Metal detecting
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oadamo
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hi mate i used to metal detect but gave it up because its very hard to get permissions now, its a lot easyer just paying to go on a dig there only £10-£20.
one of the farms i shoot on now i can only go on at night and i have to stick to one section, so people in the day don't see someone wondering around the field and think there can without permission. you will find one if you keep trying. i always offer a couple of rabbits to the farmer and a bottle of drink every couple of weeks aswell. but now i have got to no him we have a laugh and go for a drink together. so it is possible keep trying.
adam
one of the farms i shoot on now i can only go on at night and i have to stick to one section, so people in the day don't see someone wondering around the field and think there can without permission. you will find one if you keep trying. i always offer a couple of rabbits to the farmer and a bottle of drink every couple of weeks aswell. but now i have got to no him we have a laugh and go for a drink together. so it is possible keep trying.
adam
Its a shame really.If farmers want to keep it between ours selfs so be it.
I am little dissapointed but ever thing is a struggle in life.But I'll keep trying no matter how big the land is.Not gone any pay searches of yet.U do suffer with hand
arthritis so I struggle a little. Lol
I am little dissapointed but ever thing is a struggle in life.But I'll keep trying no matter how big the land is.Not gone any pay searches of yet.U do suffer with hand
arthritis so I struggle a little. Lol
oadamo
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- wolverhampton
don't worry about your arthritis mate, you could sit there all day and just watch if you want and just do a bit when you feel ok. as long as you have payed the don't really care how much you do. take some food and a fold out stool or chair with you and you will have a nice day.
adam
oadamo
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lol. i still have the number to a guy that will let you detect for a bit of cash. but its over wolverhampton way but if you want the number i can pm you and you can give him a call. don't no if he still will or when as i haven't been for a couple of years. as long as you leave his place as you found it you will have a good day detecting and be welcome back anytime.
adam
Wolverhampton way to far thank you anyways..
="oadamo, post: 267013, member: 5245"]lol. i still have the number to a guy that will let you detect for a bit of cash. but its over wolverhampton way but if you want the number i can pm you and you can give him a call. don't no if he still will or when as i haven't been for a couple of years. as long as you leave his place as you found it you will have a good day detecting and be welcome back anytime.
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="oadamo, post: 267013, member: 5245"]lol. i still have the number to a guy that will let you detect for a bit of cash. but its over wolverhampton way but if you want the number i can pm you and you can give him a call. don't no if he still will or when as i haven't been for a couple of years. as long as you leave his place as you found it you will have a good day detecting and be welcome back anytime.
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oadamo
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- wolverhampton
oadamo
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i could go on a field thats been done to death but i bet i could still find things. depends on you detector and how you use it 
A 1,700-year-old Roman gold coin dug up in a field in south Wiltshire, is expected to fetch £30,000 at auction
Found by a metal detecting enthusiast, the coin dates from the reign of Emperor Licinius I.
One of only four known examples, the coin was struck for the emperor in AD 313 to distribute at special occasions
The enthusiast, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he "thought it was the foil from a packet of Rolos" when he first pulled it out of the mud
NEVER SAY NEVER............................
Found by a metal detecting enthusiast, the coin dates from the reign of Emperor Licinius I.
One of only four known examples, the coin was struck for the emperor in AD 313 to distribute at special occasions
The enthusiast, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he "thought it was the foil from a packet of Rolos" when he first pulled it out of the mud
NEVER SAY NEVER............................
Treasure hunter finds ancient gold jewellery in bog in Northern Ireland
A treasure hunter with a metal detector has unearthed a 3,000-year-old piece of ornate gold jewellery from a bog in Northern Ireland.
Ronald Johnston first thought the Bronze Age torc was an old car spring, he told the BBC.
The coiled metal, typically worn around the neck or waist, would actually have belonged to a Celt who had “access to extreme wealth,” said Armagh County Museum’s Andrea Kennedy.
Johnston had cleaned the mysterious metal and stuffed it in a drawer in his home in Enniskillen until he saw a photograph of another Celtic torc in a magazine. His brother Charlie Johnson took it to the museum
really can’t believe it’s a valuable and ancient object. We didn’t know what it was,” Charlie Johnston told the BBC.
