Day Five

Today we were at yet another new area for us. This site consisted of twelve huge fields and was the location of some earlier spectacular finds. The detecting gods were not with us today but the sunshine was, followed by light sprinkles. I found only one silver coin today, a Queen Victoria two pence. Clarence did well today with a hammered silver, a milled silver and a gold guilded cufflink. We also found some musketballs, buttons galore, bits of lead, and just plain junk.

At lunch today, we got word that the other team here, Chicago Ron's Barn House Boys, continue to find the good stuff we seem to miss. Today, in the same field we were in on Tuesday, one of the Illinois guys found a hammered gold coin. This one is Queen Elizabeth I and is valued at 4000 British Pounds Sterling. It was found very near to where I was searching. Dang! A hammered gold is at the very top of my wish list!

Tomorrow we have all decided to return to one of last year's favorite locations at an old Abbey. That location has given us many of our favorite finds from the past.