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I had a great day out with Deadlock and he of Psycho fame N.Bates. Well I had decided to take them on to the only bit of pasture I could find, this included 4 fields I have only spent a few hours on but with known Roman habitation.
I'll say now that as has been regular of late today was not to be my day with only a Georgian grot and a Roman mount, Oh and maybe a palm guard ???
Well on with the story.......Nick had only been on the first field for about 20 mins and came the immortal words of "I've got a Roman" and so he did a late 3rd century grot. A hour later or so Al chips in with one of his own and follows it a little later with a Roman folis. We changed fields a few times after this, with Nick getting another grot and all of us getting well and truly soaked in a passing storm that was looking for New York.
It was about now that Al comes up with the suggestion of returning to the first field and so of we trot, dripping as we went :D
15 minutes later and Nick is holding aloft a 9ct gold child's signet ring, the first ring he has ever found. One proviso I always make when people come on to my land is they have got to find something good...but a gold ring ummm?

Well not half an hour later he is at it again lol but this time the word wasn't "Roman" or "Gold" but "Hoard!".
Yep he was really taking the P..s now :D And a hoard is exactly what he has found, he has retrieved 11 coins so far and through consultation with the FLO on the phone, the rest is still there awaiting her visit along with someone from the County Archaeologist's office tomorrow morning. The hole has been filled after covering the coins we could see and a fuller excavation will happen tomorrow. I think we counted 11 more poking out of the soil but how many are below these is anybodies guess.
A huge congratulations to Nick on finding a hoard and an even bigger well done for have the self restraint to not go and borrow a JCB lol

A great result guys! Well done for fighting the temptation and leaving it until FLO can join you. Am I right in thinking the last coin in the Romans group shot is a denari? Looks awfully silver in colour on the pad.

Very good of you Chef to let your guests make all the finds as usual. Your very giving!!! ;D

See you soon
Neil

well done on the Hoard , be interesting to find out how many lurk beneath the soil...... 8) 8)

wow. well done guys.

So looking fwd to the progress report.

Aren't I just ::) an absolute B....y saint me. lol
No silver yet, just a trick of the light and the mud. I'll be posting reports from the field as we go tomorrow...after giving Nick a running commentry on the phone lol

WELL DONE! CAN'T WAIT HEAR SOME MORE REPORTS TOMORROW :o :o

Saw Al and Nick tonight at the club meeting with their finds WOW :o they were still buzzin and no wonder.  Cant wait to hear what is found tomorrow
rookypair

The coins recovered look as if they are 3rd century radiates Geoff.  Once done, the analysis could be very interesting.

I've only cleaned the mud off one and yes it's Claudius II 268-270, but that late 3rd early 4th is the same as other coins found on different fields belonging to the same habitation site.

wow , well found , hope theres a bucket full down there  :) :) :)

Geoff geoff geoff, thank you so very much for your hospitality i couldnt have asked for a better host ;D it was a great day and i look forward to having a chat  tommorow lol. i best go take some calms before i hit the sack!!!!

WoW!  Well done.  :)

Right in the middle of one of the Reece spikes of coinage minted  [due to inflationary pressures]. As i said, the analysis will be very very interesting indeed.  whats the betting they all fall within the range  276 to 286!

And if anyone would like to know which top flight machine Nick was using...it was a Garrett Euro Ace  :o but he did have a Detech 12"x 15" SEF on one end and a pair of Chefphones on the other  ;D

WOW well done guys hope you find alot more buried under there tomorrow  :)

a great find and story....well done.....i look forward to the progress report with great anticipation...... ;).......byron

well done guys fingers crossed for you  ;)

Well done guys .. can't wait for the update  ;) 

great news guys,,,well done...

Thank you Chef for a great day. Well done nick on the hoard of romans and gold ring will look forward to here how the digs goes tday. Once again thank you chef.

well done diggers fab news,fab machine... ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

welldone on the hoard..hope its a big one guys look forward to this evenings report...again welldone all...

ray

chef,what a great day out look forward to the report well done boys.viv

Great find lads, looking forward to finding out how many more are buried there.

Congratulations to you all  ;) Fantastic discovery :o
Good on ya Geoff,topman 8)

Well done Geoff, I can see why you're so chuffed

Well the grand score was 44, coins deposited in what appears to be a leather bag. It was fascinating watching the excavation and the evidence it could reveal, it made me feel quite guilty about just digging a hole lol.
From what can be gleaned from the dig, the bag was deposited below the floor level and next to a wall, whether inside or out can't be told without a lager scale excavation but the obvious thought is that it was inside.

