Day Three

Today was a good day. It only sprinkled once and the sun was shining most of the day. I found two bronze Roman coins and two hammered silver coins. One is the tiniest hammered I have seen. It is not yet identified but appears to be either a Charles I or James I half penney. Clarence found a beautiful decorated silver thimble, a Charles III six pence from 1817, and we both have a selection of "other finds".

Yesterday I told you about the really "rare to find" Saxon gold coin. Well, today that group went back to that same spot and gridded out a search pattern. They found a second Saxon gold! There were seven guys searching a small area so our group of four decided to try a different field today. We may go back and try to find a third one before the week is out. What the heck, I'm still looking to find a hammered gold this trip.

That's it for tonight. We (that means Clarence)is just about finished cleaning up our finds for the day. We have already been into the Advil bottle and just need to go to bed. We are up every morning at 6-ish, breakfast is at 7 and we leave for the field at 8am. More adventures tomorrow!