Comments on: Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report

Comment on Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report by: rich

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:25:46 +0000

as any one ever detected on this site? i noticed its all been cleared out now and also read they only found 1 roman coin i find it hard to belive that there would be only 1 coin on the site but then i dnt think they used metal detectors and came across the coin by chance while digging would be gr8 to get some permisson on this site to do bit detecting befor they do start the new builds as any new finds would be really good to go towards are towns history:)

Comment on Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report by: rich

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:36:58 +0000

hi rob
thanks for ur reply m8 would just like to say its a gr8 site alots of interesting storys from the erea:) the site in town is still grass at the min not alot as changed since they dug it up apart from a wood fence thats been put around the outside..but am sure they want let metal detectorist like myself on the land its a shame its all going to soon be under concrete just incase there was some thing good to be found possibly roman

Comment on Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report by: Rod

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:30:40 +0000

Hi Rich,
thanks for the comment and welcome to the site. The site was being prepared for development Rich so it’l be under concrete at some point.
All the best
Rod

Comment on Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report by: rich

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:01:45 +0000

hi this story is really good and to tell us more about the romans living in grimsby would be amazing i av just started up metal detecting and been out about 5 times so far i av found a old medieval buckle and button plus some old coins and a big iron age nail i really wish i was at the dig i missed out on going:( are they any plans to go back on this site yet? i would love to get a chance to metal detect on this land with the possibility of finding a roman coin

link to picturte of medieval buckle i found..http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee472/uklad5/oldbuckle.jpg

Comment on Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report by: Rod

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:36:29 +0000

Femvamp, (love the name)
thanks for the comment and welcome to the site. This is especially interesting, if, as CK mentions, you could email a scan or photo of both sides of the coin i’d be very grateful indeed and hopefully we’ll be able to get you some more info’ on it.
Thanks again Femvamp
All the best
Rod

Comment on Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report by: Chris Keyworth

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:34:53 +0000

if you can send rod a photo, or a scan would be better i am sure we can identifiy them for you jettons are fairly common in our area and i have had occasion to handle quite a few so i am pretty well versed in them.. if you click on rods post above on his name it will take you to his email address…

regards
chris

Comment on Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report by: femvamp

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:37:36 +0000

hi there ive just been looking for roman coin finds in grimsby because i have 2 coins that were dug up when the subway in grimsby was being excavated.I used to live further down the road on the one way piece of cartergate before the railway lines.When i lived there(was there 22 years) me and my son were digging in the garden which by the way was an absolute mess!!We came across some coins and took them to the wellogate museum at that time and they told me that they were french chetons used in the 14th century.I have never done any research on them but am curious to know what they actually are?

Comment on Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report by: Rod

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:36:37 +0000

Attila,
thanks for the comment and welcome to the site.
I must say I was surprised that when I went to the dig they’d shifted tons of soil and not found one Roman coin - that seemed peculiar to me . . .

I should absolutely love to hear about some of the finds made in and around Grimsby, you’ve absolute anonymity here neither I nor anybody else would know whence the information came.

I understand the reticence of metal detectorists but wouldn’t it be great if the finds could just be mentioned somewhere like this as being in existence.

I think if Grimsby had a proper museum and did things differently much would change Attila
Thanks again for taking the time to comment and hope to hear from you again in the future
All the best
Rod

Comment on Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report by: attila

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:07:31 +0000

the last dig around top town only ever yielded a few old rotten shoe soles and the archaelogy site reports took about ten years to put together and wasnt even done in grimsby they went to nottingham i.e site reports finds etc. the best finds ever yielded in grimsby are by metel detecters around the local fields and these finds are in there collections .i.e viking and anglo saxon relics coins etc . if the local metal detectorist was to inform the grimsby archaealogy unit were these finds were located the said unit would schedulize the site and then take over like little hitlers . therefore they keep these superb sites to themselves. . grimsby is always harping on about its viking past yet no grimsby archaelogy unit have ever come up with any finds or sites .yet the ordinary joe public armed with a metal detector comes up with superb finds every weekend . and in grimsby on a secret field ten minutes away from cartergate

Comment on Roman Grimsby ~ Cartergate Archaeology ~ A Site Report by: Rod

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:44:34 +0000

Hi Annie,
I would indeed volunteer at a dig should the chance arise.
It does remind me og the old joke though . . .
Volunteer work . . . I wouldn’t do it if you paid me !
Best
Rod