bodkin
Elite Member
Hi all.
My detecting buddy Dave and I had the nod that the hay had been cut on one of our permissions, and by Tuesday it was baled and being collected. So Tuesday and Wednesday after work I headed over and managed over two hours on both evenings. Lots of chopped up aluminium drinks cans meant plenty of digging but finds were more elusive. Still, I did manage a few bits and bobs including a George II Ha'penny and a George III Penny along with buttons, a lead soldier, an interesting lead seal with an anchor and SCW or SCV and 130 scratched into the back.
Thursday evening we checked out another field for a quick search where thing were not looking promising at all. I dug blobs of lead, aluminium can shreds and rubbish. On my last strip before calling it a day, I did manage to recover a musket ball - which was something I suppose..... Thinking that there had to be something in 2nd field other than rubbish, we headed back today. I managed about 4 hours until it started to rain, but did a bit better than yesterday. I managed a few more Ha'pennies, a Russian bale/sack seal, a fragment of bronze that possibly is from a cooking pot and the head of a horse. My best find today was a 1607 hammered Sixpence of James I of England and VI of Scotland. Dave also managed a folded hammered Sixpence of Elizabeth I - a first for him, and his Dodgy Deus!
Well done Dave!
Many thanks,
b.
My detecting buddy Dave and I had the nod that the hay had been cut on one of our permissions, and by Tuesday it was baled and being collected. So Tuesday and Wednesday after work I headed over and managed over two hours on both evenings. Lots of chopped up aluminium drinks cans meant plenty of digging but finds were more elusive. Still, I did manage a few bits and bobs including a George II Ha'penny and a George III Penny along with buttons, a lead soldier, an interesting lead seal with an anchor and SCW or SCV and 130 scratched into the back.
Thursday evening we checked out another field for a quick search where thing were not looking promising at all. I dug blobs of lead, aluminium can shreds and rubbish. On my last strip before calling it a day, I did manage to recover a musket ball - which was something I suppose..... Thinking that there had to be something in 2nd field other than rubbish, we headed back today. I managed about 4 hours until it started to rain, but did a bit better than yesterday. I managed a few more Ha'pennies, a Russian bale/sack seal, a fragment of bronze that possibly is from a cooking pot and the head of a horse. My best find today was a 1607 hammered Sixpence of James I of England and VI of Scotland. Dave also managed a folded hammered Sixpence of Elizabeth I - a first for him, and his Dodgy Deus!
Well done Dave!Many thanks,
b.
Was there a 1700 - 1800's house nearby?
