Best MEDIEVAL HAMMERED SILVER I’ve seen in 25 years - Detecting a medieval fort with the XP DEUS 2
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- Another day and another treasure saved!!! What a coin. Probably the most spectacular hammered silver coin I’ve ever seen and possibly the oldest I’ve ever seen found in Perthshire.
What a way for Martyn to break his duck for silver with the XP DEUS 2 🤩 a coin over 800 years old and in phenomenal condition.
Incredibly rare and also valuable. I wish I knew how this coin came to be lost in Perthshire, Scotland 🏴
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I think the hammered coin is John. The reverse is the mint of Durham and the moneyer is Pieres. It's a very nice coin for the type. They kept the same design and name of Henry II because the coins of Henry were know throughout the UK and Europe as trusted good silver. They wanted to maintain the appearance of quality.
Thanks Albert for the great info and for filling in the reason the die don’t change!!!! What a coin 🤩 some way to break your DEUS 2 silver duck!!!
So that means the coin was made around 1199 to 1216.. or a bit after, that’s crazy old and extremely rare to find those hammered coins in that good of condition
The coin looks to be a Pieres on Durham, class 5c (the X of REX on the obverse has rippled limbs so that makes it a 5c) shortcross penny. It's King John and was minted 1206-07.
A lovely coin, very well done.
Congratulations to Martin on his first silver coin! Thanks John, always a pleasure.
Thanks Debbie. An incredible coin 🤩
Being out-staged by your apprentice. Your pure excitement and happiness towards your “students” finds speaks to the person you are. 👏🤩
The round thing copper and porcelain could come from an old Light switch. Inner part of the turning switch
Ahh!! Thanks! Much appreciated
Congrats Marty on the fantastic hammered coin!
What a coin!!!! Unbelievably beautiful and his first silver with the DEUS 2 …. Worth the wait!!!
Always amazed that a coin can be lost for 800 years without being destroyed by farming activities. Plus, it was in a field that had been detected many times before. That is why I keep tuning in. Great job, Martin and John.
Many thanks Steven. Just shows you, but if that coins on its edge or deeper than six inches you’ll never find it…. That’s why ploughed fields just keep on giving 🤩
'Tyree' was the title of a book by Hermann Melville, who famously wrote Moby Dick.
Do you ever feel inclined to ram sailing ships that have tossed pointy sticks at you?
If so, it's only natural.
I'd do the same myself.
😁😁😬😁😁
That item after the muffler is a shire horse bell hanger I believe. My friend found a complete one in wales and I found all the bells that were attached to it 👍🏻
That hammered coin is unbelievable 😮 🤩 it’s like the day it was made.
Amazing 🥲
I found a St Christopher pendant today 9ct gold
Wow 😮 well done!!!! Congratulations
Lovely coin for Martin, you are so genuine in the excitement you have when your companions make great finds.😊😊
What a beautiful day! Congratulations to Martyn! So many awesome finds on the field that keeps on giving. Well done John. Not only on the finds but for the 40k as well. Keep detecting and I will keep watching and learning…😊
Many thanks Linda and thanks for your continued support of me and my channel!!
To my mind, John, the most exciting find of the day was the decorated silver strip. I'm pretty sure it's a small Viking decorated broad-band silver arm ring. They were used for currency around 800 to 900 AD in areas where coinage wasn't circulating. I was with the finder of the Galloway hoard on the amazing day when we found the hoard so know them well. Well done to Martin! But a lovely coin too!
Congrats on 3 years, and congrats to Martyn on the amazing hammered!
Thank you very much! And thanks for your support
Congrats to Martin. You may well have found a cannon ball that possibly has one side flattened from impact. Cheers from New Orleans
Much appreciated!! I hope it is. I don’t know that I’ve ever had one before so fingers crossed 🤞
Hello Scots, nice video and some nice interesting finds...good luck for the Rugby match this afternoon against Ireland...hello from France.
Fabrice
Merci Fabrice! Well it wasn’t our day but we beat England (again!) and that’s the improvement thing!! Best wishes
Happy Sunday! Waking up to you and Martin on the fields of Perthshire. Many of the coins in that field were beauties, but Martin’s silver coin was amazing. 🥰💕❤️👍👍
Thanks Terry. What a way to get your first silver coin with your new machine!!! Well done Martyn!! #xpdeus2 🤩
Wow!! What A coin marty lad! Some nice finds there John I've had a month off CZcams so I'm gunna enjoy tonight watching the 16 videos I've missed gunna be a long night 😂 thanks for sharing keep up the hard work mate 👍
Welcome back!! Glad to have you and I hope you enjoy catching up!!
Gorgeous halo around the sun, we call that a sun dog here in Michigan. Always great to share in your adventures, and learning some history too!
