Boston Budd & NJ Ed's second hunt April 2003

Ed & Budd's ID's over 300 years old are back from the experts, some great finds made.

IDENTIFICATIONS Ed
Roman bronze As Vespasian 69-79 ad ? Eagle on Globe
" " Sestertius of Faustina Junior Circa 160 ad ? Providentia
" " Barbarous copy of Constans AE3 Fallen horseman type circa 350 ad
Richard 1st short cross penny 1189-99 Willelm on Lund
Edward I penny of London 1272-1307
Edward IV ? halfpenny 1471-83
Elizabeth 1st half groat 1587-9 mm Crescent
Elizabeth 1st groat 1560-61 mm Martlet
Elizabeth 1st threepence 1561 mm Pheon
Fragment of James 1st sixpence mm Rose 1605-6
Charles I one penny 1625-49 Tower mint
15th c. Continental copper jeton
2 - Charles 1st rose farthings 1625-49
2 - William III sixpence 1694-1702
17th C copper farthing token
Fragment of Iron Age/Romano British bracelet cast c/a knoped end 15mm tapers to 4mm 40mm length on half-round shape
1st/2nd cent. Square loop fastener. Variant 29 Hattatt Romano British - bright yellow enamelling lozenges, traces red enamelling in ovals. Fastener as 24 Hattatt
Roman 2nd c. brooch derivative 'T' shaped tapering

14th C fragment cast c/a mount, gilded, U-shape top, peardrop - top missing - 1 lug 16mm x 11mm
14th C cast c/a suspension mount gilded, sub-triangular, broken arm, 2 rivet holes, pr collars expanded end elongated knops variant 448 Read Metal Artefacts) (no sq centre)
14th C cast c/a beehive thimble hand pitted split
15th C c/a dble loop annular buckle Ref 256 Whitehead
16th C dagger chape cast c/a, pinhole, tapers to unusual flattened flanged end. 12mm x 50mm x 20mm
16th C cast c/a circular mount 2 lugs Tudor Rose design 13mm dia. Variant 1030 Dress Accessories
16th C cross & patty lead token - copy of long cross coin
17th C lead traders token ? Trader, circumference to edge line design
17th C triangular dagger pommel cast c/a, folded 20 x 20mm x 5mm deep
17th C coin weight Antwerp sq.type 46 grms Sword & Crown Jacob Jansen De Backer 1688
17th C knee buckle cast c/a tinned. 29mm x 22mm Variant 597 Whitehead
17/18th C lead weight 6grms stamped O, centre square 15mm x 15mm
17th C cast c/a rectangular buckle centre missing - Ref Whitehead 662

11th April The guys head for home and the season ends.

A bit of a weird hunt this one, difficult I suppose to follow on from those spectacular gold find 2 weeks we had. We had days of lean finds and then a beauty like that Celtic enamelled piece turns up. Lots of early coppers with very few in nice condition. Budd thought he had taken Vancouver Brent's 67 coins in a week 'crown' with just over a 100 until I told him that his total was for two weeks !! however he did get another huge 1806 George III penny like the one Gary found in the same condition. So this brings the first seasons hunt to an end, Arkansas Gary is back for his fourth trip with Ed in September just as the plough goes off the fields !!! It should be fun watching the very first day to see who goes where to the known hotspots we uncovered this year !!

8th April 2003 Budd gets gold and Edd does it again

Boston Budd managed to pull this one out in the middle of a 200 acre field, a rarer early shield half Guinea, I missed his gold dance !!

Edd has also managed to find three really interesting artefacts that look really early but need to be looked at by an expert for a correct date.

9th May 2003 Update

Ed' s find turns out to be a dress fastener 1/2nd century AD - Romano British

6th April What a superb find !!!!!!

NJ Edd pulled this one out of the bag this afternoon, Celtic enamelled jewellery or clothing item BC in date perhaps, have to wait for the experts to give their final view, but man what a find. More finds to follow.

6th April 2003 Mixed results from new land

Tried out some new land over the last few days with mixed results. Lots of early coppers, unusual amounts of plain Georgian buttons but milled silver is proving hard to find.

01 April 2003 It started to rain !!!!!!!!

After three weeks of superb dry sunny weather it poured it down today. Gary & Ed have become 'soft' and ran for cover to do the tourist bit today leaving poor old Budd to fend the elements on his own. He did manage to bag this beautiful condition small Elizabeth silver hammered even with the rain, excellent find.

31st March 2003 Boston 'the tornado' Budd arrives

Budd joins the remaining crew of NJ Ed and Akansas Gary. All these guys are trying to see who can come back the most in one year, Budd & Ed haved booked their 3rd but Gary will return in Sept for his fourth 'fix' in Sept. We reckon he will be on the back of the tractor as it finshed rolling the fields !! This will probably be the last two week hunt of the season before I take a break from having 'barking mad Yanks' rampaging through the village and my home.

More of Ed's and Gary's finds are posted on previous hunt page

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