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well the year ends with another huge find at the weekend wanderers rally for 1 very lucky ( and happy ) detectorist .

iv just done a little maths and over the history of DW rallies ( 84 ) a provisional guess of around 30k - 40k of detecting hours and 1 hoard ( 2 axes ) found , that's a lot of detecting for 1 hoard , makes you think how lucky you have to be to hit one  :o :o , we all live in hope that one day it will be us  :) :)  lets hope its sooner rather than later , good luck everyone for next year  :)

not just down to luck either.....I think the knew train of thought for 2015 is dig those iffy signals , and don't give in and refill those holes if you cant find it in the first 8 inches ;)

fair shout mate , I wonder how many hoards have been found but not dug up  :o

That's a good shout nobby, I agree ;) and it's just aswell we don't know MIke  ;D ;D

Very true Nobby as that comparison video by Tombs that Deadlock put up shows when good targets drop out of id'able range they can start to id as iron. :-\

Also the more simple machine seems to do a good job at finding the hoards, the Cumbrian hack silver hoard was found with a Garrett like many others, being out with Stever there don't seem to be any faint signal its just the bell tone, il get a faint quiet deep signal and get him to run his machine over and it gives a load bell tone I think its a advantage for the hoards? But as other has said you got to be prepared to dig 

Is 384 20p gaming tokens from the "Dirty Duck"  classed as a hoard :). Even that was good digging them up, what a real hoard must be like, I can only dream, and probably will do for the rest of my life.

I think most of us have dug tractor parts in hope  they maybe that something special. I will wait my turn, and take the buiscuit barrels and tractor bits as they come. One day maybe one day. Still waiting for a good hammie.

i think i leave targets to quickly thinking they are iron  ??? and am always having a go at the wife spending to long on what seems like big iron ,  ??? maybe i will invest in a longer handle to my spade and maybe on one of the signals i will get lucky ;)

Brings to mind the biggest word in the English Language.................................IF


Val

My last " hoard " was a 4.5 kg lump of lead at over 18 inches ! Still nice to dream about though.

When I first started, I knew nothing about detecting and dug every signal - then I discriminated out too much - for a couple of years I dug almost no old pennies as I was only looking for low grunty roman signals,.......

Now I dig a lot more again - more in some places than others.

All I can say is, that you can walk over a field for years - and still miss a hoard - hopefully I'll be able to tell you one day......

Ha Ha good for you but if it's my field I'd rather not know if it's all the same to you Probo  ;) ;)

Roland just show a photo you don't need to tell us yet :D ;)

You can lower your odds of finding a hoard by research. Placenames surveys with a check for welsh field names that mean gold or silver included..Ordance Survey maps of 1869 that mark some of the find spots oi previous hoards..Old newspapers that have been indexed to micro film..Folklore and family tales  that a find on a certain farm has been made in the past by great  grandfather..and these are just a few lines of enquiry..I come from a island 12miles by 33 miles and we estimate that nearly seventy hoards have been found here in the last 300 yrs ,rannging from Viking,through to Tudor..We also believe that the biggest hoard is yet come by a detectorist..HAPPY HUNTING 2015 ROB.. :)

its worth the wait dale  ;)

Iv picked up on a few hints what it is over the years :D  ;D it will be good to see  ;)

Well, the report has now gone to the coroner (just before Christmas) - that only took 24 months.......

That's a long time, how much longer do you think? Have they gave you any indication.

I think the guidelines state that they have to get everything done and dusted within 12 months of handing it to the coroner - now given that I reported it to the coroner within 48 hours of finding it.........