Many thanks Sherri! What a way to break your silver duck with a silver on a new machine! Have a great Sunday
That is a very nice coin that Martin found. A good number of coins found.
Much appreciated John. And I think the hammered is a John!! Dating from around 1205-1207…. What a way to get your first silver with the new machine XP DEUS 2
@@thescottishdetectorist I didn’t know Martin had gotten a Deus 2 but he made a good choice. It seems like he is on his way with finding good targets with it. The best to both of you… John
Many thanks John. A great machine!! Great days ahead
Great video with awesome finds and congratulations to Martin for his first silver. You are such a great person . Keep up the great work.
I appreciate how you grant your friends their great finds! It's really awesome of you. I could listen to your history stories all day!
well done to Martyn thats a cracking silver hammered ,another great video John thanks again cheers
Wow congratulations Martin!!! What a find!!. Being from California I'm thrilled when you all find something from the 1800s and then you find something that was around in the 1200s!!!! So cool!!!🎉🎉
Congratulations Marty! What a beautiful coin. John…I have a soft spot for owls. Of course that would have been my find of the day, even over a silver.
Thanks Dyane! I do love an owl 🦉 too!!
@@thescottishdetectorist they remind me of my maternal grandmother. She was as wise as one! 😁
Haha! We all had one of them in the family 🦉
Martin's silver is Henry Ii, 1154 - 89, short cross penny. Well done !
Can’t wait to see this coin ❤ 🤩
It’s a beauty
Wow, good job Marty! Thanks for a great video John 😊
Thanks Sharlene
Well done finding that coin Martin. Stunning condition 👏
What a well struck Hammered coin really good condition, well done Martin! The cannon ball is pretty awesome also.
Nicely done guys, I enjoyed the video. 🇺🇸
Thanks Fred! New video coming soon!!
What an incredible day u 2 had. Congrats to Martin of a great silver coin
Congratulations on 3 years, and may you have many more to come!
Good Job Both and congratulation Martin. That was great bunch of finds guys Thanks for sharing.
Much appreciated as ever Donald , some great finds and that hammered just tops it off!!! 🤩
Well done Martin! Amazing coin!
Well done gentlemen, how exciting for you both. Looking forward to your next dig!❤❤
Much appreciated as ever Maureen. Many thanks. What a coin 🤩
Love the Vesta case! Never seen one before. That's why I love your channel... always learning!! 🥰🥰🥰
It would be so awesome to make such a find. Great for Marty. The other finds were very interesting as well, and a great outing even without the hammered coin. Cheers from Texas.
Thanks David. Quite something!!! What a hammered coin 🪙
Wow, Martin, very nicely done too. What a special find.
Thanks David. An amazing coin isn’t it! What a way to get your first silver with the DEUS 2 😮
Thank You John!
Thanks Peggy. Have a lonely Sunday
Oops lovely Sunday even
Nice finds boys! It's nice to put a face on Mysterious Martin!
Great finds ,COOL cannonball and match box😮😊
Thank you for showing us how the coin would look.
Great video again John and well done Martin. Superb hammered .... Full flan too! Looks like either a Henry III or a King John to me, but I'm no expert
Awesome field! Congrats Martyn! I saw someone pull out a Wm the Conqueror last year. Amazing good condition.
An amazing coin isn’t it! Can’t get over how well it’s struck and what great condition it’s in! Hope I look that good at 817 years old!!
Amazing coin. Congrats to Martin!
Blessings, my Scottish Detectorist friend, from this old man in Tennessee. Definitely medieval. A great field. That round thing with the ceramic inserts is part of an antikythera machine, from the ancient city of Atlantis. Yep…I recognize it…sure thing. Lots of awesome coins.
Congrats to Martin! Fabulous find! If I was younger, I'd MOVE to Scotland! Good luck out there. Great vid!
Excellent work guys! Beautiful coin. Thanks John.
Thanks Ted
Love all your vids some very nice finds to, Have you had a go metal detecting around the edge of a farmers field some good finds on the last row paul
Love the watch key. I have an identical one that I bought to match my great grandfather’s watch that dates from about the 1870s. On the topic of watches, when you find quintessential Victorian silver ones, you should look for the strike mark of the dancing bears facing each other inside the back case.That is indicative of silver that was assayed and confirmed in Switzerland. What is more, to protect UK watchmakers in latter Victorian times, there was an import tariff against imported pocket watches. However, it only applied to complete articles. Thus, the sneaky Swiss created the so-called “parts watch” that was imported into the UK disassembled. All the British watchmakers had to do was put it together, and then sell it off at a competitive price. To sweeten the deal further, the Swiss would brand the face of the watch with the name of the British watchmaker. They would also provide the watchmaker with keys like the one you found, with the business address on one side, and some sort of promo blurb on the other. PS, my great grandfather’s watch was bought when he was based in London as an ensign with the 3rd. Regiment of Foot. My grandfather (his second son) used it around the era of WW1 when working in the shipbuilding industry along the Clyde, as he was then the spare (and not the heir). He was put to labor as an apprentice manager at one of the yards, with his first job being a riveter’s mate (swinging a hammer). That meant two things, firstly he developed massive forearms that were too big for a a wristwatch. It also meant he was in a reserved occupation in WW1.
