Friday, April 5

Today was a great day. The wind was still blowing but it was warmer today. We hit several different fields today including one that turned out to be one we didn't have permission to be on.  The land owner drove down for a bit of a chat but all was good by the time he left. We have permission to detect from the man who farms the land but evidently not from the owner of the land.

There were some really nice finds made today. Bruce found an interesting Medieval bucket mount. Mindy has a really special bronze belt slide with a gold gilt decoration, a complete belt buckle and a Tudor open fretwork button. Clarence has a nice lead token, greenies and some assorted bits and bobs. Mary had a great day with a Knights Templar badge, a Roman enameled brooch, and a coin weight.

Today was the last day here for Alaska George and CA George as they both head home tomorrow. Mindy will take them back to London early tomorrow morning and then she picks up a couple from Australia who will be joining us for the week. They will be back around noon and then we will go out again and detect in the afternoon.  With only a week left, and so many fields we want to detect yet, we are having to make a list and pick the ones we have to get to.  It has been so wet and cold here that the fields that have been planted are not germinating and the rough plow fields are too wet to work in. A couple of weeks ago they had three tractors stuck in one field, each trying to pull the other one out. 

That's our report for the day.  We hope to have more stories and fnds to share tomorrrow.