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I have been lucky enough to be detecting in the grounds of an old manor house for the last few months, and today this was rewarded with a fantastic 'hoard; (more likely a purse spill) of four Charles 1st shillings. Needless to say I couldn't believe my luck and haven't stopped smiling since!

If anyone can help with the Spinks IDs for the coins that would be great. I've also included pics of two other very nice coins I've had from there - a Lizzy sixpence and a William III shilling in great condition.

well found  ;D

Wow..great finds.

Brilliant!  :)

You're getting too good at this Dom!!!!

Well found - will need to be declared as Treasure.

As you've probably realised by looking in Spink, these are a complex series of coins.

My best guess is you have:

Two examples of Spink 2791, with mintmark crown (1635-6) and tun (1636-8).

And one each of Spink 2796 with mintmark anchor (1638-9),

and Spink 2799 with mintmark triangle-in-circle (1641-3)

These were all struck at the Tower mint under the King, and I guess could represent a small hoard due to the date of the latest coin more or less coinciding with the start of the Civil War.

Wow, I bet you'll smiling for a week. Well done.

great finds :D

Cracking finds well done  :o

Well done Dom, thats a great find

Lovely find Dom, well done ;)

Stunning - thing of dreams, well done.

Thanks all for your comments. I'm still in shock at my luck!

And many thanks to The Doc for the IDs - as you say it's a very complex series and I really didn't know where to start with them. I love the idea of it possibly being a small civil war hoard, and that's what I'm going to choose to believe until I get told otherwise!

Great stuff Dom, were they scattered far or close group, I'm sure you know to give area a good slow search,get a big head on ;)and if they were  grouped close ,maybe dig down a bit incase it's not a purse drop ::) ;)

Congratulations pal and as mentioned strap a big boy on that stem  ;)

They were a close group - all found within a 12" x 12" hole. I was using a large 'ultimate' coil but didn't dig down any further. I just did a sweep of the wider area and then had to leave. Even though it's in a formal garden I've got permission from the landowner to make any size hole I want so I'll be going back as soon as I get a chance to dig deeper and wider!  

eeexcellent (said in a mr burns fashion )

An excellent little hoard. Well done.

stunning coins well found  ;)

Back of the Net Dom!

Keep us updated on your further adventures.

Cheers
Neil

That's fantastic - glad you checked in the hole more than once :) - When I found my hoard I'm pretty certain that about 6 months earlier I'd found one of the coins, but I didn't bother to check for more!

When i found what was there, I had to go back a second day and I took a small area of turf off and found the rest that little bit deeper (but it was a scatter)

Congrats on your hoard.Well done. :) :) :) :) :)
Al

That's a great little find :) well done :)

Just a quick update - I went back to the site today with a mate and we carefully widened and deepened the hole (proper archaeology style) but found nothing further. We also detected the surrounding area very carefully, and likewise no further coins. So it's 'just' the four. Obviously I'm still over moon with them!     

very well done................. 8) 8)

well done my friend indeed well done a very nice little mixture.

Thanks again all.

I'm wondering if anyone can help with a question about one of the coins - The bottom left coin in the first picture (showing the reverses) appears to be double struck, ie the letters appear stretched and it seems to say 'ReGGno' as opposed to 'ReGno' - is this a common thing, and if not is it of any significance?

You find that sort of thing on Charles coins quite often (and others) - The coin has been struck more than one and there was some die shift.

You see it very often on the halfcrowns that were struck using a rocker press too.

There are known spelling mistakes (CHISTO for CHRISTO for instance, or AVSPCE for AVSPICE on a crown I have), but this isn't one.

Thanks Probono, that's very useful to know :0)

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well done mate if it was not for you they could have sat there forever more.very nice to see.

I appreciated seeing them at Cardiff Scan Club yesterday - much better holding them in my hand at finds of the month than just seeing a picky :)

wow i like it weldone ;)