What an amazing coin !!!! I think the one mystery item is a rein guide.
Aha!! That makes sense!!! Many thanks Callie
What a fantastic permission that is! Brilliant finds on there and yes that Vesta case is great to find but wow well done Marti! Perfect little hammered of either John or Henry 2nd? Letters are a bit different than the half John I found a few weeks ago but if they didn’t change into Henry, or minted in a different place, then it could be either? 🎉👏👏
Excellent Find Martin ! Congratulations, Sir.
John, Very Nice work on the vids. I really appreciate the 'overlay'
on the illegible coins. I think I like Your method better than the side
by side comparisons.
Oh no John I will have to wait until Liverpool vs Man City is over. Looking forward to your amazing find.
Hahaha 🤣 worth the wait I hope 🤞
Go City!
Made it back John. Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Some interesting artifacts and Martin's coin is a stunner. Thanks again for all you do.
@@williamongie3300 good to see you back! Hope the game went as you hoped!! Yes, what a coin, probably the best hammered coin I’ve ever seen!
You're currently at 40.4K subscribers! Good things happen to good people. Congrats on your 3 yrs on CZcams! Love, love, love that vesta case!
John gets as excited about his friends finding coins as when he finds them himself 😊
Awesome finds today congratulations I love the Owl match holder thing....I collect Owls and though it was pretty cool 🦉
Shortcross if I remember were only minted between 1180 and 1247 so that's some age,and looks as good as the day it was minted.cracking find 😍😍😍
There were only three short cross monyers in Durham, and one of them was Pieres. Just had a look at the types of coins he did, and got 4b, 5a2, 5b1, 5b2, 5c, 6a2, and 7a1. The rest is down to you, because I don't have a clue 😅 You've probably got at least that far yourself, but boosting the algorithm with an interaction is always worthwhile.
Many thanks Nik!! That’s more than I had!! Much appreciated and thanks again
@@thescottishdetectorist You're welcome. They only did the later coins by the look of it, so it might well be John.
Amazing! Thanks again
Great history 👍🇦🇺
What a splendid day for Martin!!! And thrilling for us watchers. Good job to you both...we enjoyed along with you!
A great show as always John and it was a busy 3 hours for you I love the vesta and owl , what a shame it's crushed.
Last but not least congratulations to Martin on his hammered silver a very interesting and entertaining video.
Martin's coin is a John. I found one in Warwickshire when i visited last year. It was my first signal on a friends farm! We are luck to find early Victorias here in Australia! So something from 1205 (John reigned from 1195-1216) is very special! Cheers
Well done Martin
Such great finds! Your channel never disappoints.
Thank you for a wonderful episode! Really fun to watch. Gratz to Martin!
Lovin' the variety and Martyn's coin - WOW
12:17 is called a fly head terrette swinger, yours is a triple variety. Very nice. Very nice coin there. Cheers
Amazing!!! Thanks for the info, that’s fantastic!! Much appreciated
Great coin 👍👍
Awesome finds I think that may be a cannon ball so cool!
Blimey,I had to sit down, thought I was with you both! Fantastic first silver hammered. Well done the both of you😁
😮😮😵💫😵💫🤩🤩. That got me ooohing and aaahing. UN-BE-LIEVABLE!!
Jeez Marty… Congratulations!!!
Seems like George the third has contracted some skin problems from the Scottish soil John.
The matchbox is a nice find too mister Mac.
Give that man a cigar!
What a day!! Thanks for watching
@@thescottishdetectorist Thanks for sharing and commenting John. 👍🍀
Thanks for watching! Always look out for your messages!!
thank you
Thanks for watching
Simon brings you good luck and you bring Marty luck John...so you know who you need to bring next time sir!
Hahaha 🤣 thanks Dave!!! He’ll be back soon, in fact he’s already been back!!! But I’ve still to edit the video!!
Wow that first coin you found is awesome. The hammered coin Martin found, crazy old! That is exciting. Also love the owl decorated case you found. Great work
Hi John, what a great day. You and Martin work so well together. I'm pretty sure the pretty little "angel thing" with one wing broken, is a lamp finial. Used to hold the lamp shade on. They screw onto the top of the lamp harp and hold the shade tight. Great video ❤ Dava
What a stunning early medieval hammered coin. I remember my first one being an Edward 1st and i had no idea just how old it was. It blew my mind to discover it was around 700-years old! You cant explain how precious it is to know its now yours and the fact you had the wherewithal to find it. Absolutely incredible find and one to treasure.
