Monday last

[Christoph1945]

                                  On Monday I decided to take a look at my permissions and was disappointed to find that the grass was thigh high on most of my fields and still waiting to be dry enough for hay making. Some fields that were as short as bowling greens were full of horses and out of bounds for the present moment. Two other fields were still full of winter wheat and looking very green!

                                   Not to be out done by nature I decided to work my temporary permission at a building project and took the EuroAce along with the Nel Tornado coil. Even here the grass was growing well and a large section of the fields were unworkable. A large perimeter section where the grass was a little shorter turned out to be quite workable and despite the blazing sun, I put in 5 hours detecting and was rewarded with approximately £1.80p in decimal, a selection of lead, copper, brass, and three older coins. ( A big George III penny, an Edward VII penny, and a George VI ship halfpenny. )

                                  The site continues to throw up plenty of decimal coinage, loads of lead/copper/and brass, and even part of an old silver pocket watch. Sadly..........no hammered coins or gold yet!   

[Doug]

Well done, a lot of hard digging there in the heat.

[Christoph1945]

Hi Doug,
                it was tough going but rather enjoyable. Sadly, I didn't take enough liquid refreshment with me but that was a lesson well learned. You wouldn't know when they harvest winter wheat would you? 

                I'm guessing that by next week my farmers will have cut and harvested the hay fields and I will be able to get stuck in. I have even contemplated buying a Nel Big coil for the EuroAce and giving those fields a good going over! 

[Chef Geoff]

Winter wheat starts coming off 1st week of August as a cereal crop but a month earlier if being used for fodder

[Christoph1945]

                    Thanks Geoff; I should have asked the farmer when he told me that  they were sowing winter wheat in those fields! 

[Dale]

Well done Chris for getting out in this weather, any of them coins could of been the gold one!!

Traveling though Somerset to work iv noticed some of the fields and going golden by the day, as for the silage its been a bumper crop!!  

[Christoph1945]

Hi Dale,
                 I recon we detectorists are slowly heading into a very busy period and we should stand by to hear of some wonderful finds this year. That is providing our wives allow us out on a long leash! 

[Dale]

Hi Dale,
                 I recon we detectorists are slowly heading into a very busy period and we should stand by to hear of some wonderful finds this year. That is providing our wives allow us out on a long leash! 

Very true, my detecting trips will pick up again soon, im looking forward to it

[Doug]

Hi Doug,
                it was tough going but rather enjoyable. Sadly, I didn't take enough liquid refreshment with me but that was a lesson well learned. You wouldn't know when they harvest winter wheat would you?  

                I'm guessing that by next week my farmers will have cut and harvested the hay fields and I will be able to get stuck in. I have even contemplated buying a Nel Big coil for the EuroAce and giving those fields a good going over!  

Locally the farmer(s) are getting ready to bring in the winter barley, I seen today on the way back home one farmer had done one cut up through a field.

Depending on weather, any time for winter barley to come in from week 3 of June.

Dependent on weather, another silage cut then into the corn/wheat although some farmers leave it until mid/late August.