We returned to the field we were in last week where we recovered 59 Roman coins and other artefacts including some nice Medieval buckles.

The difference with this visit was that we were joined by YouTube detectoress superstar 'Digger Dawn'.
Her record for finding Roman coins in a day was 5 and that was in Norfolk.
Dawn was hoping that this total could be beaten.

The weather was perfect, if a tad cool, with clear blue sky and the ground frozen with a 3-inch crust, but the underlying soil was very fluffy and easy to dig.

Within seconds of setting off the first Roman coin was recovered.
It wasn't long before more Roman coins were being uncovered by all the team.

Dawn realised her ambition of beating her previous total by finding nine Roman coins and a token Roman brooch fragment.
I think the total amount of Roman coins almost matched last weeks total of 59 with 3 Roman brooch fragments, a Roman button and loop fastener and a obligatory hammered coin.

As promised, here's the Flickr link to images of the finds recovered <Flickr>

Today, we headed for a field that we last visited in December 2021.
The field had been ploughed and drilled with wheat which was quite advanced in parts. This was probably due to the recent warm weather and then plenty of rain.

The day didn't start too well as two of the machines suffered coil problems from the start with a constant 'chattering' that made it very difficult to detect.
A change to the 9" HF coil sorted the problem and no further issues arose.

This site is a small Roman settlement situated on a Roman roadside and may have been some kind of retail site as there are many coins strewn around the area, especially along the road.
Oddly, the first coin to be recovered was a silver hammered penny of Edward I minted at Bury St Edmunds.
Another silver hammered coin was also recovered later on in the day in the form of a Elizabeth I penny minted at London.

Altogether, 58 Roman bronze coins, a denarius of Julia Domna and several artefacts were recovered.

The field is just over 23-acres so we only scratched the surface of it!

​Hopefully, we'll return before the wheat grows much more.

Images of the days finds can be seen here.