Metal Detecting

[blackmaggie 3,376]

I know the area well peak Walton le dale and cuerdale aren't that far might even give sue Ryder's a spin if I give it ago

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Out today for a dig.

 

One guy found a Roman broach , unusual in Perthshire.

 

Silver shilling and odds and sods.

 

 

[walshie 2,804]

Can you hire detectors? I quite fancy a go, but I don't fancy buying one then having it languish in the garage for years.

[mackem 26,564]

A few of the tool hire companies rent them by the day,basic models.

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Seriously Dave. it`s addictive as hell once you start finding stuff.

All of a sudden, meaningless tat becomes ancient buried treasure !

[greg64 2,826]

i have thought bout getting into metal detecting but then I thought what if I just found half a toy gun a rusty nail a bent fork a toy car and a shilling that I used to get in m Christmas pudding and I thought f**k it

[walshie 2,804]

Seriously Dave. it`s addictive as hell once you start finding stuff.

All of a sudden, meaningless tat becomes ancient buried treasure !

 

I'm sure it is once you start finding stuff, but there's only so many nails I can find before the novelty wore off.

[mackem 26,564]

Eric Lawes,old guy who died last year,the legend goes he was going into town to get some golf clubs as he was on the very of retiring and wanted a hobby to keep himself occupied,he saw a mate of his with a metal detector so after a chat and a demo he thought f**k the golf,its the ruination of a good walk,as mark twain said,so he bought a machine,first time out a farmer asked him to search a field for a hammer that had fallen off his tractor,the hammer is in the british museum........as is most of the estimated 10 million pound treasure he found while looking for it.

[walshie 2,804]

Why is a hammer that fell off a tractor in the museum?

[greg64 2,826]

joking aside i quite fancy it

[mackem 26,564]

Why is a hammer that fell off a tractor in the museum?

Because its in context with the finding of the hoard,its provenance for the story.

[walshie 2,804]

 

Why is a hammer that fell off a tractor in the museum?

Because its in context with the finding of the hoard,its provenance for the story.

 

 

Thought you meant he took a long time to find it.

[mackem 26,564]

I think he found it the same day lol

[lanesra 3,994]

Eric Lawes,old guy who died last year,the legend goes he was going into town to get some golf clubs as he was on the very of retiring and wanted a hobby to keep himself occupied,he saw a mate of his with a metal detector so after a chat and a demo he thought f**k the golf,its the ruination of a good walk,as mark twain said,so he bought a machine,first time out a farmer asked him to search a field for a hammer that had fallen off his tractor,the hammer is in the british museum........as is most of the estimated 10 million pound treasure he found while looking for it.

And that sums up right place right time , luck of the draw ect .

[tomburras 2,730]

I'm dying to get back into metal detecting and this thread was a kick up the arse. Funily enough I took my young nephews out today finding some choclate coins I hid earlier It was good fun. Looking at getting a garett 250 in the new year.