GOLD! and ROMAN SILVER! metal detecting with XP DEUS 2

foreign welcome back to the fields of perthshire spring is in the air the snowdrops are in full bloom and I am back on the Roman field well what a day we have had today I've had to lie down several times that's how good a day it's been I have had Roman silver more than one but I have been eclipsed by Sneaky Pete he's only went and got gold Pete has given out a big scream of gold so let's go and see what he's got the Jammy swine welcome back to the fields of Persia and more importantly a very very special field the Roman field at the moment um there's Pete and I out pizza way in the distance he's about four or five hundred meters away I phoned him to see how he's getting on he's had one coin that he thinks might be Georgian and a few bits of trash so he's only been going for half an hour I think I've got four hours possibly to do maybe three and a half four so fingers crossed let's see if we can find a Roman horde as ever I'm on the 13 inch uh coil the XP days two I'm going with program three sensitive fill tones and Pete tell me he's on a custom program which is the the toddy program um and uh I've got that one saved in my detector as well but I'm still playing about with it just to sorting the settings I have literally this is where I was doing my intro for the uh the snowdrops which are just there and uh so my footprints are going back and forward started at the edge of the field right there and right here we've got a digger it's an 80. could be a better tin foil especially this close to the edge of the field but it could be a half penny or a button or something copper related [Music] oh there is surely not a coin there's a button now there's a button there's the loop there is the loop it's a little bit bent it's very very worn but it's still intact and that is the button the field is really dry at the moment we've not had any significant rain for a couple of weeks it's been a very dry winter all in all um but that's probably got a bit of aged here it's probably 1700s 1800s so certainly in the two to three hundred year old category so pretty good start you know how much I love my buttons it's taken me having got a signal in the first three inches it's taken me half an hour to get another signal 81 bet rough not a coin I don't think foreign 81. and not particularly deep but we're out the ground I think we've got a musket ball hope there is we have got a musket ball so always nice to find and uh that is 100 a lead musket ball probably fired from a big long barreled rifle I've made it seen it many times before first firearms in Scotland came in the 1380s very primitive very crude the likelihood is this is probably 16 17 maybe even early 1800s but I do always wonder who were they shooting at or what were they shooting at oh dropped it so that's an all right find a button and a musket ball but nothing roaming yet well I've almost finally caught up with uh Pete he's only about 30 meters but 100 feet away from me so hopefully I'll make contact with them in a minute find out what he's got in the meantime 68.69 for me Buckle territory copper territory still in the hole come on are We Roman would be nice now we fourth century it's not the greatest the signals to be honest well still can't find it so let's get in the hole with the carrot [Music] well I'm in the right area but I'm not deep enough I'll get right back to you spotted that straight away came from about 10 inches big lump of iron that cannot be the target and it isn't there's something else there yep well there you go big Iron but it's picked out another Target let's get that in the pocket and get the Garrett carrot somewhere here there we are maybe a little buckle looks like a buckle and it is a buckle so it's a little D buckle and it's still got its pin so I don't know if the pen is actually iron on that one or not but I did ask the question on my last video which was I never quite knew why they had iron pins on copper buckles but someone very kindly said the reason is that the iron would bend it was kind of supple whereas the copper or bronze would snap so that's why they would use the PIN for copper hey sorry for iron that makes sense to me you can actually see it's even bent date wise probably going to be Victorian Georgian 17 or 1800s I'm Reckoning but still it's a nice find well Pete straight in with a find which initially looks like milled silver it's not though it's one of these pesky Tom back buttons but it's lost its Loop where uh joined by airplanes overhead but uh so that's probably from the era of George III so about 1760 to 1820. okay that was the Buckle right there and right here where I was standing is an ear blown 99. so maybe a bit too good to be true oh no no not sounding very good at all now I've taken the top off now sounding good again so maybe it's something that's thin and it was on its Edge what have we got well there it is right there it's a little coppery thing a little brass coppery it's almost like a coin but it's got a big rim on it hmm it's a strange one it's