Timing is everything

[Westfront]

We went to a roman site to look if the farmer has ploughed to be the first this year... We arrived right on time!

On the part not ploughed my buddy eyeballed this beautiful spout.

We did four hours gridding both the ploughed and the perfectly flat part of the field. The soft ground made us sweat in just above freezing with strong wind.
Thats the trash...the usual driving band frags, bullets, shotgun bases.

Buttons of the day

Closeup of the tiny one top left

Miscellaneous stuff, again one of these teeny three prong forks i found one a couple weeks ago plus another small fork.

Modern coins and an eaten up jeton.

Roman jug shard, belt stiffener and small childs ring

Roman coins

And my find of the day. One big scythestone, about 12" long and not broken all the years in the ground. Not that old, maybe the Great grandparents of the farmer had lost this one. I will return this for his collection. He has a great mancave with lots of farm and family related stuff.

Thanks for looking!

 

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[Blackfoot58]

We went to a roman site to look if the farmer has ploughed to be the first this year... We arrived right on time!
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On the part not ploughed my buddy eyeballed this beautiful spout.
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We did four hours gridding both the ploughed and the perfectly flat part of the field. The soft ground made us sweat in just above freezing with strong wind.
Thats the trash...the usual driving band frags, bullets, shotgun bases.View attachment 2071502


Buttons of the day
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Closeup of the tiny one top left
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Miscellaneous stuff, again one of these teeny three prong forks i found one a couple weeks ago plus another small fork.
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Modern coins and an eaten up jeton.
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Roman jug shard, belt stiffener and small childs ring
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Roman coins
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And my find of the day. One big scythestone, about 12" long and not broken all the years in the ground. Not that old, maybe the Great grandparents of the farmer had lost this one. I will return this for his collection. He has a great mancave with lots of farm and family related stuff.
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Thanks for looking!

That’s a fantastic day of hunting!

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

We went to a roman site to look if the farmer has ploughed to be the first this year... We arrived right on time!
View attachment 2071491



On the part not ploughed my buddy eyeballed this beautiful spout.
View attachment 2071492


We did four hours gridding both the ploughed and the perfectly flat part of the field. The soft ground made us sweat in just above freezing with strong wind.
Thats the trash...the usual driving band frags, bullets, shotgun bases.View attachment 2071502


Buttons of the day
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Closeup of the tiny one top left
View attachment 2071504


Miscellaneous stuff, again one of these teeny three prong forks i found one a couple weeks ago plus another small fork.
View attachment 2071505



Modern coins and an eaten up jeton.
View attachment 2071506


Roman jug shard, belt stiffener and small childs ring
View attachment 2071508



Roman coins
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And my find of the day. One big scythestone, about 12" long and not broken all the years in the ground. Not that old, maybe the Great grandparents of the farmer had lost this one. I will return this for his collection. He has a great mancave with lots of farm and family related stuff.
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Thanks for looking!

Great Finds...!
Good call on the other stuff!
History, tangible stuff that begs for interpretation...!

 

[pepperj]

Well done.
The spout that your buddy found is very cool.
Giving the stone to the farmer is great PR.
I'm always finding tools, wrenches, and such.
Many I restore (derust) then oil them up for the return.
It seems to bring back the responses "Where did you find this one?"

 

[dirtlooter]

finds that a lot of us would give anything to find, totally awesome

 

[oldmxrat]

Really nice bunch of recoveries, congrats!

 

[Chilli]

We went to a roman site to look if the farmer has ploughed to be the first this year... We arrived right on time!
View attachment 2071491



On the part not ploughed my buddy eyeballed this beautiful spout.
View attachment 2071492


We did four hours gridding both the ploughed and the perfectly flat part of the field. The soft ground made us sweat in just above freezing with strong wind.
Thats the trash...the usual driving band frags, bullets, shotgun bases.View attachment 2071502


Buttons of the day
View attachment 2071503


Closeup of the tiny one top left
View attachment 2071504


Miscellaneous stuff, again one of these teeny three prong forks i found one a couple weeks ago plus another small fork.
View attachment 2071505



Modern coins and an eaten up jeton.
View attachment 2071506


Roman jug shard, belt stiffener and small childs ring
View attachment 2071508



Roman coins
View attachment 2071509View attachment 2071510View attachment 2071511


And my find of the day. One big scythestone, about 12" long and not broken all the years in the ground. Not that old, maybe the Great grandparents of the farmer had lost this one. I will return this for his collection. He has a great mancave with lots of farm and family related stuff.
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Thanks for looking!

A day! That'd do me for a yr!

