Happy New Year!

Managed to get out to a pre New year hunt with Greg and Laura.  Found some lovely little pieces including a hammered. and a cartwheel penny!

But...I lost my phone.  Not entirely bothered about the phone, but the video footage of my daughters first Sports day and Christmas on it.  My fault, as I should have backed it all up!

Anyhow, here's the video.  Hope you enjoy it:

Awesome Matrix seal on new land!

Went out for a dig today with my friend, Paul (his second ever dig)  We were only there for two hours, but some nice finds came up!  Here's the video:



The Matrix seal:

Silver Hammereds for us!

Went out Metal Detecting on a field we had high hopes for with Greg.  We'd been on it when it was heavily stubbled, but had no luck.  So, we hit a different area this time, and hit a great hotspot.  Can't wait until the crops come off it this year, so we can get back on!

Metal Detecting tip: Look for any dips in the ground.

Lookout for any obvious dips in the ground!

When I first started detecting, I always avoided these areas, because I always presumed that they were bomb craters from world war two.  The area where I live was heavily shelled in the war, and these holes and dips seem to be all over the place.

My friend Mick, who has tons of metal detecting experience told me that a lot of these dips were actually settlement areas from times gone by.  Places where people had dug in, and then settled themselves.  Mick gets about 20 hammered coins a months off his lands, and certainly knows his stuff.

Of course, in some instances it will be bomb holes.  But there is also a good chance that they are also settlement areas as well, so make sure you head for them if you have them on your land.  You'll soon know if a bomb hit, as you'll be digging loads of shrapnel!

Pay particular attention to the area around the hole as well, as this is where people may have sat, traded, fixed clothes etc.

There is a good example of a settlement area we found in this video:

  

Metal detecting a VERY Roman site!

Out Metal Detecting with Greg on a very Roman site.  The place where I found my first ever Roman coin!

A great adventure with some awesome finds in the Autumn winds!  Also found a shrine!

An Impromptu permission brings us some great finds!

Saw the farmers harvesting, and went and asked...

Great day Metal Detecting.  Got my own little digging buddy as well.  Watch to the end to see why fortune favours the bold!

Metal Detecting an Anglo Saxon site!

Greg and I went out to one of our fields today.  The stubble was an absolute nightmare, but some great finds still came out!

Gold at the end of the rainbow!?

Metal detecting very, very close to where the Romans first landed.  Also chase a rainbow, looking for treasure.

Get some nice finds out there...

Nearly hit by a Golf ball on my new land!

Wow, that was close.

I still can't figure out where the hell it came from, though?  I'm in Narnia out there.  The nearest houses are very very far away....

Who knew metal detecting could be so dangerous?

Anyway, I love this bit of land.  Some great little finds!

Metal Detecting exciting new land!

So I managed to get some new land.  Brilliant!  Loads of history surrounding these fields as well, so I was really looking forward to seeing what comes up.  Here's the video:

Metal Detecting Castles and Tokens!

Off out with Greg Metal Detecting today, and thought I'd stop to take a look at Dover Castle before I went.  Found some nice little bits as well!

Unfortunately, since filming this I've had death threats from the archeology community and its friends.  Because of the TV show I'm in.

Because of that, and having to tighten up my personal security, I'll have to take back the 'come and dig with me' statement.  So, so sorry :(

More Silver with Greg

Great hunt out on our new land!

Join a Metal detecting club! They don't smell as bad as you think!

I love my Metal Detecting Club.

 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.

They don't smell that bad, either...

PASTURE HUNTING!

ATB, and a couple of guys from the Invicta Seekers go out pasture hunting! ADDICTED TO BLEEPS FACEBOOK.

Mastering the 6MX -SIlver Ring!-

My first Silver ring. Made from a Sixpence! Also, Chinese coins, German coins, Horse silver, and more!

Really getting used to the 6MX now!

 

Cscope 6MX quick depth test!

Cscope 6MX quick depth test!

Very quick test.  3 pound coins.  Three holes.  One at 4-5 Inches.  One at 8-9 inches.  One at 9-10 inches.

Also note the recovery time after the iron.

The Cscope 6MX goes deeper than this, and I will be doing a test video in the near future!

Dragon claws and Roman curses!

'Ooo'er! What did the 6MX bring up this time....?

Metal detecting challenge - Episode one!

A CHALLENGE!

Can I cover the cost of a metal detector using finds I have found on the beach, in a year?

Can you?

A challenge!

Rules:

ONLY beach detecting.
Any finds count towards the cost (including lead)
Can be any beach.
A person can detect as much as they want.
We're looking at a mid-ranged/priced detector as mentioned in the video.
Starts today.


*Note.  This is just a bit of fun.  It will be interesting to see if any of us can get anywhere near!

Here is my first video, explaining a bit more, and with my first finds!



AND HERE IS VIDEO 2:



VIDEO THREE:


VIDEO FOUR:





VIDEO FIVE:




VIDEO SIX (FIRST BIT OF BLING) (JULY 10TH = £34.00)




VIDEO 7:  APPROX £112 AFTER SUMMER AND SILVER

Second hunt with the CS6MX!

Better than the first....?

Testing out the CS6MX for the first time!

First 'proper' time out with this detector, on my brand new permission!

Here is the conclusion: