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Title: Peat Bog Detecting Post by: Jonola (Jon) on April 11, 2009, 01:22:36 PM There is an area of really marshy, peaty bogland near me. It is uneven ground and on a hillside. Very bleak and barren. Anyone ever detected in this type of ground? Any tips? Doesn't look the kind of area a human has ever set foot on....but you never know!
Title: Re: Peat Bog Detecting Post by: mole on April 11, 2009, 02:52:37 PM Lots of bronze age and celtic votive offerings have been discovered in peat bogs around springs on stream banks etc I personlly would look at a map of the local and if accessable have a good look around the springs prime spots to search the old adage springs to mind no pun intended ::) like looking for a needle in a haystack when searching a peat bog ??? mole
Title: Re: Peat Bog Detecting Post by: Jonola (Jon) on April 11, 2009, 03:08:29 PM Thanks for the tips. At least I'm not expecting to detect much scrap metal! I have some local maps from 1841 and 1881 and can't see any sign of habitation except for two small farm houses.
Title: Re: Peat Bog Detecting Post by: hedgehog on April 11, 2009, 05:20:59 PM If you are going detecting in peat bogs tie a plank to your arse! ;D
Title: Re: Peat Bog Detecting Post by: simon c on April 11, 2009, 09:35:39 PM If your going anywhere near the Tregaron bog in west Wales and get a large iron signal,it's a lost Hy-mack excavator,aparently the electricity board lost it while putting in a new power-line,i walked across there years ago and it's not for the faint harted,might be worth wearing a life jacket Jon lol,i've heard stories of second world war air craft dissapearing in to bogs never to be seen again :o,but on the brighter side there was a hoard of roman coins found in a bog near Aberystwyth a few years ago,and as Mole says a lot of Bronze age finds have come from bogs,good luck if you make it back let us know how you get on ;D
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