Congratulations to Martin and you both some lovely finds today. 👍
Always great to watch your videos. The Halo around the sun is a nice touch.
Congrats on over 40k subscribers! 🎉
Congrats to you on 3 years on youtube and hooray for Martin for the awesome coin, how lucky!
Beautiful coin! In such great condition! And 40k and 3 years for you, John. Congratulations to you both
Your coin pods seem to bring you all good luck 🍀
It certainly does!! And to the other guys more than me it seems at the moment 🤣
🤣🤣🤣@@thescottishdetectorist
Nice one Martyn! Great finds again lads. Someone defending or attacking the fort with canon balls?!
Brilliant. What a couple of hours . Crowned, by that Hammered Coin.
Dear John,l don't know what was in the bag,but that seal had you mixing up the Baltic and Adriatic Seas for a moment there😊-Johan the Slovene
That was pretty awesome gotta go back to this field! ; )
Congratulations to you guys on the subscribers and the sweet hammered silver 🎉❤
Keep the camera rolling 😊
Yet another fantastic video. Keep them coming!
Relics😊
Good job Martin. You guys had a good day❤❤
Hi John, Did you read the comment I left this morning? The decorated silver bar Martin found and you suggested was medieval is 100% Viking. It's possible you've got a scattered Viking-age hoard in that field!
Good evening Dr. I’ve just logged in and now playing catch up. Thanks so much for getting in touch and it must have been quite the experience to find what you did! Did you realise the significance at the time or did that only come later?
I was fairly convinced it was early medieval around 12th/13th century but if it’s Viking even better!! We’ve never had anything Viking of any permission in Perthshire so most of the time we just assume everything isn’t Viking!
Martyn has just forwarded me on the details from the museum when they returned the item and they say….
Fragment of a silver strip with incised decoration on one surface, the straightened section of the band of a finger ring, circa 1500-1700 🤷🏻♂️
As I say I think it’s older but Viking would be even better!!
Derek knew the significance right from the start, but it got better and better as the day went by, especially when we came across the lower level of the hoard - or I should say the three hoards buried below the top hoard!
Unbelievable. What a day, that video would make some CZcams video!!! I’ve yet to see the hoard in person, but fingers crossed one day I might find something similar!!
@@thescottishdetectorist Hi John, This is part of the e-mail I sent to Adrian Maldonado: 'I doesn’t at all look like a silver ring fragment to me. The ends are neatly cut off and it is flat. I agree it’s too small to be a Hiberno-Norse arm-ring, but the style of decoration bears may similarities to Hiberno-Norse arm-rings. The fact that it has been cut suggests to me that it was created as a unit of monetary value and had been cut to give a lower value of silver. This suggests it was created by individuals within the orbit and influence of the kingdoms of the Irish Sea who wanted a smaller unit of currency than that provided by cutting up arm-rings and silver ingots. But in the transitionary period before adopting round silver coins like in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to the south, they adopted a smaller version of a Hiberno-Norse arm-ring as a unit of currency. It looks as though it has seen significant wear, much as coins do when in circulation. I propose it could be an important transitional form of currency and it demands further assessment and investigation. ' I suggested he should also chat with Martin Goldberg, the Viking Age expert at the museum, and that perhaps TT needed to reassess it. But I've not heard anything back yet. Cheers, David.
Loads of great finds for you both...Love Martin's coin, but love your match case and cannonball!!
Outstanding hammered
Gratz Martin...stunning coin...some other interesting finds from both of you too. Well done on the 40k subs John. All the best to you both and HH.
To even see this incredible hammered silver coin just dug loose and sprayed off clean quite fun
Watching from Howell, Michigan USA. I find your site very interesting. Too cold and snowy here. Was hoping to use my new Xterra Pro but it will have to wait. Be well
Congratulations Martin! Epic find
14:02 could it be a weight 20 grams? Back to the vid…not bad at all for a short day some very diverse finds and congrats to Martin on that silver what great shape and detail it had. Thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼
Thanks for the info! I’ll have another look. An amazing coin…. From around 1205AD 😮
A picture I googled helped me read Henricus Rex. Congrats Martyn and John 😊
Much appreciated!!
Great find Martin
What a coin eh?? And the first silver with his DEUS 2 🤩 what a find
Greetings from middle Georgia, USA 🍑🤍✌️. Yay, I always look forward to your videos John…thank you for all your hard work!congratulations on three years!!! And that hammered is absolutely gorgeous ♥️
Thanks Tammy. Much appreciated. Time flies when you’re having fun!! Have a great Sunday and see you on the next dig!