Well I said this would be my last visit to this field whilst still in stubble in my last post?
However as you can see it was a good move to have one more search, I was going to search the field on the opposite side of the road as it had been ploughed but as we had a good downpour I decided it would be too sticky under foot.
So I found myself in the field of dreams!!!
After the usual cuppa and chocky bar I made my way to the bottom of the field were I was mainly digging bits of lead, cartridges and bronze bits and pieces, it’s funny how you are drawn to what has been the more productive areas of fields only to neglect other areas with this in mind I found myself searching the corner of the field, where on the opposite side of the fence in a grass field you can see the traces of medieval hut platforms, this was a good move as a lovely high pitched sound rang out in my head phones and a couple of spade digs later and my first bit of silver in the form of a Sixpence of George 111, dated 1817.
Less than a few steps away and another signal and out popped this Silver chain? Incomplete and possibly part of an Albert chain? It weighs 22 grams and is 10” long.
I was running out of time due to work commitment so decided to work my way back to the car which for some reason I had parked in a different place than usual this once again took me to a part of the field I had not spent a lot of time on and less than 10 yards from the car I had a nice but shallow signal, in went the spade flipped over the soil and lying next to the hole was the unmistakable glint of Gold
straight away I could see it was a ring and I just knew I had finally after all these years got my first bit of medieval gold,
after a careful bit of cleaning I could unfortunately see it has had damage to the bezel as well as being misshaped and the stone was missing,
that said as you would expect it made little difference to me…it looks to me to be 15th-16th century, and my thoughts are it would have had a coloured stone , I will endeavour to sieve through the spoil from the hole just in case it had recently been dislodged it’s a long shot but hey worth a go. I have yet to show the farmer who I am sure will say it is worth thousands he’s like that aren’t they all? But clearly with the damage it will not be, that said the treasure act will take care of all that and who knows may be it will be returned to me due to damage,
I hope you have enjoyed this special find, and I still wait for the field to be ploughed….…quite fancy Hammered gold,
till next time swing low.