Finds for 2000

My year 2000 trip was unfortunately cut short by illness but not before I managed to find a few goodies. Before beginning the Jimmy Sierra tour, I visited my friend Frank in Kent. I searched once when there when we tried a Napoleonic fort on the English Channel. It was situated upon a shingle beach. (shingle is a layer of egg sized rocks). I only searched an hour and from the hundreds of pieces of schrapnel came up with two keepers. The first photo shows my finds from that spot. The following photos are of the two hammered silver coins I found with the Sierra group. The first two photos are of a Henry III hammered silver cut half c. 1216 - 1272. It is from the Canterbury Mint. The next photo of is an unidentified hammered silver coin, possibly off Eliz. or Charles I, but is too far gone to ID. I also recoverd the usual selection of old coppers from George I through Victorian. All finds remain in England being recorded. When this process is finished, export licenses will be issued and they will be returned. To see a report of our 2000 and earlier tours, please click below to go to Jimmy Sierra's page. (Don't forget to come back here for the previous tours' reports!) CLICK - Go to Jimmy's Page for the Summer 2000 Report - CLICK

1998 Photos & Finds

This relic was found by Flemming Nielson. Outstanding in her field? (Donna, standing rather than walking!) Out standing in the rain! (England's weather is changeable to say the least.) "Not standing at all" (Dean Adams - Resting as usual.) Our experts tell us what we dig up. (e.g. "bucketus crapitus") I said, "Norman, take this bus to the field!" (Ted Williams' orders fall on deaf ears.) Above photos by Peter O'Brien Photos below by Gary Barnes Jimmy Sierra scrutinizes his finds of the day. This artifact, found by Carolyn Garrett, was donated to the Norwich Museum. Another nice find by a team member. Cliftonville Hotel at Cromer (Our home away from home during tour.) Photos below by Donna Trefry Even Jimmy Sierra asks the experts for identification of his finds. Busload of happy campers. Our finds experts find all the comforts of home - in the hay. The Norwich Castle Museum archaeologists record and review our finds.

Here are some of my 1998 finds.

This is, so far, the oldest coin I have ever found.
How it survived for nearly 2000 years is truly amazing to me.
The coin had been burned, plowed, fertilized and generally kicked around
until Donna rescued it from the earth.

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This button was quite a handful of silver! I wonder why all these hallmarks were stamped onto the front rather than the reverse.

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Wm. & Mary farthings were usually made of tin, making this coin a rare find.

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The beer kegs had to be locked to prevent pilferage.

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These two were found in two different fields. Maybe knights of old wore them?

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My latest of many jetons.
The first coin I ever dug in England was a French jeton.
This one is German. English jetons are rare!
Why a different color on each side? Donna's fault in touching up the scans.

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It was thought that the museum would either require an export permit for this artefact or perhaps want to keep it. I guess they didn't care much about it as they looked it over and handed it back to me. Donna loves it.