Chicago Ron put together this video and added great narration for his other club members to see the new Barn house he trialed this year. He just sent me a DVD and it was such a laugh I thought it would be great to share it. Ron is a Senior Member and Chairman of the MidWest Historical Society USA and always brings his team of guys to hunt here twice a year. Ron is a well know gold finder back in the States and has recovered huge numbers of gold rings. Ron has put that skill to great use here and has found part of a Celtic gold hoard bought by Colchester Museum and 4 gold Celtic full Staters including two of the rarer tribes. If you want more info from Ronnie on hunting here then drop him a mail rpg61@msn.com

Ron team has it's own new mini bus which he drives and they pick from any one of the 18 sites and 150 fields to hunt each morning. The start and stop times are decided by the team so it is a go as you please type event. It is great fun to see Ronnie finding silver in his own guys foot prints lol. I did not realise that he had video'd Arz Reid when he had just found the Roman gold ring, what great gold dance LOL

The compressed quality of the video does not show the close ups of the coins very well so here are a few of the finds featured on the video in better detail and what is happening to the treasures.

Arz Reid's Roman gold ring currently going through the Treasure process and with the British Museum under investigation

3.92g, 25.25mm outer dia 3.12mm thick

Chicago Joe's Saxon C600 - 775 AD Silver Sceat 1.07g, 11.62mm

Recorded with the Fitzmusuem database

'Thank you for this new coin, which I have recorded as EMC 2007.0087.This is an imitation of Series B, derived from Series BI. Metcalf illustrates six imitations of Series B (nos 107-112), which show the great range of variation found in these imitations'.

1471-83 Edward IV second reign hammered silver half penny 0.37g,12.74mm

obv EDWARD DEI GRA REX

Roman Imperial silver ? 2.34g, 16.44mm

'Nope, it's not Imperial - it's Imperatorial. That's a "Legionary Denarius"
of Marc Antony. Presumed to have been minted at a travelling mint in Patrea, 32-31 B.C., they were struck to pay Antony's troops for the battle of Actium. Interestingly, being slightly debased silver, they tended to stay in circulation for upwards of 100 years due to various Greshamian pressures, tended to be traded to the "barbarian" north, and are often encountered very worn in British or Northern European hoards.
These name the various legions of the time - although the legion designation is not clearly visible on yours - which looks like it may have been in a fire'

Mark Lehman

38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of foot 1855- 81

1840
Smith, Kemp & Wright
Brearley Street, Birmingham

Late Iron Age/ early Roman bronze strap divider (terret)

10.18g, 24.65mm outer dia x 4.54 mm T

Terrets were used in paired draught to guide the reins from the horse’s mouths to the hands of the driver. In total, five terrets form a complete set. All five were placed along the yoke, with the central terret being larger than the other four. Probably first century AD.

Roman bronze writing stylus - rounded end decorated

40.29mm L, 4.89mm dia