Stunning Roman Silver...

[CRUSADER]

This is a two day post, Friday (5.5 hours) & today 4 hours 45 minutes.

On Friday we finished gridding the whole of the 6th Roman Site. Very small affair with just another 8 coins coming off, but at least 1 was an ablum quality one.
Today we hunted on the opposite side of the brook to the 2 Roman Sites in the hope there was one over there taking advantage of the same water source. It was a bust, so another field crossed off the list.
We then decided to push the limits of the well hunted Roman Site, only to find out it didn't extend any further. This only left us 1 option. Go back over the main site but start on the very edge where we haven't gone over it so much. This proved to work out with Cru'Dad's stunning Roman Silver. Any silver off this site is not that normal, & this one meant we have now got 27 for the year which is our best ever 1 year total! (Beating 26)

Lead Leather Workers Palm Guard (good condition)
14th C Buckle
10 Roman Bronze Coins
1883 Pewter Medallion
Constantius II AD 360 reduced Siliqua (must be EF?)

 

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Yep... I cannot deny it...
Cruz... you have another well deserved... Banner.

 

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[treblehunter]

I love your finds, makes me feel young living in the new world. Someday I'll cross the pond.

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

You are the king of old coins crusader !! Nice digs as usual.

 

[robfinds]

Yep that silver looks nice.

 

[Westfront]

It doesn't get any better! Big congrats!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

I know you don't need it, but this deserves it..............BANNER FOR SURE.
ZDD

 

[basque-man]

Absolutely Gorgeous!!!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Stunning indeed!

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks for all the comments & although we are unlikely to get one in better shape, its not a banner find because Cru'Dad found it.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

A STUNNER for sure.
I know you guys found plenty of Roman Silver, but it still must be quite a thrill to get one, esp. a nice, and undamaged one. I'm sure it does, as that's what motivates you to get out there everyday (almost).

 

[vince76]

Hi Crus.
You have found a lot of roman coins and im happy for you but i was wondering how is it possible that more roman coins are found in UK than in Italy? Am i searching on the wrong place or you have been collecting info where to search?

 

[CRUSADER]

Hi Crus.
You have found a lot of roman coins and im happy for you but i was wondering how is it possible that more roman coins are found in UK than in Italy? Am i searching on the wrong place or you have been collecting info where to search?

We target Rural Roman Sites, with help from Land-Mag (another member on Tnet) & then its just a matter of hours of hunting. It took us years to get this good, when we first started I couldn't find 1 Roman Coin.

 

[nsdq]

Wow

 

[stillrollin300]

I always love seeing your posts, the history that you are able to recover is fantastic. I have traced my family roots all the way back to a very small village in England (Bere Regis). I keep telling my wife I am going to go visit the town and go detecting, but she just laughs and said if I ever got to detect over there I wouldn't come back across the pond. Not sure if she means my choice or her's Keep posting those amazing finds.

 

[qaela4]

Great stuff, as always Cru.

 

[vince76]

We target Rural Roman Sites, with help from Land-Mag (another member on Tnet) & then its just a matter of hours of hunting. It took us years to get this good, when we first started I couldn't find 1 Roman Coin.

I can imagine it was not so easy for you to have the info. Do you think you can help me how to find the right place in Italy where I can search for Roman items?

 

[CRUSADER]

I can imagine it was not so easy for you to have the info. Do you think you can help me how to find the right place in Italy where I can search for Roman items?

Sorry, not sure I can because I don't know enough about your Rules/Laws. The only tool I know that Italy should have as well as us is Google Earth, because I'm pretty sure the Archie files we used will not be available over there.
The most important thing is look for a water source.

 

[CRUSADER]

I always love seeing your posts, the history that you are able to recover is fantastic. I have traced my family roots all the way back to a very small village in England (Bere Regis). I keep telling my wife I am going to go visit the town and go detecting, but she just laughs and said if I ever got to detect over there I wouldn't come back across the pond. Not sure if she means my choice or her's Keep posting those amazing finds.

Never heard of that place, so googled it. Seems a pretty good spot.

 

[Brian C.]

It seems you are in the best country to find these interesting coins, thanks for sharing.

 

[CRUSADER]

It seems you are in the best country to find these interesting coins, thanks for sharing.

No, not really, the Eastern Empire has them in the wheel barrow load.