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I recently tried the detector, under and around the pier in Penarth.
Being Victorian i thought at least i would find an old coin, how wrong i was ???.
Found around  £5 in modern coinage, and lots of junk, such as pieces of copper cables etc.
Has anyone ever found anything old around the pier area.
Good Hunting
Ace ;).

Hallo mate.... i havent tried it myself but i have heard of a few people having the same idea as you and detecting around the pier mate , which probably accounts for the lack of old finds fella .....

 I know someone who went there under the pier about 30 years ago when they first came out,
 he said he found hundreds of pre-dec coins there,  a lot were fused together,
 Alan

No wonder i found no old stuff then :D, Cheers boys,
Ace ;).

yeah,  it was a popular place years ago when they first came out,  there used to be a detectorist shop in Crewys road  Cardiff years ago  and he had loads from there,  he use to have a load of fused together ones in his window too, Sorry mate,
 Alan

Hi Alan,
I remember the shop in Crwys Rd well, it belonged to Cliff and Betty Green and I bought my first machine from them for £50 as a Christmas present for Kevin my son when he was about 14years old, he has just had his 47th birthday !!
 As a matter of interest they helped set up the Scan club with myself and a few others.
About Penarth, we searched it in those days and found the usual coins etc along the beach and I heard stories of the odd Sovereign being found by a pipe outlet on the beach.
The best we had was a very nice 18ct knot ring which my wife still has, I think from memory that it dates to the early 1900's.

                                             Pat. ;) ;)

heyyyy nice one on the ring Pat,   i bet this thread brings back to memories hey
Alan

Sure does!!
                       Pat ;D ;D

I tried penarth when I had my original DFX , I had all fishing weights and modern coinage.

Same as Pat - tried it a few times around 25 years ago (!) and picked up pre-decimal copper but I know people had taken a lot of Victorian silver off previously. Trouble was not much depth above the rock and a lot of rubbish.

done under the pier when i first took up detecting when i was fourteen that was thirty years ago found a few victorian but even more edwardian my best find down there was a silver pocket watch it was nt in great condition but the chain made up for that ,still a good place to go you just need a good strong tide to wash them up  :)

oldest i found was a silver sixpence a found it in the pebbles plus modern money   rhossili beach i found all georgian coins  swansea love tokens and rings

i've only been on penarth once...and found 28 lead weights of all shapes and sizes.... ;D....byron

sounds good but i think that guy 30years ago found eveything ace lol cheers jase

Sat outside the Fig Tree once or twice but never detected and never seen anyone detecting the beach.

They don't let you on there with a mechanical digger....
You certainly need one..lol

Your right there betel mate  ;D ;D