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ENGLAND Fall 2017

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Another 2 weeks with Chicago Ron and crew. New "Barn" location.

1st Weeks crew

Crew for Week 2

View from the Hotel at Heathrow Airport

On our way on the M25

Our ride for the 2 weeks.	The "NEW" barn we are now using.



One of the fields we have access to with the van off in the distance.	Another Field

1st silver target of the hunt.	Another Hammered Silver
Another Hammered Silver. 1560-61 Elizabeth 1st silver penny	1640-41 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat

A happy guy, 4 hammered silver coins in the first 1/2 day !!!

The 4 Hammered Silver coins lightly cleaned.

4th century Roman bronze coin fragment and a 1636 Rose Farthing

A button in a clod of dirt.

Silver Six pence

Silver Six Pence (Rev)

Some other hammered Silvers from the 1st week of hunting.

Looks like another greenie.

Breakfast?

Veiw inside the local Tesco mini mart.

Thatched roof house

A huge Tree

Large coin in the hole?

19thC advertising token. Malborough & Waterloo House, Harwich Essex.

1836 Silver Four Pence

A coin in the dirt clod

No Gold there, I checked.

None here either.

Some other finds

Getting ready for another day!

Seed Planting

Sugar Beets

More hammered Silver

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

1606 James 1st silver half Groat.

Another 50 Caliber bullet

Nice big silver

Its a very nice 1929 Shilling.

More Hammered Silver

1501-1521 Portuguese hammered silver coin

A fly over by an Apache Attack helicopter

1831 George IV milled silver sixpence

Another huge Oak

If this tree could only talk, what fantastic stories it might tell !!

Greenie out of the hole.

1908 Big Penny

1400-1413 Venetian Solidino and a 1300-1310 Edward 1st silver half penny

Tired old men taking a break ?

Local Fire Truck

Getting ready

Mutant Acorns

Taking a break............. and a selfie.....

Some of the hammerned silvers

Some of the hammerned silvers (Reverses)

A weeks trash

The Greenies

Lead seals, buttons. buckles

Watch winders, tokens, seal matrix, tokens, thimbles.

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Here are the finds I decided to take home.

This is derived from the actual export license application.

1. 1640-1 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat - star mint mark

2. 1606 James 1st hammered silver half groat-escallop mint mark

3. 1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing- Rev /TON/

4. 1 Vintem= 20 Reais (20) Portuguese hammered silver coin

1501-1521 Vintém - Manuel I Crowned M with "o-oL" at each side, Lisboa mint

Obverse Lettering: I:EMAИVEL;R:P:ET:A:D:GVI o – oL Reverse Lettering: I:EMAИVEL;R:P:ET:A:D:G

5. 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- Cross crosslet mint mark

6. 1836 William IV milled silver four pence

7. Doge Michele Steno (1400-1413). Obv: MICHAEL STEN' DVX (Michele Steno, Doge). Doge standing left, holding standard. Rev: S MARCVS VENETI (Saint Mark of Venice).

8. 1300-1310 Edward 1st hammered silver half penny -type 28 - New issue inner circles both sides Obv + EDWARDVS REX A Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

9. 1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- Woolpack mint mark

10. 1422-27 Henry VI hammered silver long cross penny - Rose at centre of reverse cross - York mint - Mullet by left of crown Obv ****ANGLIE

11. 1582-1600 Elizabeth 1sr hammered silver halfpenny - No mint mark type

12. 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

13. 1472 -8 Irish Edward IV hammered silver long cross penny - Satires by neck - Quatrefoil in centre of reverse cross Rev TAS/WAR - Waterford mint

14. 1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

15. 1569-71 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny -Castle mint mark

16.1696 William III milled silver sixpence – love token

17. 1929 George V milled silver shilling

18. 1836 William IV milled silver four pence

19.19thC Victoria milled silver sixpence

20. 1831 George IV milled silver sixpence