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Title: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: celticspikey on February 05, 2013, 10:33:43 AM Had a return trip to a farm I have been searching for many years now and on my last visit I managed to find a lead snake which I am convinced is Roman but as yet I have been unable to identify as to what it was used for, that said it definitely was suspended from something? See previous post!! The field in question is approximately 60acres lies a short distance from a hill fort, it slopes gently south and the area I have become interested in is the lower edge of this slope, it appears to have an enclosure in it, visible as a slight bank in the form of a rectangle, within this I have had a massive amount of roman pottery and a lot of lead however not a lot of roman metal work apart from a few grots, and a couple of broken brooches, naturally I have been mainly conducting my searches within this area, however yesterday I decided to search on the bottom of the slope and was glad I did as you can see , my first find was a lovely small dolphin brooch with a nice patina and in great condition (1st century) then as I approached the edge of a wood I received a signal that I thought was going to be a cartridge!! But it turned out to be a roman coin, over the next hour I recovered more coins 9 in total dated around Constantine (camp gate issue) what is interesting is that some of the coins appear to have evidence of them being in the ground together as they have corresponding marks of light green bronze disease!!!!! I have included a couple of close ups what do you think!! either I am on to a possible hoard with more may be in a pot or container yet to be found, a purse drop, or may be just part of casual losses over a period of time I am not sure yet and clearly will need more searches, it would also be nice to find some much better condition coins that stray from hoards ,the field is in short stubble at the moment and awaiting ploughing, deeply I hope. Oh and the farmer had someone call in and request permission recently but declined thankfully, not the first time this has happened lucky for me I have very good relations with him. Hope you enjoyed this will keep you updated, still trying to get Talk-Talk to sort internet connections out so have to log on at friend’s house for time being might not get back to any responses for a day or two.
Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: Roman (Ray) on February 05, 2013, 12:08:19 PM welldone mr spikey..cracking finds and no dout a cracking site mate..theres plenty more there mate..love the brooch..never had a brooch myself so its one on my wish list.
again great finds sir keep it up mucker !! Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: glynkid on February 05, 2013, 12:52:43 PM Great finds must be loads more to find well done
Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: Mungo on February 05, 2013, 01:16:45 PM well done on your finds m8............. 8)
Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: celticspikey on February 05, 2013, 01:46:06 PM Cheers guys back tomorrow,see what turns up ;)
Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: Neil on February 05, 2013, 03:03:39 PM So, last year a Medieval field of dreams and this year a Roman field of dreams! :o
For my half groats worth I would say there is evidence of coins certainly being on top of each other - photo number 6. I believe theres a lot more to come out here. Keep them coming Spikey - group shot at the end as well please mate. cheers Neil Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: Dryland on February 05, 2013, 05:00:28 PM well found C.S
Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: alun on February 05, 2013, 05:03:46 PM Great finds, thats the site most people wish for. Nice one. Look forward to your follow up.
Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: dances with badgers on February 05, 2013, 05:18:35 PM awsome paul,woohoo u lucky booger :D
Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: WeCan-Octavian on February 05, 2013, 05:29:09 PM Brilliant finds well done mucker, im sure you will produce plenty more!!
Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: probono on February 05, 2013, 08:10:41 PM Top stuff - I'd certainly agree with Neil - partly on photo six, and also the condition of quite a few of them, and the fact that the date range is pretty small.
It'll good to see the group if / when you find them :) Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: DEADLOCK on February 05, 2013, 08:14:28 PM Well found great write up look forwarf to seein more
Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: hotmill on February 05, 2013, 08:34:44 PM Well done mate, bet you're made up with that site :)
Title: Re: Roman, could there be more!! Post by: Rob1974 on February 05, 2013, 09:26:42 PM Nice write up mate, nice finds also.
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