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Title: Funny old game init? Post by: Chef Geoff on April 08, 2012, 04:59:14 PM Yesterday I managed to track down the land owner of a field that borders two I have permission on, both of which have produced Roman coins and brooches and very close to the connecting hedge-line. So this morning with Flask all coffee'd up I headed out for a days Roman detecting.
This field is totally undetected but oooooooh nooooo! as soon as I turned the machine on I knew from the signals that this field had seen medieval quarrying Ahhhhh! What this basically means is that the soil that you see is either completely mixed up or relatively new to the site :-\ My first signal was the ubiquitous shotty cap followed only a few yards further on by what sounded like another, But on digging it out I was presented with a gold wedding band :o (http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/Chef_02/080412001.jpg) It has no hallmarks and going by the thickness (or lack of it) I would say it dates from the Georgian era. This is the second fine gold ring that I have found that signalled as a shotty cap. The first was on a DW rally and was checked by Taff with his Etrac and by RJM with the Deus and yes both would of expected a Shotty....So be warned, never assume ;) Well I think I can date the quarrying as all the finds (which were few) dated after 1700, but I did get my peice of silver in the shape of a groat of William IV. (http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/Chef_02/080412003.jpg) Not in the greatest condition, but it'll do me ;D The only other coins were a Farthing of George IV and a cartwheel penny (http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/Chef_02/080412005.jpg)(http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/Chef_02/080412010.jpg) And other finds included two pot legs, 3 harness brasses and a tractor driver ;D (http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/Chef_02/080412007.jpg) Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: Techony on April 08, 2012, 05:11:57 PM Love the medieval tractor driver ;D ;D ;D
And the gold ring's not too shabby either. Good day there Chef. Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: Neil on April 08, 2012, 05:15:22 PM Nice one Cheffy - well done on the gold - seems to be a glut of gold rings turning up tonight on here!!!
See you soon Neil Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: dances with badgers on April 08, 2012, 05:16:37 PM weldone geffers :)
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: daimole on April 08, 2012, 05:48:37 PM Nice!! ring to that story Geoff ;) gold as always eluded me ??? ???
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: Metalmickey on April 08, 2012, 05:56:40 PM Nice going & gr8 pics ! ;)
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: DEADLOCK on April 08, 2012, 05:59:50 PM welldone on the fund chef gr eat stuff perhaps roman to follow
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: nobby on April 08, 2012, 06:10:54 PM a shotgun cap hey :-\..........perhaps it was a shotgun wedding ;D
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: Pipster on April 10, 2012, 10:41:05 AM Well that's the best shotty cap I've ever seen :o :o Well done mate .... Lets hope there's a few more nice shotty caps tomorrow ;) ;D ;)
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: Kev on April 10, 2012, 11:02:27 AM well done Chef nice gold ring ,and the photos great as ever. ;)
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: Roman (Ray) on April 10, 2012, 11:19:25 AM wwooww welldone cheffy great find mucker..jammy git..lol. ;D
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: markymark123 on April 10, 2012, 11:24:13 AM Well done on the gold ;D
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: WeCan-Octavian on April 10, 2012, 01:20:16 PM Good to see Geoff ;D
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: silky on April 10, 2012, 07:40:46 PM well done chef ,its been great to see some of the prized yellow stuff coming out ,and it spurs me on to go out and look for some myself :)
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: termite on April 10, 2012, 08:23:18 PM Love the ring Geoff
Title: Re: Funny old game init? Post by: roger g on April 10, 2012, 08:32:16 PM Well done Geoff like the ring roger g ;D
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