Welsh Neil
New member
I had a flexi day off work today and thanks to an invite from a fellow DetectingWales.com new member, armed with my Explorer II, I headed off into deepest Wales at 7.30am.
The day started slow, and got even slower , with me finding nothing but lead and at some stupid depths due to the pastures soil being so wet. The one piece came out at around 14-16 inches and was crisp all the way down and only the size of a 5 pence piece. Yet despite the depth only lead and some lovely pieces of Samian ware I need to photograph later came out. My headphones - Big Blues then proceeded to pack in! Great another pair not working - I've tried Koss, Big Blues and Sony and they all fall over pretty quickly. So I'm now headphoneless and its about 4.30pm
I had a few other curios, but nothing very special until I headed toward my host to see what he had found, and under his insistance try the area he was in as he had just pulled out a fibular and a beautiful amber bead in another hole whilst digging lead.
I took a few steps from him and heard a lovely noise emit immediately below me. I dig about 10 inches and in the soil to the side of me I find my target. A cracking denari of Trajan 98-117 as crisp as the day it was minted. To say I was happy would be an understatement! My partner unttered a few expletives that decency prohibits me telling you about, and promptly banished me away from his area. Luckily he was only joking and in fairness was almost as happy as I was.
A great day for me as its only my third Denari and my first non Republican. Another target ticked off the list.
Cheers
Neil
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The day started slow, and got even slower , with me finding nothing but lead and at some stupid depths due to the pastures soil being so wet. The one piece came out at around 14-16 inches and was crisp all the way down and only the size of a 5 pence piece. Yet despite the depth only lead and some lovely pieces of Samian ware I need to photograph later came out. My headphones - Big Blues then proceeded to pack in! Great another pair not working - I've tried Koss, Big Blues and Sony and they all fall over pretty quickly. So I'm now headphoneless and its about 4.30pm
I had a few other curios, but nothing very special until I headed toward my host to see what he had found, and under his insistance try the area he was in as he had just pulled out a fibular and a beautiful amber bead in another hole whilst digging lead.
I took a few steps from him and heard a lovely noise emit immediately below me. I dig about 10 inches and in the soil to the side of me I find my target. A cracking denari of Trajan 98-117 as crisp as the day it was minted. To say I was happy would be an understatement! My partner unttered a few expletives that decency prohibits me telling you about, and promptly banished me away from his area. Luckily he was only joking and in fairness was almost as happy as I was.
A great day for me as its only my third Denari and my first non Republican. Another target ticked off the list.
Cheers
Neil
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