A place for all of your metal detecting related posts until such time as Mike has the decency and foresight to give Not606 what it wants: A Metal Detecting forum. Or at least Hobbies. And Gardening, let us not forget Gardening. N.B. Anyone who posts porn or other obscene images on this thread is an unfunny ****.
Man solves murder case using Metal Detector: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...896-murder-finally-solved-years-research.html I've found quite a few of these lead bullets in various sizes as well as earlier musket balls and later brass bullets. Often wondered if any might have resulted from a murder. Why else would a pistol bullet end up in the middle of a field in Southern England?
Question from Hector The Rector Detector, The Rectory, Little Philspector, Kent: Hector, you want to get yourself a pair of Magnum Stealth Force boots. They are airport friendly, comfortable, waterproof and tough. They are the same ones that cops and paras use and are available in 6 inch or 8 inches of length. This is the 6 inch version: please log in to view this image
Finds Liason Officers I've got about a hundred finds to record with the Portable Antiquities Scheme but when I saw the FLO in February she said she'd only take a maximum of 10 at a time. 6 months later, having not heard from her, I emailed to ask if she'd processed my finds and after 3 weeks got this reply: At this rate I'll be lucky to get my finds recorded before I die. New season begining too, will probably have another 100 odd finds to submit by the Spring.
In the news twice in one day. Metal detectorists find Iron Age Settlement: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-23733741 Ms Wootton (Devon FLO) said the important discovery should be credited to Mr Wills and Mr Hewings who had painstakingly recorded "every scrap of metal" they found. "Jim and Dennis have been absolutely first class in recording what they've found and it's a result of them being responsible with their metal detecting that we've discovered this site," she said.
I've been detecting for about ten years now my detector is the explorer se with various coils, I hunt mainly pasture and beaches and stubble at harvest time, im trying to join my local club been on the waiting list for 4 years!.
My gear: Oliver XP DEUS MINELAB SOV GT with 13 ultimate DD coil LAZER B 3 SS SAND SCOOP FLOATING SIEVE PLASTIC SAND SHOVEL CHEST WADERS GARRET PROBE EVOLUTIONS HAND TROWEL EPIPHONE THUNDERBIRD IV
Went out yesterday for the first time this season, lovely day for it: please log in to view this image Here are my finds, amazed how many bullets/bullet cases are in that field, reckon the Home Guard were training there: please log in to view this image This is the best find, not sure what it is yet but it's old, medieval or earlier, beautifully worked: please log in to view this image