obviously been getting robbed about in the soil a little bit recently it's a bit shiny on the high spots oh I dropped it oh it's got a crown on it that is indeed a crown look at that at the top well I can't see I've had one of them before if it is a a wheat or something don't worry this brush is very gentle before anyone says I'm rubbing off detail I could look it's tickly rather than taking off anything that shouldn't not really much going on there is there but definitely something there tell you what it's a heart click it's a heart with a crown above it it's Irish something Irish something Irish quite a lot of Irish stuff coming off this field and the one next door I think it's a coin h i b e r n and then they would be I in a high Bernier so that is a coin that for some reason has been defaced someone's sort of hitter on the edges with a hammer or such like to make it a raised oop to make the edges raised not sure why you would do that so it's probably going to be George the third I'm guessing there's a nose there look looking to the right hand side it's something I.E probably Britannia Maybe and but looking to the right hand side would mean it's probably George III or George the first a coin has been repurposed but a very interesting coin so let me know what the purpose of that is either way it's probably George III 1760 to 1820. well having gone over half an hour without a signal I've now had three signals in five minutes this one's a bit faint maybe a bit of iron in there as well but 87 88 so let's see what we might have well it's out I think yep we're out and it's sounding reasonable I think there's still iron around some iron there might even be a bit of iron over there as well who knows it could just be a little bit of a nail or something all right I thought it was there no it's there [Music] there is something there oh he's got another silver that is another silver Roman Pete Roman silver that is a Denari has to be a Denari look at the thickness of it yes it is if I can get the soil off I'm going to wait it it's a bit sticky that is another Roman silver coin I think well see if it isn't now I'm going to be embarrassed but it has to be look at the thickness of it right off you get 100 Roman silver coin you can see ahead looking to the right hand side who is it though what have we got on the back well it doesn't look so good on the back um can't really see much going on there to be honest it's pretty plain well there might be a few letters something or columns Maybe standing there but that folks is another Roman silver coin well there we are second century Roman silver coin this has probably not been held in almost 1800 years give or take now I can just about make out around the edge t-o-n -i-v-s and then AVG so that's Antonius or antoninus Augustus and you can see a figure he's a bit crusty on the forehead but you can see a head looking to the right hand side and that is antoninus pious I do believe and he rode from about 136. to about 160 A.D he was actually adopted by the emperor Hadrian it was quite common in the early Roman period to adopt young boys so it wasn't blood related to Hadrian but he went on to take over from him when he died the reverse is a bit different there is some lettering on there what I originally thought it was was a couple of pillars maybe with a figure standing in the middle however I'm pretty certain at the bottom it says c-o-s-t-a-n constant Maybe and you can see a p and an R up here possibly an r and an a there so I'll need to clean that up when I get home and that's possibly DEC Imus Maybe something ra pre-ra Decimus consta I don't know at the second century Roman silver yeah another one all right get on the hunt see if there's more I've been on a run of tin can Tin Can Ring poo Tin Can Sardine Can tin can I thought I maybe had another tin can but it's actually a piece of lead it's circular it's got a hole in the middle I think I think we call that a washer a lead washer quite possibly but got a bit of aged it just not quite sure how old just here another 78 just like that better lead that I got just a few feet away well six or ten feet away so maybe another lead washer oh I might actually be a coin we've got a signal with a bit of an iron tone definite iron in there but it's an 85 so we're gonna give it a go still in there and sounding very strange still in there and sounding very strange right without we're out we're out we're out somewhere here [Music] oh where is it it's in there [Music] it's there what's that that's a white flick what's there nothing it's there you've got another Roman that is another Roman silver 100 percent oh my God oh yes and look at that oh it's a nice one look at the detail coming through already 100 Roman silver here we go so as I mentioned earlier you can see the figure standing with a cornucopia the Horn of Plenty and on the other side it won't clean up very well unfortunately but there is just enough for me to see which is let me zoom in a little bit the letters c-o-m-m so I do believe that that is Commodus and Commodus ruled from about 