Gone metal detecting

[Mag1cp2x]

Due to such a long spell of gloomy wet weather down here in Bognor Regis (the UK’s sunshine capital) I haven’t been out much with the camera and was becoming more and more uninspired to go outdoors to do anything …. so I bought a metal detector and a few accessories.
Now very much enjoying at least a couple of hours on the beach each day rather than idling at home.
But still looking forward to some better weather and getting back up on the fabulous South Downs.

 

[the black fox]

A super hobby if your fit enough , better finds are made on farmland though

 

[andya700]

A super hobby if your fit enough , better finds are made on farmland though

One of my mates does it "professionaly" so to speak. He makes a good living from it, as you say, farmland is where the real treasure is found.

 

[F1.2]

I have a big history with detecting , Chairman of the Essex detector society , Started my own club closer to home , Essex Pastfinders, Also involved in starting the portable antiquities rules , Along with Dr Rodger Bland who was commissioned by the UK government , I also did years detecying in the Med underwater detecting , Great times, You do need to be aware ALL land is owned by someone so permissions are important .

 

[Box Brownie]

I have a big history with detecting , Chairman of the Essex detector society , Started my own club closer to home , Essex Pastfinders, Also involved in starting the portable antiquities rules , Along with Dr Rodger Bland who was commissioned by the UK government , I also did years detecying in the Med underwater detecting , Great times, You do need to be aware ALL land is owned by someone so permissions are important .

There has been a murky history of amateur metal detecting and I think I recall reading a few years back that it is thought that all too many (yet to be discovered?) archeologically important sites have been damaged/destroyed/looted etc in the UK & EU by such (criminal?) activities

 

[F1.2]

There has been a murky history of amateur metal detecting and I think I recall reading a few years back that it is thought that all too many (yet to be discovered?) archeologically important sites have been damaged/destroyed/looted etc in the UK & EU by such (criminal?) activities

Indeed thay have with people called night hawks who go on scheduled sites during darkness
Worse still Items handed in by detectorists of importantce and high value have gone missing / stolen ( chose the word ) from inside the british museum , This is currently under investigation on hundereds of items.

 

[Mag1cp2x]

I have a big history with detecting , Chairman of the Essex detector society , Started my own club closer to home , Essex Pastfinders, Also involved in starting the portable antiquities rules , Along with Dr Rodger Bland who was commissioned by the UK government , I also did years detecying in the Med underwater detecting , Great times, You do need to be aware ALL land is owned by someone so permissions are important .

I have joined the NCMD with which comes much important and useful information and Public Liability Insurance.

 

[Mag1cp2x]

A super hobby if your fit enough , better finds are made on farmland though

I’ve been invited to join a group on Saturday on 75 acres of farmland in Hampshire.

 

[the black fox]

I have a big history with detecting , Chairman of the Essex detector society , Started my own club closer to home , Essex Pastfinders, Also involved in starting the portable antiquities rules , Along with Dr Rodger Bland who was commissioned by the UK government , I also did years detecying in the Med underwater detecting , Great times, You do need to be aware ALL land is owned by someone so permissions are important .

And me to , did more Than my fair share over the years ..and through helping the chairman of the ncmd in a major investigation I was invited to join in with jimmy sierras American tours in Norfolk . Done a bit of field Testing his products for whites detectors via that as well ,in fact my first published photo a George 11 Guinea was used by whites in there advertising . Got paid for that to .
All long gone and forgotten now ,hard enough walking down a pavement these days let alone a ploughed field

 

[woof woof]

Metal detecting is something I've always fancied but haven't got around to.

Good luck and enjoy Graeme.

 

[the black fox]

couple of old finds ..gold angel and Edward the confessor penny
gold angel henry viii by jeff cohen, on Flickr

edward the confessor penny by jeff cohen, on Flickr