Identifying late Roman bronze coinage....new book available

Late Roman Bronze Coinage – An attribution guide for poorly preserved coins

The most common type of artefact listed in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database is the Roman coin. The vast majority of these metal detecting finds date from the late Roman period. Whilst we all dream of discovering Museum quality pieces, the reality is that most of our detecting finds are worn or corroded to the extent that identification can be an incredibly difficult task......Read more ......

An Epic session with the the Deeptech Vista Sprite

An Epic session with the the Deeptech Vista Sprite
What an interesting day !

It started with a special invite form one of our forum members, I can not say the location but it was a place we would all love to detect near.~

Xp Deus finds Saxon hoard

Paul Coleman was blessed with finding over 5000 Saxon coins in a lead bucket

The hoard contains coins dating back to the 11th Century - the late Anglo Saxon, early Norman period.

The hoard contains coins from Canute and Ethelred II

Most of the coins were un circulated