Metal Detecting
Posted: 29 Jun 2015, 12:32
Hi all, Just thought I would elaborate on my metal detecting hobby. I have been metal detecting for 10 years or so and have many fields I can search on. Over the years I have found many exciting finds. From Gold coins (2000 years old), Saxon Brooch, silver coins, roman bits n bobs and much more, however this is by no way the usual finds. Most of the time its bits of modern trash, broken Georgian bronze buckles and buttons 200-300 years old. In those times farmers used to throw old garments on the land to rot as a fertiliser hence many button finds in the field.
Any finds I make I show the land owner and offer them to him/her as the item/s belong to them or if its valuable I usually get their permission to sell it and go 50/50 split. I usually sell any items of value because after the initial excitement of the find and research it would only end up in a box. Most of my finds are recorded by the finds liason officer and they are uploaded to their website for future research by others.
Its great to find Roman coins that have not been touched for 1800 years or so, in fact when ever I find an old item its great to be the first to handle it in many years.
I love to be out n about in the fields metal detecting and there is no better place to eat than under a tree in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nature.
If you own any land and fancy a go metal detecting on it then let me know and I will gladly bring a good spare detector and we can see what we can find. I don't mind travelling 100 miles or so to get there. I'm in Kettering area.
Any finds I make I show the land owner and offer them to him/her as the item/s belong to them or if its valuable I usually get their permission to sell it and go 50/50 split. I usually sell any items of value because after the initial excitement of the find and research it would only end up in a box. Most of my finds are recorded by the finds liason officer and they are uploaded to their website for future research by others.
Its great to find Roman coins that have not been touched for 1800 years or so, in fact when ever I find an old item its great to be the first to handle it in many years.
I love to be out n about in the fields metal detecting and there is no better place to eat than under a tree in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nature.
If you own any land and fancy a go metal detecting on it then let me know and I will gladly bring a good spare detector and we can see what we can find. I don't mind travelling 100 miles or so to get there. I'm in Kettering area.