I managed to get out detecting for the first time in five weeks on Sunday with Rob, Ray and Geoff to a damp location over the border.
The day started bright and early and we were on the road by 7am swapping detecting news and holiday stories all the way. We arrived at the farm and found Geoff already there, soon got all suited and booted and headed into the first pastures.
Quite a few of the normal coppers, musket balls, buttons and various common finds were coming out, when I noticed an elated Rob in the distance giving me a Roman hand signal! The first decent find of the day had indeed fallen to Rob in the form of a lovely condition Roman coin - he was over the moon as it was his first ledgible one. Well done mate - well deserved.
After a while we decided to head to some fields a bit further away and promptly got confused by the map, so I asked this guy who was out walking if we were in the right one. It transpired that we were in his field, as he was the guy who owned the farm next to the one we were on. Fair play to him though he asked us if we could detect on his land and walked us into his fields and started to tell us his theories regarding the land. What a result - we scored another farm!
Not a lot came up on his one pasture, but hes got a lot more for another day. I did however manage to find the largest Pot Leg (more likely to be off a couldren) I have ever seen. When it came out being bronze and covered in earth, I had visions of a Bronze Age chisel - Chef soon put me straight though on it being a pot leg. In fairness I could see it as soon as he mentioned it - just never seen one that size before!
After a while we trudged back detecting our way to the original field, with Ray finding a silver sixpence on route and Geoff finding a gaming token.
Shortly after I was detecting near Rob and he had dug a clump out so called me over saying "I got a good feeling about this mate - I think its a small hammered". He slowly prized open the baked soil and inside was a cut half that we guessed was Henry III. Rob was over the moon as it was not only his first cut half but also his oldest hamster to date. A great result.
The day was coming to a close and I for one was knackered, but very happy. I didn't find a lot, but thats the way it goes sometimes. Great day out.
Cheers
Neil
