pottery and finds

[celticspikey]

Hi to you all ! Just like to share with you my day out yesterday, it was  on a farm in wiltshire my normal hunting ground,I have searched this 80 acre field before some years ago with very few finds, however I had decided to start the other end this time and work my way back and glad i did . The field had been ploughed and rolled,so conditions were  ideal, As i started detecting I noticed roman pottery scattered about infact quite a bit as can be seen from my pictures,
also a fair amount of lead. After about 4 hours i had found several roman coins, a part of a brooch head, a broken siliqua and numerous buttons etc, part of the field is set a side and i am sure whatever lies beneath the soil is situated within the set a side as most of the finds are close to it ,more searching i hope will confirm this as well as some better condition coins and artifacts. it was a great day out albeit very foggy at times, and as the farmer was also seeding keeping an eye out for the tractor was a must as i did not want to end up as human fertiliser ! I will get back soon and give an update.

[Chef Geoff]

Looks an excellent site Spikey, though I've got to tell you that if that field is 80 acres and ploughed, even if you detected it 5 days a week it would take you years to detect it properly.......so get back there soon

[celticspikey]

Looks an excellent site Spikey, though I've got to tell you that if that field is 80 acres and ploughed, even if you detected it 5 days a week it would take you years to detect it properly.......so get back there soon

Cheers geoff thats true, been out today again will post finds tomorrow,no roman this time.

[silky]

plenty of severn valley ware there , keep at it the roman finds will turn up