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 →
How does a hobbyist metal detector work?
There are many different types of metal detectors such as those used for security at airports but I want to write about the hobbyists detector and the various technologies which allow metal detecting finds to be discovered under a layer of earth (or water). A lightweight Continue Reading →
Metal Detecting Finds – Rare Iron Age Bowls
Craig Mills of Newport, South Wales, had been metal detecting for only nine months when he uncovered some iron age items described as ‘of great importance’. He discovered two bronze bowls and a bronze wine strainer, all of which are decorated in the Continue Reading →
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.
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 →
Metal Detecting Finds
As anyone who has ever been out with a metal detector knows, theres nothing quite like finding your first coin! It seems like you’ve been out for ages digging up every bottle top and pull tab in the area and you’re just about to go home when finally Continue Reading →