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
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.
Not in the greatest condition, but it'll do me
The only other coins were a Farthing of George IV and a cartwheel penny
And other finds included two pot legs, 3 harness brasses and a tractor driver