 

[JohnnyMac]

We went to a roman site to look if the farmer has ploughed to be the first this year... We arrived right on time!
View attachment 2071491



On the part not ploughed my buddy eyeballed this beautiful spout.
View attachment 2071492


We did four hours gridding both the ploughed and the perfectly flat part of the field. The soft ground made us sweat in just above freezing with strong wind.
Thats the trash...the usual driving band frags, bullets, shotgun bases.View attachment 2071502


Buttons of the day
View attachment 2071503


Closeup of the tiny one top left
View attachment 2071504


Miscellaneous stuff, again one of these teeny three prong forks i found one a couple weeks ago plus another small fork.
View attachment 2071505



Modern coins and an eaten up jeton.
View attachment 2071506


Roman jug shard, belt stiffener and small childs ring
View attachment 2071508



Roman coins
View attachment 2071509View attachment 2071510View attachment 2071511


And my find of the day. One big scythestone, about 12" long and not broken all the years in the ground. Not that old, maybe the Great grandparents of the farmer had lost this one. I will return this for his collection. He has a great mancave with lots of farm and family related stuff.
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Thanks for looking!

Wow!! Congrats

 

[jewelerguy]

just curious - are the WW2 bullets and casings you find in that field from ground conflict during the war, or fallen from air combat?

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great recoveries! Congratulations on the super finds! Love the spout! Thanks for posting and sharing.

 

[Digger RJ]

We went to a roman site to look if the farmer has ploughed to be the first this year... We arrived right on time!
View attachment 2071491



On the part not ploughed my buddy eyeballed this beautiful spout.
View attachment 2071492


We did four hours gridding both the ploughed and the perfectly flat part of the field. The soft ground made us sweat in just above freezing with strong wind.
Thats the trash...the usual driving band frags, bullets, shotgun bases.View attachment 2071502


Buttons of the day
View attachment 2071503


Closeup of the tiny one top left
View attachment 2071504


Miscellaneous stuff, again one of these teeny three prong forks i found one a couple weeks ago plus another small fork.
View attachment 2071505



Modern coins and an eaten up jeton.
View attachment 2071506


Roman jug shard, belt stiffener and small childs ring
View attachment 2071508



Roman coins
View attachment 2071509View attachment 2071510View attachment 2071511


And my find of the day. One big scythestone, about 12" long and not broken all the years in the ground. Not that old, maybe the Great grandparents of the farmer had lost this one. I will return this for his collection. He has a great mancave with lots of farm and family related stuff.
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Thanks for looking!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[CRUSADER]

and the fun begins...
No idea what the spout is off, my first thought was a Medieval drinking bag (or maybe vessel). What is it off?
The scythe stones I find broken, I don't bring back now that I have a couple, but a whole one is a different matter. (the common ones we see are circular cross-section)
Its a good start, plenty of targets left.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Great timing is right! That's a great collection of finds. Nice camera work too!

 

[river roamer]

Congrats on your finds Thanks for sharing

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Wow ... great finds - congrats !

 

[Westfront]

just curious - are the WW2 bullets and casings you find in that field from ground conflict during the war, or fallen from air combat?

On this site, both. The small one you see in the foreground comes from the German assault rifle stgw 44. The troops defending there were equipped with the best they could get at that time. Also the many driving band fragments are witness to the heavy fighting along the road nearby. The .50 cal. are most likely from aircraft, both low level attack and bombers shooting Luftwaffe fighter planes.
I told some time before, on the farm to this field belongs fighting took place. Your Guys were sitting in the barn, ours still defending the farm house. Victims of both parties were laying where they met destiny when the farmers came back to their village...So sad.

 

[Westfront]

and the fun begins...
No idea what the spout is off, my first thought was a Medieval drinking bag (or maybe vessel). What is it off?
The scythe stones I find broken, I don't bring back now that I have a couple, but a whole one is a different matter. (the common ones we see are circular cross-section)
Its a good start, plenty of targets left.

I really don't know. It feels medieval to me too. Leaning towards vessel.
We will go back next weekend. Hopefully the field is rolled flat then...

 

[Westfront]

Great timing is right! That's a great collection of finds. Nice camera work too!

Thanks!

 

[jewelerguy]

On this site, both. The small one you see in the foreground comes from the German assault rifle stgw 44. The troops defending there were equipped with the best they could get at that time. Also the many driving band fragments are witness to the heavy fighting along the road nearby. The .50 cal. are most likely from aircraft, both low level attack and bombers shooting Luftwaffe fighter planes.
I told some time before, on the farm to this field belongs fighting took place. Your Guys were sitting in the barn, ours still defending the farm house. Victims of both parties were laying where they met destiny when the farmers came back to their village...So sad.

Thanks for the reply. I've always been interested in the history of WW2. I've always thought it very interesting, although a sad chapter in human history.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

A great day in the out-of-doors..."just above freezing".
BIG Congrats on returing an item to the owner...we see so little of that...at least over here.
And 8 Romans aint half bad either.