The torc would date from 1300 to 1100 B.C., Kennedy said.
A symbol of the Celts’ “delight in gaudy ostentation,” according to the ancient Greek philosopher Poseidonius, torcs carried distinctive designs created by local blacksmiths. The word torc comes from the Latin for “to twist” or torque.
Ribbon torcs such as the one found by Johnston were typical of north Ulster and north Connaught.
It is only the second one discovered on the Irish isle that is coiled like a spring as well as carrying the distinctive ribbon twist design, said Kennedy. Stretched out, it’s unusually large — 47 inches or 119 centimetres — so it would likely have been worn around the waist rather than the neck.
“Perhaps it was buried when the owner died and the coiling was a type of decommissioning so that it could no longer be worn,” she said.
“Alternatively it could have been an offering to the gods.”
The Treasure Valuation Committee at the British Museum in London will determine how much the ancient artifact is worth.
A treasure hunter with a metal detector has unearthed a 3,000-year-old piece of ornate gold jewellery from a bog in Northern Ireland.
Ronald Johnston first thought the Bronze Age torc was an old car spring, he told the BBC.
The coiled metal, typically worn around the neck or waist, would actually have belonged to a Celt who had “access to extreme wealth,” said Armagh County Museum’s Andrea Kennedy.
Johnston had cleaned the mysterious metal and stuffed it in a drawer in his home in Enniskillen until he saw a photograph of another Celtic torc in a magazine. His brother Charlie Johnson took it to the museum
really can’t believe it’s a valuable and ancient object. We didn’t know what it was,” Charlie Johnston told the BBC.
The torc would date from 1300 to 1100 B.C., Kennedy said.
A symbol of the Celts’ “delight in gaudy ostentation,” according to the ancient Greek philosopher Poseidonius, torcs carried distinctive designs created by local blacksmiths. The word torc comes from the Latin for “to twist” or torque.
Ribbon torcs such as the one found by Johnston were typical of north Ulster and north Connaught.
It is only the second one discovered on the Irish isle that is coiled like a spring as well as carrying the distinctive ribbon twist design, said Kennedy. Stretched out, it’s unusually large — 47 inches or 119 centimetres — so it would likely have been worn around the waist rather than the neck.
“Perhaps it was buried when the owner died and the coiling was a type of decommissioning so that it could no longer be worn,” she said.
“Alternatively it could have been an offering to the gods.”
The Treasure Valuation Committee at the British Museum in London will determine how much the ancient artifact is worth.
Question..permissions
There are a few options to go and I would like farmers
or land owners thoughts please it would help me.
1) visted the farmer directly.
2) send letter with all the details necessary for farmer to read.With a self addressed envelope enclosed.
3) Or just ring the land owner etc.
What is a preferred method which better suits you.
thanx again
There are a few options to go and I would like farmers
or land owners thoughts please it would help me.
1) visted the farmer directly.
2) send letter with all the details necessary for farmer to read.With a self addressed envelope enclosed.
3) Or just ring the land owner etc.
What is a preferred method which better suits you.
thanx again
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Friendly advice....
Use your permission....don't start collecting them like stamps!
Show the landowner EVERYTHING you find.... even that you're taking the rubbish away. Enthusiasm is a great spark to greater things!
Talk to him/her when the time suits....... they'll know somebody else & you`ll have a reference.
Always keep a local OS Map in your kit.... farmers often own blocks of land all over the shop!
Finally (and most important) when you move on to pastures new make a point of telling the farmer/landowner........... otherwise they will tell the next newbie that they already have someone!
Good luck!
Use your permission....don't start collecting them like stamps!
Show the landowner EVERYTHING you find.... even that you're taking the rubbish away. Enthusiasm is a great spark to greater things!
Talk to him/her when the time suits....... they'll know somebody else & you`ll have a reference.
Always keep a local OS Map in your kit.... farmers often own blocks of land all over the shop!
Finally (and most important) when you move on to pastures new make a point of telling the farmer/landowner........... otherwise they will tell the next newbie that they already have someone!
Good luck!