Metal detecting uk. Beach and Land metal detecting.
This is a blog of my finds and experiences as a metal detector in the South East of England.
This blog features tips and advice for beginners, as well as being an archive of my most favourite finds and experiences as a metal detectorist around these parts. Excellent resource sites are also featured here.
Metal detecting finds, treasure, metal detecting equipment, metal detecting shops all covered here!
Maplin teams up with treasurehunting.co.uk to give away metal detector! Maplin has teamed up with Treasurehunting.co.uk to launch an exciting competition for UK detectorists.
Maplin is giving away The Pioneer 505 Metal Detector, worth £299.99! The Pioneer 505 can:
• Detect large projects up to 5 feet deep
• Coins up to 11 inches
• Detects through solid rock, dirt, cement and water
• Has 5 modes of operation
The prize is just one of Maplin’s full range of metal detectors, which can be found here.
For your chance to win please visit the competition here.
Chunky Silver Chain found Beach metal detecting challenge # 8
Really happy with this find! This should take the challenge past the amount needed to buy a beach metal detector, as mentioned here. And as I said, I didn't even do any hunting in the Summer!
My advice? Go out and buy a detector! Even if you don't get the money to cover the cost of your detector, you've got very fit and healthy, and have lots of fun as well...
I'll be honest. When I first joined my club, I expected a lot of very funny smelling old men who had no personality, and were overly geeky concerning anything to do with frequencies and what-not.
I was apprehensive. I'll admit that.
But, I had fallen in love with Metal detecting, and had found a passion for the hobby. I told my friends, but they just laughed at me. My girlfriend rolled her eyes. My Daughter, thought I was trying to be Indiana Jones, so the time came to be round other people that shared a passion along with myself. I needed to find people that understood me. I heard of a local club that had just started up, rang the Chairman, got a date to go visit, and prepared myself...
I'd like to point out at this point, that It was very wrong of me to make a presumption about Metal detecting like I did before I met my fellow club members. I'd done everything that everybody else does when they talk about Metal Detecting or Metal Detectors. Images of sad, lonely old men wandering around fields finding nothing but nails day after day still holds strong with people from outside the hobby. And with people in the hobby as well, like myself. I presumed I was different. I presumed that I didn't hold the typical cliched values of that man wandering around a field.
And thats what people don't understand. This is what they miss about what we do.
If they knew the truth, they'd actually see that the man actually still has a great sense of adventure for a start. They'd see that he has a sincere, and passionate interest in our history. They'd see he understands the magic of not knowing what the next bleep is, and what is under the coil. They'd see that from all the walking around and digging, he's actually very fit for his age. They'd see that he'd chosen a lifestyle that wasn't rotting in front of a TV, or computer, watching mind numbing programmes that dumb him down. He's an adventurer. He's happy, and by God he has a cracking sense of humour...
...And as soon as I walked through the door of my Metal Detecting club, I realised the mistake I had made, in being so presumptuous.. In front of me were all sorts of people, from all sorts of backgrounds, and of all sorts of ages.
And slowly, I began to make friends. Friends that I honestly think, and hope, will become life-long friends. You can learn a lot about Metal detecting these days. With Internet forums, social media, and websites. But the majority of what I've learnt is from real people, that have had more experience than you can shake a stick at. Ideas that I'd never have thought of. Lessons that I'd never have learnt off a website. Real experience.
I'd been offered to go out on peoples permission. I'd learnt of potential permissions I should go for, and lots lots more. Now we have our own club land. We pay to a charity every time we go on it, and share experiences together. We laugh a lot. We dig up a lot of horrible things (See 'Sense of humour') and we dig up a lot of very, very cool things.
So if you're into the hobby, and have no-one else to share your passion with, consider a club. You'll never regret it.
When I read about the guys in the forums doing eight our hunts, I used to weep.
I never understood how these guys that are double my age could go for so long (oo'er!), and how I couldn't. I came to the conclusion that it must be experience, and all I needed to do was persevere, to eventually gain the acquired fitness.
Bad move.
All this did was make me even more tired. No matter how hard I persevered.
See, people don't understand how taxing metal detecting can be. You walk for miles, digging holes, getting up, going down. Walk some more. Dig. Etc. And it is that common misconception that caused me to become so exhausted whenmetal detecting. On the outside, metal detecting looks peaceful (and it is once you understand how to pace yourself!) calm. Literally a walk in the park.
But it isn't until you understand the very simple concept of rest.
That is literally what allowed me to detect for much longer times. I decided to rest every two hours for 15 minutes. In that 15 minutes, I had a bite to eat (something that gives energy. I normally have bananas or a chocolate bar) and made sure I was well hydrated. Hydration is VERY important for us metal detectorists, because as soon as you become dehydrated, you've had it. I normally take a bottle of water with me, and sometimes (if its cold) a nice flask of tea. A cup of tea whilst detecting really sorts me out.
In my over zealousness and perceived youth, I made the mistake of thinking I didn't need to rest and refresh. If you're having a similar problem, just get yourself a rucksack, a good water bottle, and a flask. Oh, and if it's sunny, don't forget to put Sun tan lotion in the bath as well!
I normally don't carry the rucksack with me, as it can become a burden after a while, that seems to exhaust more. I normally leave it in a bush, or on the ground, where I can use it as a marker. Or, if my car is close, I will leave it there, and walk back to it when I need a break.
Metal detecting trousers! (Well, work mans trousers!)
£8.99 in LIDL at the moment. Great pockets, feel durable, and have holes to put your knee pads in.
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