Every place tells a story

[waltonbasinman]

I was out today scouting for new land a bit closer to home. Chatted to a few landowners and got permission at two places which left me pleased. Whilst out i decided to investigate some supposed battle sites that had recently come to my attention. Unfortunately the landowners were not available at two of the farms as they had gone to market but after speaking to their wives they said it was fine if i had a look around and see if anything became immediately obvious. I was to phone later in the week in the evening and they would be expecting me. Great all round result. While looking around the one thing that did strike me is how many unrecorded houses with small attached plots were around. In half an hour I found ten. Below is a picture of one of them probably 17 or 18 century but a real picture of life on the edge a couple of hundred years ago. Would any body think places like this would be worth detecting.

[hedgehog]

Nah wouldn't bother detecting there, where is it? 

[waltonbasinman]

On the edge of the Begwyns near Painscastle.

[hedgehog]

I know Paul , it was an attempt at humour which obviously i'm not very good at. As a site it's perfect for detecting, although on the outside it may look a couple of hundred years old (at that date you are likely to find nice silver and gold) it may predate that by some time, the evidence isn't always there until you start detecting.
That is what I like about detecting, it's putting all of the clues together, i.e. dating buckles ,coins , horse shoes. It may be there is little to find , but being on a deserted remote spot like the Begwyns , where would you keep your money?

[waltonbasinman]

Very good point Steve. Did you get my email.

[simon c]

Sites like that can be very good Paul,But if your useing the Quatro you may find it hard going,these sites are very iron infested work very slow and try and pick out the good signals in-between the iron,but as Steve say's they can produce some nice finds.