|
Title: My first Roman find Post by: Trefor Meirionnydd on February 15, 2017, 12:55:24 PM Went across the border at the weekend to an LGD dig at Weston Lullingfields and had an interesting day. It was very nice to meet you there Myke. The day was cold and windy with sleet, rain and mud but finding this Roman fibula brooch really did make it all worthwhile. It made me stop and think that I was the first person to touch this since Roman times when someone found their toga flapping in the breeze and realised they had lost it...
Title: Re: My first Roman find Post by: Resurgam on February 15, 2017, 03:23:08 PM Nice find. I often wonder if they lose em' or chuck em'! So many that are found are broke, it makes me think that someone was turning out shoddy Roman goods. ::)
Title: Re: My first Roman find Post by: wittsy1 on February 15, 2017, 04:57:36 PM Very nice, well done on your first Roman find.
Title: Re: My first Roman find Post by: ian the nomad on February 15, 2017, 07:31:50 PM What a great first Roman find congratulations.
Title: Re: My first Roman find Post by: rogervernon on February 15, 2017, 07:52:40 PM Well done, always nice to find first roman, and like you i was thinking the same about last person to touch it. :)
Title: Re: My first Roman find Post by: wagis on February 15, 2017, 09:41:59 PM They probably got them from the roman equivalent of pound stretcher lol
Title: Re: My first Roman find Post by: Andre on February 15, 2017, 09:45:41 PM Nice find mate👏,what sound did that target give you?
Title: Re: My first Roman find Post by: Trefor Meirionnydd on February 16, 2017, 09:21:04 AM Thanks all. I've looked at a few of these brooches online since and this was obviously at the cheaper end of the scale :P
It was a nice clear sound up/down, left/right and one that just had to be dug. The funny thing was that I had only moved off line to that spot so that I could tidy up someone's poorly re-filled hole. This was less than three feet away and 4"-5" deep. How lucky am I that I did that ;D Title: Re: My first Roman find Post by: marknewbury1 on February 16, 2017, 12:09:48 PM Nice find for your Roman the LGD digs are getting big all over the country and Wales they are finding gold coins like old pennies after start going on a few hopefully £20 a rally or 15 if you a full member Plus fuel cost & the Bridge charges after organise it for a couple to go to keep costs down ??
Title: Re: My first Roman find Post by: Myke on February 17, 2017, 10:57:48 AM Hi Trefor, so it was you who found my roman brooch !!!
was great to speak with you briefly before we went over the top....and you fault I was there at all! hope to see you again...(good karma tidying up holes...roman Gods smiled on you ....mixed religious metaphors lol) |