The Track-Way Site - Day 4 - Hammered & 2 SAXON SCEATS...

[CRUSADER]

Still pretty sticky under foot but a slight improvement & no rain today.
Time for Cru'dad to get his long awaited Silver - a very rare Sceat we need, after less than 20 mins on the first grid line up to the Site. It was lying on the top! I got the other Sceat from the Track-Way Site & Cru'dad got the hammered. Good team effort & a great start to the year.

5 Hrs 15 mins:

6 Scrappies
17th C Cuff-link
Scarce to find Solid Silver Button
Lead Token
Broken Rose Farthing
Medieval Buckle
Apothecary Weight
Georgian Pan/Trade Weight (type I've not seen)
Georgian Fob Seal (without stone)
Small piece of Medieval Lead Seal Matrix
2 Lead Cloth Seal, one dated 1676
Saxon Strap-end
Small bit of Saxon Tweezers
Tudor Book Clasp
Nice Medieval 14th C 'Beehive' Thimble
Blank burnt Silver Shilling
Hammered Half-groat of Henry VII
Porcupine Sceat Circa AD700
Celtic Cross Sceat AD710-60 (Very Rare) - UPDATE: 6th One Record.

 

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[Dakota Sioux]

Love all of that If you find all of that in a few hours you must have a tremendous pile of artifacts?

 

[CRUSADER]

Love all of that If you find all o?f that in a few hours you must have a tremendous pile of artifacts?

Yes, a small Museum, so to speak.

 

[Westfront]

Thats one beauty of a Sceat. Better isn't possible. Stunning. Looks like the Sceat strike din't stop in 23...

 

[pepperj]

WOW! That is probably the best one posted up yet. (Must be the design) Really liking it. Congrats

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, 'Celtic Cross', quilled serpent with pellet outline clockwise, globular head right, protecting small central cross pommée, beak inwards to cross, rev. Celtic cross with central pellet forming a pellet cross, rosette in each angle, 1.14g ( Very rare.)

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Still pretty sticky under foot but a slight improvement & no rain today.
Time for Cru'dad to get his long awaited Silver - a very rare Sceat we need, after less than 20 mins on the first grid line up to the Site. It was lying on the top! I got the other Sceat from the Track-Way Site & Cru'dad got the hammered. Good team effort & a great start to the year.

5 Hrs 15 mins:

6 Scrappies
17th C Cuff-link
Scarce to find Solid Silver Button
Lead Token
Broken Rose Farthing
Medieval Buckle
Apothecary Weight
Georgian Pan/Trade Weight (type I've not seen)
Georgian Fob Seal (without stone)
Small piece of Medieval Lead Seal Matrix
2 Lead Cloth Seal, one dated 1676
Saxon Strap-end
Small bit of Saxon Tweezers
Tudor Book Clasp
Nice Medieval 14th C 'Beehive' Thimble
Blank burnt Silver Shilling
Hammered Half-groat of Henry VII
Porcupine Sceat Circa AD700
Celtic Cross Sceat AD710-60 (Very Rare)


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How rare is the rare sceat? Celtic cross is a spectacular find. Nice to hear Cru'dad got a hammered too!

 

[Digger RJ]

Still pretty sticky under foot but a slight improvement & no rain today.
Time for Cru'dad to get his long awaited Silver - a very rare Sceat we need, after less than 20 mins on the first grid line up to the Site. It was lying on the top! I got the other Sceat from the Track-Way Site & Cru'dad got the hammered. Good team effort & a great start to the year.

5 Hrs 15 mins:

6 Scrappies
17th C Cuff-link
Scarce to find Solid Silver Button
Lead Token
Broken Rose Farthing
Medieval Buckle
Apothecary Weight
Georgian Pan/Trade Weight (type I've not seen)
Georgian Fob Seal (without stone)
Small piece of Medieval Lead Seal Matrix
2 Lead Cloth Seal, one dated 1676
Saxon Strap-end
Small bit of Saxon Tweezers
Tudor Book Clasp
Nice Medieval 14th C 'Beehive' Thimble
Blank burnt Silver Shilling
Hammered Half-groat of Henry VII
Porcupine Sceat Circa AD700
Celtic Cross Sceat AD710-60 (Very Rare)


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Outstanding!!!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Still pretty sticky under foot but a slight improvement & no rain today.
Time for Cru'dad to get his long awaited Silver - a very rare Sceat we need, after less than 20 mins on the first grid line up to the Site. It was lying on the top! I got the other Sceat from the Track-Way Site & Cru'dad got the hammered. Good team effort & a great start to the year.

