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!

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...

Invicta Seekers club meet # 8 Silver Hammered (Loads of!), Silver Romans, Celtic coins + more!

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!

 

Second hunt with the CS4MX! + First Roman coin

Some great finds, including my first Roman coin!

Invicta seekers club meet # 3 (Lots of) finds + find of the month!

Another great club meet, with lots of finds again, which is suprising as we have had lots of snow around these parts over the past month! Anyhow, people got out, and made some good discoveries....

Invicta Seekers club meet # 2 Finds + Find of the month!

A great meeting for our metal detecting club, with lots of new members!

Featured in this video is a Gold stater, LOTS of Roman coins, old rings, lots and lots of other coins, a bronze age axe head, cannonballs, medieval objects such as spoon figures and buckles, Roman Brooches, some amazing buttons, and lots, lots more!

Oh, and the sound of my heartbreaking as the FLO tells me my Roman sea serpent is actually a bit of waste, ha ha!

Invicta Seekers club meet. Finds + Find of the month!

Love tokens, Victorian florins, hammered Henry 6th coin, 1900 Victorian penny, medieval seal, lead seals, popes seal, Snake head clasp, Belgian coin from first world war, plus more!

A Roman Villa!

A Roman villa Right next to where I live.  Isn't that nice?

Where's the path? - Great resource!

Here is another great resource, called 'Where's the path?'.

Basically, you have a split screen. The one on the left is a map (out of copyright maps that go back to the thirties!) and the screen on the right is a sattelite view on google maps.  Enter your location or postcode into the top left of the screen...

As you scroll around on either map, it does the same on the other. This is very handy, as you can study any unusual quirks in either the map or the satellite view in real time.

Of course, you can zoom in to take a better look, and everything is marked as it should be.

All in all, a brilliant resource for detectorists!

Where's the Path?

Alongside Where's the Path, I also use Old-maps.co.uk.  Another brilliant resource!

Old-maps.co.uk is a great resource!

You can 'go back in time' and find things otherwise missed by google earth. Also, try this site as well. It's called 'Where's the path? And is another brilliant resource for metal detectorists.

I try and use both of these alongside each other when I'm doing my research.

Old maps.co.uk



Also check out "Where's the Path?"  Another great resource!

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