We need a bit of room. Laura educating the Farmer.
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That's better
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Scraping back the years
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Getting close
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The bag becomes more obvious (dark area next to hand)
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Extended trench shows the wall
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So not only has Nick found a hoard he has also added an unknown building to the record. All the coins would appear to be radiates but official mint and so looks as if they were selectively chosen, too early to tell for certain but first thoughts are that they are all from the reigns of Gallienus and Claudius II  so 260-272 AD.

Thats realy interesting, Geoff. Thanks for posting the picis. Thats a good sized wall as well. Wonder what sort of building it was.

Contrats to all.

Val

Well done Geoff, great follow up report. 

Congrats to all concerned.

I agree with the other comments, well done on the follow-up

Wow  :o  Very well done Nick and everyone, great pics as well Chef :)  Well thats set the standard, I'll expect a hoard of my own as well when we get that day out you mentioned  one day Chef  ;)  LOL

Wow guys great day out super story unfolding here,congratulations ;)

great pics geoff,,,,,, ;D.......they really tell the story of the excavation.... ;)....well done to everyone involved, from discovery to unearthing the hoard......byron

Nice pics and update. Thanks. Very interesting.  :)

great pics and follow up ........... 8) nice one , you won't forget that in a hurry....

Did they take any levels or do any planning Geoff? How exactly did they record the hoard?  I know with watching briefs a lot of the time it's just the minimum of recording and as I have never been privy to partake in an excavation of this nature (of what is essentially a single find) I was wondering how it was recorded? Cheers.

No, no surveying was carried out but I guess due to financial restrictions and not knowing about the building would limit the amount of recording necessary. Recording was by GPS for location, physical measure of the coin and bag area also that of the trench and the relation to the wall and it's orientation. Scale photographs were taken and grid drawing was done. ;)

Super pic's and report Geoff ... and a big well done to one and all  ;)

Great write up high standard to the max well done so very interesting

Thank you Geoff once again for the day out and as usual a brilliant write up. Regardless of who found it, its always a team effort in my eyes and always see an invite to someone elses permission as real priviledge, your a true gentlemen!! its who your with that makes up 90% of the day with the banter and a good chat and laugh. I certainly will take and treasure this memory to my grave (Or unless im unfortunate enough to get Alzheimer's!!!!) Ive come a long way since i started detecting in january with my old Garrett Ace 100!!! and wouldnt have kept an interest if it wasnt for all the brilliant people in the hobby and mainly the wealth of knowledge on Detecting Wales.

Big pat on the back to everyone who keeps this hobby alive.

Nick

 :ogood one nick.look forward to hear further results

The Garrett searcher newsletter decided to do a little write up!!! page 37

http://www.garrett.com/hobbysite/searcher_pdf/searcher_winter_2013_2.pdf (http://www.garrett.com/hobbysite/searcher_pdf/searcher_winter_2013_2.pdf)

Well done I hope mant more turn up I remember a small hoard of roman coins being    f ound on a club dig and the excitment of finding them

awsome result guys ,you lucky peeps ,very nice

Great find - love the 'side shot' with the coins still stacked.

How long did it take the FLO to come out and excavate?

Hi Probono the FLO excavated the next day!!!

 :)nice, one day lol :)

Hi all

Its been a while!! i have an update for my hoard. It went through the treasure process and was disclaimed by the british museum, its now in the process of been returned to myself.

Thanks again Geoff for the once in a lifetime memory (up to now :) )

When im up and running scanner and all, ill post my letters/ID for ya all to have gander over.

Cheers Nick

Good one mate, looking forward to the images etc.

super finds :o well searched good luck tomorrow  ;)

missed this 1st time around .. what a cracker of a read ,still goes to show whats still out there

fantastic story  :)

congratulations on the hoard  8)

Sharkey

Nice one Nick, when is Geoff taking you again ;D ;D

It only goes to show that with the right equipment and the right person you can find the goods,the euro ace is a cheap machine but it performs really well,perhaps any machine can find the good stuff if it as a good coil and phones fitted.It may be better to buy a cheap detector and upgrade the coil and phones.Maybe forum members can add some comments on the matter. :-\

just been reading this , wow this is what it's all about cracking well done all , super chef phones doing a cracking job

I also missed this first time around ... great read and congratulations to all of you  ;)

i missed this aswell! Great read and well done :D

Don't know how I could have missed this post ?!  What a day out ! Great photos of the coins still in the soil, must have given a fantastic signal.

Just had an email from Nick, it's all now been finalised and put to bed. The details have been logged on PAS, photos to follow ;)

http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/527842 (http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/527842)

I just have to gather them up off the Yorkshire flo now, when they finally arrive up here

very detailed report ! well found