What a lovely morning. The sun was already nice and warm as we arrived en masse in aniticipation of a good mornings detecting. Although the two grass fields were at our disposal had been 'done' before it was obvious they had been ploughed and re-seeded recently so hopes ran high. It didn't take long before Jason found a Lizzie half groat, the only hammered to materialise on the day. Chris Kirk dug a cartwheel tuppence. Most of us had seen cartwheel pennies before but not a tuppence. How on earth do you lose a coin of that size and weight? After the mid morning break most of us meandered into the second field adjacent to the farm house. An interesting field this as it looks like an old track ran through here towards a deserted Medieval Village. Digging on the side of this track yours truely produced a rather ornate bronze cross with an effigy of the Virgin Mary and child. Just a few minutes later, and barely 20 yards away, Chris Kirk uncovered a similar cross, this time a crucifix but obviously of around the same age. They look late Medieval but both crosses will be taken to the Museum Services at Leicester for recording and identification. Tessa found the third, a much more recent design but a nice find neverthless. Other finds included half a ton of ointment tubes, odd bits of lead, a hawking whistle, a thimble and a Vicky farthing. All in all a very pleasant mornings detecting. Well done Keith for finding us these fields as land is a bit scarce these days with the crops growing and the cattle returning from their winter holidays. An update on the Cross saga will appear later.