'The Hill' , The Trackway Site, & the Roman Site - SAXON SCEAT ! ! !

[CRUSADER]

This was Mondays incredible hunt.
We returned to the spot where we got the Viking Penny & although I got a hammered we wanted to explore the spots we could see from the hill - 'The Trackway Site' & check how much of the Roman Site at the bottom was available. As luck would have it, the whole of the Roman Site had been re-drilled with Beans as the oilseed had failed. We also had a fair part of the Trackway Site available to hunt as well.

11 Roman Coins
Nice scarce Pyramidal Tudor Button
18th C Navy Button (only my 2nd of this largest kind)
Circa 1810 Pewter WEST KENT MILITIA Button (according to a leading expert there are only 9 known examples)
Lead Roman Steel-yard Weight
Tiny bit of a Saxon Brooch
Bit of a Roman Bracelet
Tudor Book Clasp
Couple of Medieval Buckles
1613 James I Halfgroat
14th C Medieval Seal Matrix - OTWBTTC - Probably a merchants with an owl in centre & the letters CREDEAICH - Loosely translated (with help from the What Is It boys ) means - 'Believe Me' or 'We Believe'.
OTWBTTC - I got a circa 700AD Saxon Sceat ;
Leading Expert;
'This is Series F, variety a. There are 89 other coins of Series F recorded on the EMC, only 9 of them variety a. Series F has an effectively meaningless pseudo-inscription, which becomes progressively cruder from variety a to d.'

 

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[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on the outstanding finds !

 

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[CRUSADER]

Thanks DTC. I’ve seen very few posted over the years, they are a very rare dig. Crusader can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think finding a 2000 yr old Celtic gold coin is probably more likely than finding a Saxon sceat.

Actually I now think your right.
My first answer was based on our statistical data & knowledge.

I thought I would do 2 basic searches on the PAS;
Full Gold Celtic Staters - 10,270
Saxon Sceats - 1,827
So on this very rough statistical analysis your 5 times more likely to get a Celtic Gold Stater than a Sceat! (so we are performing way over the norm!)

 

[Gridwalker306]

Actually I now think your right.
My first answer was based on our statistical data & knowledge.

I thought I would do 2 basic searches on the PAS;
Full Gold Celtic Staters - 10,270
Saxon Sceats - 1,827
So on this very rough statistical analysis your 5 times more likely to get a Celtic Gold Stater than a Sceat! (so we are performing way over the norm!)

Thanks for finding that information Cru, I find it very interesting. It seems that you proved just how rare of a dig a Saxon sceat really is!

Again, that’s amazing and congrats

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks for finding that information Cru, I find it very interesting. It seems that you proved just how rare of a dig a Saxon sceat really is!

Again, that’s amazing and congrats

Yeap, OTWBTTC. (after gridding the area they normally come out for 6 hours without success)

 

[DigToChina]

To be clear I meant a choice between an ancient coin and modern gold coin...

 

[CRUSADER]

To be clear I meant a choice between an ancient coin and modern gold coin...

Yeap, I understood what you meant.

 

[EccentricInTexas]

Awesome finds!!!

 

[Westfront]

Congrats on the Sceat! It came early this year and leaves time for one more. Fingers crossed! I like the seal too. It's always a great feeling when one pops out of the dirt. Each time i first think chess piece.... Killer day!