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LINKS COIN LINKS OTHER LINKS Wesley's Hoard StoryWesley found this small hoard of hammered silver coins in 1999. He was showing me a meadow that he had just been given access to. We had previously checked its position out on an O.S map, Faden's Norfolk County map of 1797, and on a 1629 manorial map that I had transposed onto a modern O.S grid. We noted that until the enclosures of the early 19th century, the next field was Common land. The meadow had recently been reseeded, and the topsoil was quite exposed, showing abraded sherds of medieval pottery, suggesting that the meadow had once been used as arable. Anyway, Wes started to detect around an area of brick rubble in the middle of the rather wet meadow. I then suggested that he try a very slight rise near to the edge of the meadow, which used to border the old common. My argument was that settlement in that area was predominately common-edge, and that if I was to build anything on this damp soil, I would build it on the highest ground. I stamped my foot down on the spot I favoured, and Wes swept his coil over it - instant signals. The result can be seen on the right. A small hoard of 13th century medieval coins, all dating to the reign of Henry III 1216 - 1272 (including one scottish half-coin - the majority of the coins had been cut into halfs - to make half-pennies). An example of research, and knowing your landscape. Harnser |