where to look?

[ernest]

hi there everybody.

Just getting into metal detecting. Been out a little, but not much luck as of yet. Any tips on where to look etc?

[DEADLOCK]

Anywhere and everywhere with permission of course

[Val Beechey]

Hi Ernest
As already stated you need permission off the land owner before you can detect anywhere. The beach is the only place you can go without permission but you do need a beach licence. Quick and easy to down load from the BEACH DETECTING section in the Forum. They are free and all you do is enter your details and down load. Not often anyone asks for it but Tenby and one or two others had a downer on detecting last year and were asking for them.They threatened to take detectors without one.
The other thing you need to think about is insurance. Not too expensive and, once again, easy to do on line. Suggest NCMD costs £9 (I think) for the first year.
 Unless you join a club in which case insurance is usualy part of the membership cost.
Have you tried your garden yet ?? amazing what comes up close to home.

Happy hunting.

Val

[ernest]

thanks for the info val. yeah, been out asking local farmers etc, they've all been positive so no worries about permission. Guess im not having much luck at the moment, but will certainly keep trying.

[nobby]

try burying various size coins so you get used to all the different sounds your detectors trying to tell you .......always slow and low

[Dale]

True nobby, its great to set a test bed. I did my own one in my back garden and it made me buy a new machine. I was horrified how my powermax II did not peform. I'll never sell it tho. Out of 9 good targets including a cut half, roman minim, I picked up only 4 I spoke to the wife and okayed it with her and bought a Tejon with the 10 by 12 coin and picked up all 9 a week later

[dances with badgers]

try your garden if the house is not a recent build.found a 50 caliber morter tailfin in my mams garden from ww2.how did that get there?
i found loads of coins on old playing fields,parks not recent ones old parks,also old footpathes.
 now i prefer beaches for the bling i sometimes get