craigy

it must have been quite obvious to the people who know about these as it went unsold, wort £1 and the postage as a little curio type thing,

any chance of a picture of the 2 side by side to compare of this modified bust ? been trying to find examples but aint got a clue what i'm lookig nat

just spotted the rest of them lol, imagine finding that lot

Nice shape for the issue, not got round to id ing it properly yet, if anyone fancies a go that would be welcome

yeah that was colin hanson, richard evans runs it now (well his wife gill looks after it) , he runs the brilliant central searchers club based in northampton, http://www.centralsearchers.co.uk/

i always use fid, only cause my pal runs it now, you near to Northampton ? they ave digs every weekend that way,

FID insurance ??? (federation of independent detectorists) or NCMD (national council for metal detecting)

Nice Henry III London Penny, Moneyer ABEL

good machines garrets, i use a Minelab Explorer II, and a XP goldmaxxx power, love them both, the explorer cannot be beaten in the mud and wet sand, it loves it

Scottish thistle merk, think its an 8th one

Nice little Edwardian farthing, and a pair of Henry III cut quarters, love finding these small coins

Nice William the lion cut half,

you'll be amazed how some coins come out the soil, you will know if you detect, roman silver can come out covered in a thick layer making them look like a cruddy bronze, this Julia Domna denny took me hours of cleaning, shame it has a chunk missing, shame i didnt get a before pic either doh

ground is like dust, so no sticky mud, my fingers, bottle of water and my t shirt, i'll get you a shot of the other side when i get in from work,

really, what tells you its fake ? just interested, there what 3 k in unc ?

found this nice welsh cut half of Rhuddlan Mint back end of spring this year, , retrograde N and the 5 3 1 pellet crown configuration gives it away, moneyer is Simond

nice to find hammered this time of year, not had hammered off this particular field before so a Tealby cut half was a welcome start, ground is hard as,

can't know every thing about everything, English Hammered pennies is my thing, 1180 - 1272, Henry III's voided long cross pennies is my specialty though,

top left is the famous Edward I groat, nearly all the ones found by detectorists have been turned into brooches

is it the same person lol, haha, never knew that yes i use him for my capsules with the foam inserts, his postage time is unrivaled, you can order 5 capsules at half 4 in the afternoon and they'll be there in the morning first thing, free postage too, worth ordering from him just to see that lol

suffolk, nice area for detecting, my kids live in felixstowe, lots of roman and saxon that way, friend of mine found a saxon burial not far from sutton hoo a couple of years ago, brooches etc, they reckon the metal work came out the same workshop as the sutton hoo stuff as its about the same time, i'm not at liberty to give the exact village it was found in

been detecting around 12 years now, i wish it were that easy down in sarf essex, lots of people looking for permission on limited land, and we have many a barren field this way, same as everywhere, i started off on beaches and in woods, although you need permission in woods even, did the local parks, not strictly legal as you need permission again, but i stayed out the way and filled holes and kept to evenings and early mornings, i put myself about a bit after a while, writing letters etc, i got a couple of yes's and never looked back, some of the older crowed have 1000's of acres stitched up that no one can get permission on, and they never show the landowners a thing, i got lucky because one guy i wrote to owned several farms and that led me to meeting and getting to know an agricultural contractor who hooked me up with a few other people, i have other people detecting on my permissions so there not all exclusive to me, some are, i have lost farms to other people or the farmer gets funny because you show him everything and let them have what they want and then they think your still having it away, i always record my finds with the portable antiquities scheme and report anything that falls within the 1996 treasure act , there's always plenty of digs around the country you can go on, and quite a few clubs who have deals with farmers, i'm also lucky to have the Thames pretty much at the bottom of my road, and often go into the city to forage around the foreshore, again you need a permit from the port of london authority or be a member of the Society of Mudlarks

cant beat a clod shot,