NHER 55269 (Find Spot record) - Middle Saxon dispersed coin hoard and prehistoric and post-medieval finds

Pre April 2010. Metal-detecting.
1 Early Neolithic flint leaf arrowhead, 1 laurel leaf and 1 blade.
1 Late Prehistoric flint core.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see list and descriptions in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 19 June 2014.

5 April 2010. Metal-detecting.
Found in area centred at [1]:
Middle Saxon dispersed coin hoard consisting of 43 sceattas.
The coins are in excellent condition, evidence that most were of no great age when deposited. The hoard was most likely lost or concealed about AD 710-715.
See notes and basic coin list in file.
This hoard was submitted as potential Treasure (Ref: 2010 T234), along with two additional batches of coins recovered between February 2011 and October 2012 - see below.
P. Watkins (HES), 19 June 2014. Amended 6 June 2020.

6 April 2010. Fieldwalking.
Site of coin hoard visited by A. Rogerson (NLA). The opportunity was taken to carry out rapid and unsystematic fieldwalking of the whole field. No pottery was recovered and apart from very occasional fragments of recent tile and brick, the only finds recovered were 4 Late Prehistoric flint flakes.
See notes in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 19 June 2014.

February-March 2011. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Prehistoric flint flake.
22 Middle Saxon coins, all sceattas additional to dispersed hoard first discovered in April 2010.
1 post-medieval writing lead and button.
Flint identified by P. Robins (NCM) and other objects by A. Rogerson (NLA). See descriptions and GPS coordinates for Middle Saxon coins in file.
The Middle Saxon coins were submitted as potential Treasure, along with those discovered in April 2010 and a third batch recovered in August-October 2012 - see below.
The 65 sceattas recovered by this time are published in (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 19 June 2014. Amended 6 June 2020.

Pre September 2011. Metal-detecting.
Further metal-detecting after drilling. No significant finds apart from:
1 ?Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flint blade/flake core and 1 flake.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see list and descriptions in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 19 June 2014.

August-October 2012. Metal-detecting.
5 Middle Saxon coins, all sceattas additional to dispersed hoard first discovered in April 2010.
Identified by A. Rogerson (HES). See notes and GPS coordinates in file. The GPS readings taken suggest that the reading taken for the centre of hoard in 2010 had been misread and should read [2].
These coins were submitted as potential Treasure, forming an addenda to the two larger batches recovered between April 2010 and March 2011 - see below.
P. Watkins (HES), 19 June 2014. Amended 6 June 2020.

November 2014. Metal-detecting.
5 Middle Saxon coins, all sceattas additional to dispersed hoard first discovered in April 2010.
Details from PAS awaited.
These coins were submitted as potential Treasure, along with another found in the summer of 2015 -see below.
P. Watkins (HES), 6 June 2020.

23 December 2014.
The hoard of 70 Middle Saxon sceattas recovered in three batches between April 2010 and October 2012 was submitted as potential Treasure (Ref: 2010 T234), declared treasure at inquest on 23 December 2014 and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2018.286) [3]. The 70 coins recovered up to this date are published in (S2).
Several additional batches of coins have since been recovered, taking the total for the hoard to over 80. It is believed that these additional coins have also been acquired by the Norwich Castle Museum.
E. Darch (HES), 19 January 2014. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 June 2020.

Summer 2015. Metal-detecting.
1 Middle Saxon coin, additional to dispersed hoard first discovered in April 2010.
Details from PAS awaited.
This coin was submitted as potential Treasure, along with the batch of five coins recovered in November 2014 Treasure (Ref: 2015 T22).
P. Watkins (HES), 6 June 2020.

August 2017. Metal-detecting.
4 Middle Saxon coins, additional to dispersed hoard first discovered in April 2010.
Details from PAS awaited.
These coins were submitted as potential Treasure (Ref: 2017 T801) but donated to Norwich Castle Museum by all parties and hence disclaimed.
P. Watkins (HES), 6 June 2020.

September 2018. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Middle Saxon coin, a silver sceatta additional to dispersed hoard first discovered in April 2010.
This coin was submitted as potential Treasure (Ref: 2018 T833) but donated to Norwich Castle Museum by all parties and hence disclaimed.
P. Watkins (HES), 5 June 2020. Amended by 27 August 2020.

April-May 2019. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 September 2019.