24th May 2008, 01:10 PM
This is to prove the point that it occaisonally pays to look at one's own feet-at the end of a long day digging on a Lincoln priory site back in 86 I was asked had I had many finds where I was digging, a few I replied and they were in the tray,what about any coins-had I saved any? only if I find any I said puzzled,"what about that one" I was told, looking down on my left boot was a lump of dried mud with a med silver penny sticking out of it,i've learned to be a bit more observant since then![:I]