175 A.D along with his father Marcus Aurelius until his father Marcus Aurelius died which was about 180. and then Commodus ruled on his own and I think comet has died about 195 A.D I was actually reading up a little about Commodus the uh the last time I found a Commodus coin and he was assassinated as lots of Roman emperors were but he was assassinated in quite a bizarre way he was a he was drowned in a bathtub by a wrestler so that's a bit of a weird way to go to be drowned in a bathtub by a wrestler that's quite the assassination so beautiful coin Roman silver number two over the moon with that and that is the two coins side by side I should have really put them in my coin pod because that's been Robin in my pocket see how it's got shiny around that edge I don't think it was that shiny before but double Roman silver you beauty damn what an idiot I I pressed the record button and didn't press the record button or I double tapped it and started and stopped it I checked the hole before I filled it in it's another Target I've gone down about 14 inches and it's just come out over here and it's an 88 and I'm also out of breath it's an 88 [Music] where is it oh it's another silver ah it's another silver Roman all right 100 percent Roman Fiddy f-i-d-e which I can't remember what that stands for again my Latin is not what it should be but you can see a figure clear as day standing in the center again we've got more crustiness on this coin and there we have 100 percent we've got ahead we have got ahead I tell you what it might be Hadrian could be Hadrian he's got that really big Square nose ugh right I'm gonna dry this up off camera I can get back to you in a minute I've checked the hole again no more targets but I'm going to take another few speed fills out in a minute just to be sure I've never had two out the same hole before but that is another Roman silver and I was right I can just make out the words r i e n v s Rihanna's it's Hadrian it's emperor hadrianis a v g Augusta and the reverse very nice and shiny some people will say it's too shiny but what do I know it's it is what it is you just dig stuff up sometimes it's black sometimes it's gray sometimes it's silver in this case it's gray on one side silver on the other complete with a few crusty spots so Emperor Hadrian so he ruled from I think it was 98 to about 136 138 A.D and he was followed by the other guy who you just saw um which is uh antoninus Pius so I'm Blown Away absolutely Blown Away just incredible this this coin's potentially 1900 or more years old this is why we metal detect I've lost track of how many Roman Silvers we've had now off this field this year it must be 15 maybe more I'll need to do a taught up when I get home but that is Magic unbelievable all right I'm gonna go ahead around this area and see what else there is to have to have how about that for a day so far so far three Roman silver Denari two buttons musket ball lead washer buckle and um about 40 pieces of aluminum and tin foil and a few fragments of lead that is superb that is why we metal detect and right there that's where they came from I've marked it with a GPS I'm going to come back on this very spot with a horde Hunter I'm quite a distance away I'm about 45 meters away from where I got the Roman Silvers last time so it's an area I'm going to focus on see if there's anything else to be had so that was the two Roman Denari and right here is a 76. a little bit a little bit low for Roman silver but let's take a wee bit out 75 still a little bit low but God this is exciting [Music] that is it whatever it is it is a oh there's something it's a it's a it's a watch Winder that is a watch Winder oh man God I was just so excited for the wee sake in there until it still twists that little bit like so that is a watch Winder that's for a pocket watch ah man my heart was in my mouth let's see give a wee brush now I'm not built for this kind of excitement God no it's just a plane it's just a plain one oh man well there you go date wise probably going to be Victorian I would guess sometime in the 1800s to 1900. damn but still it's a nice find ah my heart can't take this anymore I'm gonna need to go for a lie down I got myself uh 59 and it was on a bit of a thorough I kicked it with my foot and we've got ourselves a little toy soldier or half of a toy soldier he has been through the wars literally let's try and poke out all that mud so he's made a lead just so you want to give children who are going to chew on everything but back in the old days oh bite in the old days everyone was chewing on lead or putting it in their wallpaper or their Pantry on the walls so so we LED Soldier is a he's been killed in action he has lost to half his height but I don't see a Maker's Mark or a name on there but I'm guessing probably 1900 to 1950 give or take and I'm sure it was a little boy or girl's pride and joy and there's been a development Pete is jumping about and screaming in the distance like a crazy person now I can't show you because if I did I'd have to film the whole length of the field I