Why so much lead?

[mason]

Me and a mate have been detecting a field and have been finding loads of roman coins,
but for every coin we find we have to dig about ten to twenty bits of lead before we find a coin.
Can anyone shed any light  as to why so much lead would be around these roman coins?

[JBM]

What colour is the lead?
Jerry.

[mason]

Hi Jerry its mainly white.

[JBM]

Very likely old Roman lead.

We get the same at a old Roman site where lead was produced and some was turned into large ingots known as (Pigs).

These were then shipped to Italy via the Bristol Channel.

Happy Hunting,

Jerry.

[unclened]

Same in this area thus my user name UNCLE NED

[Keith67]

Same in this area thus my user name UNCLE NED

For some weird reason I always thought it stood for un - clened, don't asked me why 

[Ghost]

Collect it and melt it into a bar, paint it gold .

Then put it in the bin 2 weeks later the novelty of making a heavy gold bar has gone .

😀