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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2828474, member: 10461&quot;]OK, so this one doesn&#039;t look like much, but I was there when it was found.&nbsp; One of my colleagues found it on November 1, 2013, during my very first hour in the field on <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/">my England detecting trip</a>.&nbsp; We were out in farm fields near the site of a medieval abbey in Essex, UK.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2013Novfindpics/crispbigas2s.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2013Novfindpics/crispbigass.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately the edges of the coin are badly chipped and corroded, but it&#039;s got a nice portrait, and considering how rough a lot of stuff looks when it comes out of the soil after centuries in well-ploughed fields, this was pretty decent.&nbsp; And of course a sestertius is much bigger than the later Roman bronzes that are usually found.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was, needless to say, very exciting for me to see.&nbsp; Not many things like this come out of the old parks in my Georgia town!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Strangely, however, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-the-arcadius-anomaly-repost-from-one-of-my-old-treasurenet-threads.287141/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-the-arcadius-anomaly-repost-from-one-of-my-old-treasurenet-threads.287141/">my one Roman coin find</a> <i>did</i> come up in Georgia.&nbsp; I dug some medieval items in England, but no ancients.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the field where the Marcus Aurelius sestertius was found. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]666019[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Our group leader found a gold 18th century thimble out there later.&nbsp; I found a 1916 George V halfpenny (a much more humble find, but still fun).&nbsp; I also dug an 18th century flat button which had me <i>thinking</i> it was a Roman coin at first, until I saw the remnants of the shank on the back of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the gold thimble Louisiana Sal found.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2013Novfindpics/goldthimble.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2013Novfindpics/goldthimble2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2013Novfindpics/goldthimble3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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