various pot sherds

[ratty]

After the recent wet spell most of my fields have been off limits either the field was too wet or I was unable to access them as there was nowhere to park.
Yesterday I bit the bullet and worked a route across some fields avoiding the river and some impenetrable hedges, It took ages but i made it to my Roman field. It has been harrowed flat and drilled so a perfect surface, after 4 hours apart from modern rubbish all i found was a small plated button.
The surface finds however were much better, I found five different rims of large vessels spread over a hundred yard square. There are also lots of stone patches presumably from buildings /walls.
The puzzling thing no coins or artifacts. I'm starting to think about rumors that the Deus isn't as deep a machine as it's claimed to be. Given the length of occupation and activity there should be more artifacts i.e bits of lead etc.

[Easylife]

It could just be down to ground conditions or settings!

[ratty]

The ground balance is from 65 too 75 and running program 2 GM power. I have picked up small bronze fragments at 3 inches so it is working , I tried using the Hot program but it's just too noisy.
Air tests seem to work as it should. I just find it hard to believe the ground is that quiet, as far as i know it hasn't been detected so before.

[benny]

Looks like romam greyware? but the pics could be clearer. Benny

[Dave The Slave]

Like the rims, only ever found 2.
Regarding lack of finds, even lead and shotties, possibility it has been detected before, legally or illegally.
Keep trying, something may turn up, even on the way back to the car when you least expect it.
Good Luck,
Dave.

[ratty]

Looks like romam greyware? but the pics could be clearer. Benny

Click on the pic and it enlarges.
It's almost certainly Roman Grey ware, going by the curvature on the fragments they were big vessels.
Last resort I will go over it a gain using the deep program as long as the mineralization will allow.

[HolzHammer]

Looks like romam greyware? but the pics could be clearer. Benny

Click on the pic and it enlarges.
It's almost certainly Roman Grey ware, going by the curvature on the fragments they were big vessels.
Last resort I will go over it a gain using the deep program as long as the mineralization will allow.

ok, try "hot" ( when/if "mineralisation" too annoying, move the discrimination up three or four clicks to -3/-2) and lower reactivity to 2 and swing very slow...

[Ladybird66]

For my area that’s not unusual I decided a long time ago that anyone who lived in a cottage just didn’t have anything worth loosing. They made the Church mice look affluent

Bartering was still the order of the day till the 1600’s but they did have to eat, hence the pot shards and nowt else. Now if you can find where ‘the big house’ used to be there’s a chance of some finds.

But, having said that, it’s amazing how the odd find will turn up out of the blue. Keep at it, you never know !

[Dave The Slave]

Looks like romam greyware? but the pics could be clearer. Benny

Click on the pic and it enlarges.
It's almost certainly Roman Grey ware, going by the curvature on the fragments they were big vessels.
Last resort I will go over it a gain using the deep program as long as the mineralization will allow.

Thanks for that tip about clicking on the photo Ratty.
Have been a member on here 7 years and never even thought of doing that.
This is how out of touch with Technology I am. I have a large magnifying glass that I hold up to the computer screen to see details, how quaint. Thing is I have often wondered why you cannot hover over a photo, like on a well known auction site to highlight the detail.
Well now I know.
Thanks Ratty.
Dave.

[Ladybird66]

Sorry Dave, had to chuckle at your answer

Read it to hubby and he said to ask, how’s your wind-up radio ? Cheeky so & so

[thefiggis]

On one field I have an area of around 40m2 thick with pot sherds but not a single non-ferrous target to be heard. I've been over it plenty of times using the Ultimate programme and standard 11" coil, then Ultimate/Hot/Deep at various frequencies on the x35. Nada. There's simply nothing there, but surrounding this area... loads.


The tip about increasing discrimination on Hot is a good one and the only way to stay sane. I usually run with the machine wide open but once you have a picture of the area there's no need to.

Depth is definitely not an issue for the Deus, by the way, and I can't fathom how/why anyone thinks it would be and LB makes a very valid point regarding why metal finds don't always accompany obvious habitation

Enjoy the pottery that's turning up for you. I do

[ratty]

Looks like romam greyware? but the pics could be clearer. Benny

Click on the pic and it enlarges.
It's almost certainly Roman Grey ware, going by the curvature on the fragments they were big vessels.
Last resort I will go over it a gain using the deep program as long as the mineralization will allow.

ok, try "hot" ( when/if "mineralization" too annoying, move the discrimination up three or four clicks to -3/-2) and lower reactivity to 2 and swing very slow...

I will give that a try, when i used the stock Hot program it was unbearable. I don't want to give up on the field as i had a very nice fibula brooch and coin from amid the debris.

[HolzHammer]

Click on the pic and it enlarges.
It's almost certainly Roman Grey ware, going by the curvature on the fragments they were big vessels.
Last resort I will go over it a gain using the deep program as long as the mineralization will allow.

ok, try "hot" ( when/if "mineralization" too annoying, move the discrimination up three or four clicks to -3/-2) and lower reactivity to 2 and swing very slow...

I will give that a try, when i used the stock Hot program it was unbearable. I don't want to give up on the field as i had a very nice fibula brooch and coin from amid the debris.

I did it for the first time yesterday - I had lowered reactivity to 2 but and the gentle groaning of the ground with every swing was becoming irksome ( i know the field well and this is what it does) by taking the discrimination only 4 clicks to -2 i could suddenly make out the tiny squeaks and wisps (often just 2 way) that I'm sure were not necessarily being totally masked by the ground noise but enough not to give confidence or even really notice...