Very thin gold coin = medieval hammered, the years are a rough approximation of when they were made. Just checked wiki, hammered coinage was demonetised in 1695, almost bang on.
I lied anyway, there were some exceptionally rare Anglo-Saxon gold hammered coins, the British Museum paid £350k for one. The geezer on The Detectorists said he was going to get the coin melted and turned into a wedding ring. That would be a mental thing to do whether it was Iron Age, Roman, AS, Viking, medieval or modern. A gold coin will always be worth more than the scrap value. I found out the other day that a coin just like my oldest find, known as the "Amersham Moonman", sold for £1500. Not bad though it was in much better condition than mine.
Do you get many detectorists up your way? I'm guessing there's quite a lot of land one would be "warned off". No terrorism in Hertfordshire.
Not that I know of. There is an hill fort just up the road dating from the late Bronze, early Iron Age that might attract interest in that sort of thing.
Rebel is a Nigel who desperately wishes he was in the troubles but disny even have the balls to leave behind a gym bag of fireworks in a pub.
If arseholes make you angry are you sure it's wise to visit this site? What with your high blood pressure and all?
