Busy Club Dig....

[Pete e]

I was out today with my local Club on a hill farm high above Wrexham.

The weather was gorgeous, actually too warm and the views were stunning..

I had a busy day with several coppers in poor to fair condition, a rather battered lid off a silver cigarette case, a Tudor buckle with silky smooth patina, (1500s) a cut half silver penny (King John, around 1200) and a bullhead sixpence in rather nice condition..

Others had three or four hammered, several milled silvers including a gothic Florin, plus half a dozen or so Roman including a silver Denari as the Finders first Ronan coin...

All in a very enjoyable day out indeed..

 

[too_pointer]

Nice pics, thanks
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[MasonDixonMding]

Very nice.

 

[Digger RJ]

I was out today with my local Club on a hill farm high above Wrexham.

The weather was gorgeous, actually too warm and the views were stunning..

I had a busy day with several coppers in poor to fair condition, a rather battered lid off a silver cigarette case, a Tudor buckle with silky smooth patina, (1500s) a cut half silver penny (King John, around 1200) and a bullhead sixpence in rather nice condition..

Others had three or four hammered, several milled silvers including a gothic Florin, plus half a dozen or so Roman including a silver Denari as the Finders first Ronan coin...

All in a very enjoyable day out indeed..

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Wolf-Dog]

Cool coins & relics! Nice work.

 

[SeabeeRon]

Thanks for the share!!

Was wondering if the area up where you are or down where Doug is gets more Roman finds?

 

[Pete e]

Thanks for the share!!

Was wondering if the area up where you are or down where Doug is gets more Roman finds?

I can't speak for where Doug is, but Roman finds tend to be very localised around me and not that common. Hit a hotspot and the results can be amazing. Earlier in the year, we found one such hot spot and over three visits approx ten Roman brooches came up in an area the size of tennis court. A few coins were found scattered around a larger area, but the core hotspot was very small..

On the last dig I attended, 5 Roman coins came up in one part of one field. That was considered a notable result for the area concerned.

In contrast I have permission over a dozen or so farms in my area, and have only ever found one fibula in four years of detecting, and no coins...I have found Bronze Age and Iron Age, just virtually no Roman..

If you go further south in the UK, or even just from the hill country to the plains where the farming was better, the Roman presence was much greater, and the locals became Romanised into what we term Romano - Britons...As a result, Finds tend to be much more wide spread, although hotspots still exist as well..

 

[Doug]

I can't speak for where Doug is, but Roman finds tend to be very localised around me and not that common. Hit a hotspot and the results can be amazing. Earlier in the year, we found one such hot spot and over three visits approx ten Roman brooches came up in an area the size of tennis court. A few coins were found scattered around a larger area, but the core hotspot was very small..

On the last dig I attended, 5 Roman coins came up in one part of one field. That was considered a notable result for the area concerned.

In contrast I have permission over a dozen or so farms in my area, and have only ever found one fibula in four years of detecting, and no coins...I have found Bronze Age and Iron Age, just virtually no Roman..

If you go further south in the UK, or even just from the hill country to the plains where the farming was better, the Roman presence was much greater, and the locals became Romanised into what we term Romano - Britons...As a result, Finds tend to be much more wide spread, although hotspots still exist as well..

I live and detect in a very localised Roman area.

We had a local FB group dig couple of months ago.

Roman coin hoard found by one of our members, coins recovered and documented by the local archaeologist, total so far 8500 approx.

 

[Pete e]

I live and detect in a very localised Roman area.

We had a local FB group dig couple of months ago.

Roman coin hoard found by one of our members, coins recovered and documented by the local archaeologist, total so far 8500 approx.

Now that is amazing! I just want a single Denarius! lol