Time to take a Risk - Worked out well !!!

[CRUSADER]

Cru'Dad & I only had a short 2.5 hour window & we were debating back & forth where to go. We could have carried on gridding at the Saxon Site but we are in an area that has been covered at least 4 times & has very little plotted. I wanted to risk it in an unsearched area of a field that has a Roman Site. But it was over 1000 metres from the edge of the Site & when passing through that area we had no good signs.
We deployed a tactic we use to sample large areas. Loose Gridding, I do a run, Cru'Dad misses 2-3 runs. When we hit something we tighten back up, nothing happens for awhile & we go back to loose gridding. In a short period of time we covered the area I wanted to sample & as luck would have it, we chose the right runs!


Lead Backed Horse Boss
Medieval Buckles
Folded Jetton
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Button Circa 1900 - My first Example.
Mary I Groat (scrace hammered)
King John Hammered Shortcross
Valentinian I, AR Siliqua, Rome. 364-367. DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / VOT V MVLT X within wreath. Mintmark RT. RIC IX Rome 10b - Rated as Scarce & its my first silver of this Emporer.

 

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[Vino]

Boy you guys must be in great shape to get out and do all that walking..
Fantastic as usual.

 

[CRUSADER]

Boy you guys must be in great shape to get out and do all that walking..
Fantastic as usual.

I've always been hyper-active.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Great silvers there Cru, what's the story on the Roman silver coin?

 

[Westfront]

Very nice Siliqua. We don't get many of them here. Good day!

 

[CRUSADER]

Great silvers there Cru, what's the story on the Roman silver coin?

It was at the beginning of one of my turn arounds after leaving a gap of 2 runs from Cru'dad's last run. Its only the 3rd (other 2 very poor examples) Roman Silver off the whole field, but its a huge distance from the main spread of Roman Bronze Coins & in an area with no other Roman signs.

 

[CRUSADER]

Very nice Siliqua. We don't get many of them here. Good day!

We don't get many but its great to get a new one in such good condition.

 

[Argentium]

Dang ! You guys are just banging hard on the good coins lately - unbelievable - !!!!

 

[pepperj]

Great choice you guys made, the Roman is in top shape, though I am liking the short cross just as much. Well done!

 

[mangum]

Amazing coins, across the pond drooling... I have found a shoe buckle piece close to yours over here though...

 

[Gridwalker306]

It was at the beginning of one of my turn arounds after leaving a gap of 2 runs from Cru'dad's last run. Its only the 3rd (other 2 very poor examples) Roman Silver off the whole field, but its a huge distance from the main spread of Roman Bronze Coins & in an area with no other Roman signs.

Isn't that just the way it goes sometimes haha! The Roman coins really interest me, as well as the hammereds...and the Celtic. Ok I guess I am interested in all of it. I'm really hoping to dig a Roman silver when I'm in your neck of the woods next year.

Who is on the coin and what date range do you figure?

 

[Whatdayagot]

Beautiful finds!!!!!

 

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[CRUSADER]

Isn't that just the way it goes sometimes haha! The Roman coins really interest me, as well as the hammereds...and the Celtic. Ok I guess I am interested in all of it. I'm really hoping to dig a Roman silver when I'm in your neck of the woods next year.

Who is on the coin and what date range do you figure?

Valentinian I, AR Siliqua, Rome. 364-367. DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / VOT V MVLT X within wreath. Mintmark RT. RIC IX Rome 10b

 

[CRUSADER]

PS. Forgot to mention, the weather is great right now. Still in a T-Shirt (in fact 1 day previous nearly got sun burnt) & the Butterflies are still out on the 10th Oct! Not complaining, although I prefer a cooler hunt.

 

[diggingthe1]

I love the pictures, its awesome what you guys find, and what's still out there. Thanks for sharing

 

[CRUSADER]

Dang ! You guys are just banging hard on the good coins lately - unbelievable - !!!!

More by accident than plan on this day. We thought 1 hammered was likely but all the rest was a surprise. Tomorrows field will bring the hammered streak to an end, but its been a good run, very happy so far.

 

[CRUSADER]

I love the pictures, its awesome what you guys find, and what's still out there. Thanks for sharing

Whats still out there is going to take an army of detectorist a thousand years to mop up. (on the right land of course)

 

[hunting deer]

Congrats! I love to see what you guys find over there! Looks to be a land steeped in history!

 

[Obelix]

Great hunt, congrats.