5 Hrs 15 mins:

6 Scrappies
17th C Cuff-link
Scarce to find Solid Silver Button
Lead Token
Broken Rose Farthing
Medieval Buckle
Apothecary Weight
Georgian Pan/Trade Weight (type I've not seen)
Georgian Fob Seal (without stone)
Small piece of Medieval Lead Seal Matrix
2 Lead Cloth Seal, one dated 1676
Saxon Strap-end
Small bit of Saxon Tweezers
Tudor Book Clasp
Nice Medieval 14th C 'Beehive' Thimble
Blank burnt Silver Shilling
Hammered Half-groat of Henry VII
Porcupine Sceat Circa AD700
Celtic Cross Sceat AD710-60 (Very Rare)


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Cru',
If you haven't seen the latest "Detectorist's Special" it's a good one.

 

[CRUSADER]

How rare is the rare sceat? Celtic cross is a spectacular find. Nice to hear Cru'dad got a hammered too!

Unique (I hate that word, I add 'to date' or much prefer the 'only one known')
Extremely Rare
Very Rare
Rare
Scarce
Common

Above in order are one of the measures they use but the 'numbers' for each category can vary depending on who's scale you use.

I've asked how many have been Recorded on the EMC, once I get this figure I will share with you. As a rough guide only 1 in 10 get Recorded, which would be close to the actually number at large.

If I had to guess, maybe 10 Recorded & 100 at large.

 

[jewelerguy]

fantastic finds

 

[Gare]

You did good thanks for sharing with us !!

 

[Scrappy]

Still pretty sticky under foot but a slight improvement & no rain today.
Time for Cru'dad to get his long awaited Silver - a very rare Sceat we need, after less than 20 mins on the first to the Site. It was lying on the top! I got the other Sceat from the Track-Way Site & Cru'dad got the hammered. Good team effort & a great start to the year.

5 Hrs 15 mins:

6 Scrappies
17th C Cuff-link
Scarce to find Solid Silver Button
Lead Token
Broken Rose Farthing
Medieval Buckle
Apothecary Weight
Georgian Pan/Trade Weight (type I've not seen)
Georgian Fob Seal (without stone)
Small piece of Medieval Lead Seal Matrix
2 Lead Cloth Seal, one dated 1676
Saxon Strap-end
Small bit of Saxon Tweezers
Tudor Book Clasp
Nice Medieval 14th C 'Beehive' Thimble
Blank burnt Silver Shilling
Hammered Half-groat of Henry VII
Porcupine Sceat Circa AD700
Celtic Cross Sceat AD710-60 (V

Still pretty sticky under foot but a slight improvement & no rain today.
Time for Cru'dad to get his long awaited Silver - a very rare Sceat we need, after less than 20 mins on the first grid line up to the Site. It was lying on the top! I got the other Sceat from the Track-Way Site & Cru'dad got the hammered. Good team effort & a great start to the year.

5 Hrs 15 mins:

6 Scrappies
17th C Cuff-link
Scarce to find Solid Silver Button
Lead Token
Broken Rose Farthing
Medieval Buckle
Apothecary Weight
Georgian Pan/Trade Weight (type I've not seen)
Georgian Fob Seal (without stone)
Small piece of Medieval Lead Seal Matrix
2 Lead Cloth Seal, one dated 1676
Saxon Strap-end
Small bit of Saxon Tweezers
Tudor Book Clasp
Nice Medieval 14th C 'Beehive' Thimble
Blank burnt Silver Shilling
Hammered Half-groat of Henry VII
Porcupine Sceat Circa AD700
Celtic Cross Sceat AD710-60 (Very Rare)


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Nice digs. What do you suppose the square side of that one sceat represents? Almost resembles a Saxon settlement enclosure which I’m pretty sure it’s not

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Outstanding finds - congrats !

 

[river roamer]

Lots of nice finds you have there Keep on digging

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice digs. What do you suppose the square side of that one sceat represents? Almost resembles a Saxon settlement enclosure which I’m pretty sure it’s not

They call it VICO in the box, so they are like letters.

 

[CRUSADER]

UPDATE:

''Many thanks for these two new finds.
I have recorded the Series E, VICO var. 2 and the Celtic Cross with Rosettes Group coin now has 6 coins in this group with this combination of obverse and reverse types.''

So the 6th Recorded, points towards around 60 other examples at large.

 

[CRUSADER]

How rare is the rare sceat?

6th one Recorded.