The row of threadbare trees lining either side of the track leading up to the fields was awash with Yellowhammers , I have never seen so many in one flock before and I could not even hazard a guess as to how many there were but it was a lot and each step I took sent them further away from view , lovely little birds that you do get to see springtime in Norfolk on a regular basis .
The Skylarks were also frolicking and wheeling their way skyward as were a pair of Buzzards circling way above with those huge wings fanned out and that typical slow lazy flight as they gradually glided above , it sure was good to be out on the land again where the eve of spring is just around the corner and the evenings are gradually getting lighter , lets hope for better things to come .
Using the Deus Lite Hot programme today and I quite like this setting . Still early days for me yet but enjoying the learning curve and getting to grips with it but it is an enjoyable little journey and there is still much to learn but for now its serving me well and my first decent target was a neat tiny intact Crotal Bell , one of my favourite things to find especially when they come out whole like this little corker . It is plain with no decoration but I was well happy with this as a first find of the day .
I do tend to find plenty of nice buckles here and most of them are complete but todays buckle was sadly broken , shame really as it was quite a nice example but its still a find despite the damage . My next decent target had me do a double take . It was a sweet but feint squeak of a signal but also consistent enough to warrant a dig and lo and behold my first cut quarter greeted me in the soil . Very pleased and satisfying knowing that my new toy is not missing these tiny hammered fragments . As always I waved the coil over the hole just to double check and again a slightly stronger signal this time and in the side wall was another cut quarter ! I could not believe it and for a moment I wondered if I had stumbled on a mini hoard of cuts quarters . I checked the hole again but nothing and then studied the two halves and upon further inspection I could see that they were indeed the same coin and it was in fact a cut half broken in two pieces , no doubt the plough had split them which is a shame but still happy to find both sections .
