Thursday, April 4

Enough already with the snow.  Isn't this April?  Today sure did look like winter. Only three of our seven hunters opted to head out this morning.  Clarence and I, CA Dan and AK George opted to stay in this morning.  We sat at the table drinking hot coffee, telling tall tales and watched the snow blowing sideways.  We had planned to walk down to the neighborhood pub for lunch but it was too miserable outside to even do that. After lunch, Mindy, Bruce and CA George showed up.  They had hit a hot spot and were finding lots of Roman bronze coins and wanted to give us a chance to share in the fun.  We all piled on layers of clothes and went back out for the afternoon.  We found a total of 32 or 33 Roman coins for the day's count. The landowner had actually called the person who runs these tours to tell them he had just rolled that field since he knew we wanted to get on it.  That was really nice of him to do that and shows what a good relationship we have with the landowners here. Tomorrow is CA George and AK George's last day so they get to pick where we go. We may be split up in two or three different farms but they are close to each other.

Update:  The Mystery Item I had found yesterday turned out to be part of a Medieval decorated nut cracker. There are photos of our finds at www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk Click on Finds and March II page.  The newer postings are at the bottom of the page.

Update #2:  We looked at a Wind Chill chart and found out that yesterday we were out all day in wind and cold that was a Wind Chill Factor of 24 degrees.  No wonder we were all worn out. It's a good thing there are really large hot water tanks here as all three apartments had hot showers running for quite some time. 

Tomorrow is Team Lucky Dog picture day.  We have matching shirts for our group and have been trying to get a group picture all week.  For some odd reason, no one wanted to spend much time outside in thier stylish short sleeve shirts long enough to get a photo.  With the two George's leaving tomorrow, we have opted to do an indoor picture after dinner.  It won't be as scenic but we won't all be blue from the cold. 

The adventure continues tomorrow............