Title: THIS HOBBY OF OURS Post by: Kev on May 04, 2009, 04:43:33 PM wright everybody this is my 600 post so will tell you a story that happened to me a good while back that i expect that has happened to a lot of you . this is my last post for a week because im off to Majorca tomorrow for a week for my birthday on the 10th of may next sunday 51 ,.......cant believe it ;D................ ok here we go............i know lots of you got a similar story to tell but i will tell mine!.......... i know we all go back to the same farms and find stuff but have you been back to a farm time and time again ! i was detecting a farm at machen for about 2 years off and on and been on this field path up a bit off a hill every time as i say for about 2 years then one day finding nothing in the same field again ,said to my m8 im off over to the next field , going back down the path that iv done over and over again not really detecting just walking and got to the bottom of the path got a faint signal dug it out and pops out a EDWARD 3RD h-groat. after walking over this area for 2 years its a funny hobby this metal detecting
Title: Re: THIS HOBBY OF OURS Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on May 04, 2009, 05:10:54 PM yeah sometimes you go that little bit slower and at a slightly different angle that does it, and maybe a bit more moisture this time too,
i remember going over a silver sixpence that gave a bad rough signal, i left it, on the way back got it again, but this time a lovely clear signal so i dug it, glad i did then Title: Re: THIS HOBBY OF OURS Post by: silverhand on May 04, 2009, 05:17:12 PM great coin mate nice one ;D
Title: Re: THIS HOBBY OF OURS Post by: waltonbasinman on May 04, 2009, 05:20:53 PM Is it a hobby Kev. It could be a way of life to some. With ploughing, erosion, flooding, worm action etc, etc. Anythings possible. I remember reading a article by the late Peter Reynolds at Butser Iron Age Farm Project in Hampshire. They isolated a two acre patch of ground and subjected it to a 10 year project with two five year crop rotations. Within this area they buried different metallic and other objects with the ground being ploughed, pasture, cereal and potatoes. To cut a long story short some of the objects disappeared, some moved over three metres, and some Items even appeared that were not placed as part of the experiment. So always expect the unexpected
Title: Re: THIS HOBBY OF OURS Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on May 04, 2009, 05:26:21 PM Yip , have had the same thing time and time again. As I've said before , ground moisture makes a huge difference!
Title: Re: THIS HOBBY OF OURS Post by: Stig(The) on May 04, 2009, 07:12:36 PM I walked though the same park twice a day for 15yrs,"nothing" then one day while off work took me Tekkie & found "Tuppence"
It`s a strange old world ! ??? Title: Re: THIS HOBBY OF OURS Post by: DIGGA on May 04, 2009, 07:26:02 PM just goes to show you cant ever get all the goodies first time thats whi i keep on going and going and going etc etc lol ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, happy birthday for the 10th kev have a great day and dont forget my stick of roch haha im catching you up bud i am 44 tomorrow have a great holiday
Title: Re: THIS HOBBY OF OURS Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on May 04, 2009, 07:36:43 PM heyy good detective work Phil, it paid off too, well done on that lol
Title: Re: THIS HOBBY OF OURS Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on May 04, 2009, 07:51:49 PM Sometimes the less obvious places are the best. I bet you'd have never be lying in bed one night and think 'I know I'll nip into clydach vale tomorrow and check the long jump pit' ;D
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