don't know if the microphone will pick up him screaming in the distance or not but he is very excited and he is shouting a four-letter word Pete has given out a big scream of gold so let's go and see what he's got the Jammy swine so Pete has got some gold puts he got he's got himself a ring Pete is on the gold that's two bits of gold this year when did you get the half sovereign maybe that was November December well it's two bits of gold in your metal detecting career and both of them within six months both were then six months it is a ring it's a little bit bruised what was the output like um look right not great so and you've got you've got letters on the inside you've got an inscription how do you hold that and film it ah there we go it says something love and it's hallmarked there's uh something a lion an o or a q let me zoom in here we go so we've got our something a lion an o a GG I can't quite hold it without glasses no it's definitely a J in energy so that'll be the maker I mean what does that word see I think it's United it is u-n-i-t-e-d love United love Pete oh my goodness United in my love for it yeah here you go Pete is united in his love for it gold twice in six months and all with this machine right here oh look at him he's on a custom program cheeky cheeky devil look at him using his custom program all right so there you go that ladies and gents is a gold ring Pete go and dance no I'm not dancing he's not dancing his beat's not dancing well let us know in the comments how old that ring is and based on the uh the assay marks if anyone can tell but Pete either way it doesn't matter you've struck gold twice in six months well he's hoping for detective ill to find more gold but there you go well done Pete double gold in six months and how long have you had the DS2 got you about July last year was it so over a year not not quite a year probably nine months or something so there you go XP DS2 keeps on delivering well how about that for Sneaky Pete I'm over the moon with him for him not with him well I'm with him um I taught him everything he knows well I don't know about that but uh oh I'm made up absolutely made up I cannot believe it these guys are just un unbelievable it took me 20 21 years to find my first thing made of gold Martin gets a a gold Noble in nine months Pete has been detecting for a similar period of time as Martin he got his first gold uh three or four months ago a half Sovereign of Queen Victoria a really nice coin and uh and now he's just went and got a gold ring uh just unbelievable absolutely unbelievable I'm made up for him he's found it with the XP DS2 he's got the custom program in from Toddy and uh oh just what a day triple Roman silver and he's only went and got a gold ring ah just just incredible absolutely incredible I'm lost for words totally lost for words I hope we've not peaked too soon we've got detective Ellen in 30 days a big metal detecting rally in the south of England um we hope we don't use all our luck up before then but oh what a boy what a lucky man as I say I'm made up when you get guys into detecting and they go on and they find great things some people might say oh but it's on your field or it's on your land you could have found it well I haven't found it in almost 25 years of looking I could have been another 25 years and still never found it so good luck to him absolutely made up uh three silver and I think I've been I've been eclipsed by uh by Pete so oh I've just had to have a wee lie down this is all too much too much excitement for me uh I'd love to hear what everyone thinks about the the assay marks on the gold ring also the warding the United love we don't know if that means they love Manchester United or maybe Dundee United um or maybe they're United and loved and love their old Romantics but uh I'd be interested to see if anyone can identify the the assay marks so we can get a date um so that was the year right there you'll see all my footprints I've been going round and round before Pete called me away I've come back again carried on where I left off and right here as a 65. which is too low for a Roman Denarius I think well it's out didn't do a great job of digging but it's out so come on [Music] right we're in here Let's uh stick my carrot in my wheelie do we see anything it is a cloud shot oh maybe there maybe there I think there is there's something right there look at that definitely ah come on open up I think it's a button oh it's not a button what is that it's got gilding on it and it's green oh is it valuable is it I mean not valuable fragile it's ah oh it's getting bigger it's another pocket watch no way how can I get two pocket watches so close together that is massive there's an imprint for anyone who's like yeah whatever um look at that what is that that's different isn't it right well what will I do will I brush it or will I wait it no I think I'll brush it just give out a wee gentle dust and see if we can open it up get that mud out oh I've got just a tool well done Liz and look at that well I've never had one of these before