Today was Clarence's day to shine. Once again, he has found not one, but two, difficult to find Saxon items. He started with a tiny Saxon sceat (coin). A very prized item among detectorists in England. The reason a sceat is so difficult to find is that the signal it gives is so bad that most people wouldn't have bothered to dig it. Clarence said he almost walked away from it then decided to go back and dig it anyway. Now he's really happy he did. Then he came up with a possible Saxon gold gilt hanging pendant. It has been photographed and sent off to the museum for a possible ID. I will post it here when we get an idea of what it might be.
On the other hand, today was a bust for me. All I had to show for my efforts was a complete crotal bell, a small bronze lever handle, greenies and a modern Elizabeth II penny. Of course, we both have a pouch full of the usual stuff...bits of lead, tons of buttons, loom weights, shotgun shells and 50 caliber WWII shell casings.
It was so windy today that it was easy to get knocked off your feet. The wind was so loud that it was sometimes difficult to hear in your headphones. Tomorrow is our last day and we are revisiting the 15th Century church ruin site. I found a hammered silver coin there last time so I'm hoping for more of the same.
Tomorrow will be a busy day as we will get in from the field at 7:30, have dinner, clean our finds and prepare to turn them in for export papers and then get all our stuff packed. We were just barely under the weight limit for checked bags on the way over. I hope we can get in a couple of hours sleep before the van comes to take us to Heathrow in London at 7:30am. I will try to get an entry done tomorrow night but no promises.
It is now 10:30pm and everyone else has already gone to bed. Good Night!
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