Early morning start yesterday with Pipster and Tafflaff making the journey over to Somerset, to try their luck at a spot a Roman grotting
.
One corner of this new field had already produced 9 grots so I knew they were there but I just hoped there would be more for the boys to find.
But I needn't of worried for as soon as I had found no.1 my arch nemisis in the (now much slimmer
) shape of Taff was on the case and like a Jack Russell he was in amongst them.
Pipster took a bit of convincing that those low rubbishy tones were coins, but as soon as he knew he also started to find them.
I dragged the lads around two adjoining fields just to see how far the site extended but due to a lack of ploughing in these it was a wasted few hours. So it was back to the main field with Taff determined to show me how to detect (he's still bitter about the hammy count
) and he did just that
So at the end of play Pipster had 5 grots, I had 4 with the Treorchy tearaway having 10, plus he had the cheek to find a fibula too
Pip did towards the end find a hunk of Silver, which looks as if it may have been a lid from a snuff box or the like, plus during the day while digging he found a fragment of clay pipe with a lovely makers mark stamped on the base.
Anyway a cracking day and we parted company with Taff asking if next time could I find a field with loads of hammies in.............................................In your dreams Taff
