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Yesterday Deadlock honoured me with his company for a days detecting down here in deepest, darkest Somerset, I had only visited this site on a handful of occasions in the past but it had shown promise with finds from early Roman brooches through too Lizzy hammereds and so was a bit of a blank canvas as far as what we expected.
Well to cut to the chase my very first diggable signal was to be the find of the decade for me and it wasn't even on my wish list the reason being is that they're as rare as hen's teeth in Somerset, it was a Saxon continental porcupine Sceat 695-750 :o
While in the east of the country they dig these up for a pastime there are only 3 recorded for the whole of Somerset because during the time of this coins production Somerset was still in the process of being conquered by the Saxons and the Welsh from Dumnonia were being pushed back into Devon and Cornwall.
My only other finds were a battered 17thC tradesman's farthing and a Roman grot while Al did get a lovely folis of Constantine the Great and a far better condition 17thC farthing along with a fistful of coins.
After 37 years detecting there are not many finds that get my pulse racing but this was certainly a day I'll remember.

(http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/Chef_02/sceatweb.jpg)

great find well done ;)

WOW well found mr chefphones , although not that rare in the rhondda as i got 2 in my change this morning from the local shop ,yes we still use them as currency in the rhondda
on a more serious note well found geoff and the condition is superb , a find in a life time for some people i would love to see it on the next rally if you dont mind cheers mate  ;D ;D

stunning find geoff well done .

That is indeed a fine coin Geoff, I'm pleased for you mate I never knew there were so few recorded  :o well done to deadlock as well on his roman folis, deepest Somerset does it again ;)

Welcome to the club Geoff

thats a lovely find and a beauty to get the pulses racing!  As they say in that funny ol game  "back of the net, son"

well done young man

 ;D ;D

Well done Geoff!!

Something that's still on my wish list - rarer than hens' teeth in Wales!

Well found Matey thats a little cracker, although at your age you need to be careful of anything that gets your pulse racing  ;) ;D ;D

Well found Geoff, thats a lovely coin, I bet your glad you found it and not Deadlock.
Geoff

Lovely find Chef, absolute stunner  ;D

Look forward to seeing it :)

What a great find, well done.

Wow well found Geoff, bet your well chuffed with that  :)

Congrats Geoff. No doubt about that one, great find.

Lets us all wonder if maybe, perhaps, one day.   ::)

Val

what dreams are made of, great find, must be well chuffed  ;D

cracking well done you lucky man

very nice indeed mate well saved .

oddly enough I was out with neil this morning and said chef has been a tad quiet on the finds front lately  :o

What a find sir, incredible!  ;D

Fantastic find, now that is a keeper !!
Well done geoff

Superb!

very nice

congratulations Geoff, amazing find  8)

I have to take my hat off to the master this time what a find!!! :o. To say i was sick as a parrot would be an understatement  :o.  But it cudnt of gone to a better person well done geoff.  hoping for a return to that field so many signals.
here are my very best  

cracking finds guys.... 8)

Excellent find well done ;)

Also on my wish list!

Disregarding the Sceat (if you can)  that's not too dusty Al.  I'd be more than happy with one of those finds. Well done the pair of you.  We'll have to start calling you 'The Dynamic Duo'   ;)


Val

Haha val as long as I'm the younger better looking one. ;-)

Not saying another word Al   ::)


Val

Very nice well found ;)

Thanks all, finding something this small brings it home just how much luck is involved in this hobby a couple of millimetre left or right, if I had had to hold the coil higher for the stubble and it would still be there, I was testing the new Nokta Fors Core and unfortunately it's coloured my view when probably a shed load of other machines could have found it but this one did.
A little difference on the dates but still in the same period:
http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/643393 (http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/643393)

Back of the Net Cheffy!

Lovely find - hens teeth are next on your list I guess.

Cheers
Neil

Anybody want to buy some hens teeth, they're going CHEEP  ;D ;D

... and to help you all along, there are 173 of this type, recorded on the PAS database.

See  http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/Early+Medieval+silver+sceat%2C+Series+E+porcupine/page/1 (http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/Early+Medieval+silver+sceat%2C+Series+E+porcupine/page/1)

head for Linconshire!! lol

I forgot to post my flint,  there amazing :-D

Top find there Geoff.

I found my first sceat ever myself recently in Somerset.

Oi leave my flints alone.  >:(