never had one of these before not really sure what this bit here supposed to do it's a decoration or is it got a function some sort of purpose it's very fragile so don't worry I'm being extra extra careful I'm sure that was probably we sore loss for someone it looks like it's been something of sort of value to them so I'm really not sure what's going on here that might be bent over obviously I'm not going to force it back by itself but that is I do believe pocket watch number two that's bizarre isn't it how you can find two pocket watches very very close together probably 15 feet away for the last one you could probably detect the rest of this field for a year and never find another one right date wise again probably going to be 18 into the 1900s I'm guessing but let me know your thoughts what a day what are they there's a real bit of a win picked up now coming in off the east which is pretty cold we've got a 50 it's a mid-tone Pete tells me the gold was about a 50 so you know don't rule out of 50. still in the hole it's very very uh irony sounding so maybe more than one Target in there there's a bit of iron right there and that is definitely a solid signal to the left where's the iron I think the Iron's actually under the ground so yeah it is the irons there and the good Target is here ah it's a coin I think at a 50. that can't be a coin there's a coin wait until you see the transformation under the Bendy thumb where you could see no detail look at that and that is Queen Elizabeth II and on the reverse is the words at the bottom six pence and the date of 1957 with fed death defender of the thief and then you've got the thistle of Scotland you've got the Shamrock of Ireland you have the rose of England there's a leak on there somewhere I'm sure is that a leak there that is that's the leak of Wales the national plant of Wales so the date of 1957 and it's called a silver Sixpence but it isn't really because there's no silver in it and by 1947 our coins only had 50 silver in them and from that point onwards we got rid of silver all together so this is 10 years after so there is zero silver in this coin it is made of Cupra nickel copper nickel mixture but six pence still in Scotland considered to be a lucky coin Brides as they go down the aisle to get married usually wear a silver Sixpence in their shoe for luck and it just came to me as well a couple of people have mentioned it in comments one of whom bought me a buy me a coffee thank you very much um they mentioned that Brian May the guitarist of Queen well in fact he saw Brian me that he uses a Sixpence as a plectrum when he's strumming his guitar so there you go there's a nice fact so thank you for the couple of people who mentioned that I've just got to film this one now because it's sounding a bit more interesting came through a really rattly 85 86 as you can see I'm down pretty deep already [Music] I might missed it it's maybe there [Music] it's there somewhere [Music] great gonna have to get the speed out get back to your essek well that's bizarre it's big iron it's a big piece of iron I'm assuming probably from a plow or tractor or something agricultural Machinery related oh well folks that is it for today what a day what are they triple Roman silver was good enough and then I've been have been overtaken by Pete who's hit the gold everyone wants to find gold but honestly I'm happy with three Roman silver coins all right let's take a closer look at today's finds I'm afraid uh Pete Peter already left the field uh he's gone about half an hour I mean I think he flew out the field he didn't need to walk um but he was he was just too far away from me to do a a follow-up with him but obviously you've seen the gold ring and uh that is the extent of my fines so we've got a very nice gold sorry Guild gilded guilted I don't know just gold stuff on it uh watch Winder and another watch Winder which is just the bizarrest of things clearly it was the part of the field where the Romans were losing coins and farmers were twisting their pocket watches and then three Roman silver Denari that is just incredible so at the top Hadrian on the right antoninus Pius and on the left Commodus another coin we got was silver the late Queen Elizabeth oh I've dropped it Queen Elizabeth II right there which is a sixpence the musket ball probably 17 or 1800 16 17 1800s the buckle a couple of buttons which are probably from a similar period there's a musket ball and then lastly how we toy soldier or half of them on a lead washer of course but what a day it has been what a day triple triple Roman silver and gold for Pete I'm over the moon who are both over the moon so thank you all for watching I hope you liked what you've seen if you're not already subscribed then hit the button it doesn't cost you a penny turn on the notifications but either way give me a thumbs up and hopefully we'll see you all on the next dig care and thanks for watching

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Length: 42min 44sec (2564 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 28 2023