January 2010

Welcome to Metal Detecting Finds.

Welcome to Metal Detecting Finds.

Welcome to my humble blog. I love metal detecting as a hobby and hopefully here I’ll be able to post lots of articles of interest to other enthusiasts out there. I’ll be posting stories about the best metal detecting finds, news, metal detector reviews Continue Reading →

Who needs a metal detector?

Who needs a metal detector?

Not Peter Barker Jones from Flintshire in Wales. Archeology enthusiast Peter was walking in a friends field when he found a coin on the surface. He went back to the same spot a year later and this time made an amazing metal detector find, another two coins! The Continue Reading →

Staffordshire Hoard metal detecting find update.

Staffordshire Hoard metal detecting find update.

The Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard forun in Burntwood, Staffordshire by metal detecting enthusiast  Terry Herbert, which I wrote about in my previous post, was officially valued at £3.3 million by the Treasure Valuation Comittee at the British museum. A public appeal Continue Reading →