site, gridding again - nothing. OK it had been 1.5 hours in the crazy burning sun, so time to head back & work out what's going on another time. I headed over where I thought the better area was OTWBTTC, & banged into my 2nd Roman Silver.
(gridded again, nothing)What is great about these 2 Roman Silver are;
AD225 Denarius of Sev. Alexander is the best of his I have ever had. (I have lots but they are all debased or silver plated, broken etc..)
AD162 Denarius of Lucius Verus - Until last year we had never had this Emperor & the only 1 we have is a bronze As, & this is our first silver of him.
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