Metal
Detecting...for
beginners, where do you start? first of all welcome
to a great hobby, plenty of fresh air and exercise.
Now let's get down to the essentials.
1. A Metal Detector...New Ferrari or
decent secondhand model with a lot of life init ???.
Well it's up to you, plenty of bargains to be had on
the internet, or take a look at Ebay, lots on there
every week. Allso take a look at our links, Normally
you get what you pay for. From £1,200 to £200.
DetecnicksLtd
is a independent retailer and can offer impartial advice
on the choices available within the ranges of all the
major manufacturers.
I am now going to assume you
have a metal detector, let's take it for a spin (Back
Garden) what did you find a few old nailes from when
you put up the garden shed, a pound coin you lost at
the barbecue. well that took most of us about 30 minutes.
What next.
The Basics Of
Metal Detecting.
Findspots
of Roman Coin Hoards.
Sites of
Roman Villas, Forts, Buildings,
Settlements, Cemeteries.
Sites of
British Battlefields
Findspots
of Bronze Age and Iron Age Artifacts.
Sites of
Deserted Medieval Villages
2. Where to go metal detecting
??? Have a look at Google
Earth you can download it FREE from our home
page. Over two years of research has gone in to producing
our web site, I think it is without doubt the best starting
point for all research. Metal Detectors Search CD contains
over 16,000 sites just imagine how it looks on Google
Earth it is amazing. So try our Google Earth Placemarkers,
100 sites for FREE see form below.
To increase your chances of
a successful find 10 times over, you need to know the
history of your location.
Stop wasting your time taking an expensive
piece of metal detecting equipment into a field that
as just been ploughed for 200 years, all you will find
is the occasional horse shoe and a broken piece of farm
plant.
Even if you can't get permission
to metal detect the field that once located a Medieval
Deserted Village, you are better off metal detecting
in the field next to it.
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Code of Practice
for Responsible
Metal Detecting in
England and Wales
Treasure Trove was originally defined as gold or
silver in any form, whether coin, plate or bullion
which had been hidden and rediscovered, and which
no person could prove he or she owned.
If you find treasure there
is a legal obligation to report it.
The British Museum decides
if a found item falls under the treasure act, and
then the local coroner holds an inquest to decide
who is the legal finder of the treasure.
If the museum decides to buy
the treasure, it must pay the finder its full value.
However, most metal detectors
agree to split any money from treasure found 50/50
with the landowner where the treasure was found.
10,000 Roman Coins
Unearthed
One of the largest hauls of
Roman coins ever discovered in Shropshire has been
unearthed after nearly 1,700 years underground by
a metal detector enthusiast on his first treasure
hunt, it was revealed today.
The collection of more than
10,000 coins, most of which were inside a pot, was
uncovered by Nick Davies from Ford during a search
of land in the Shrewsbury area - just a month after
he took up the hobby.
