Is A Good Site Ever Become Barren Of Good Finds?

[Spooyt Vane]

A farm i have detecting for nearly 40yrs,keeps producing nice  surprises..I have brought many detectorists on this  farm and still it gives in dribs and drabs.........My answer is no

[david995]

certainly if a field is ploughed now and then that will keep the stuff coming , and no matter how effiecient we think we are we still miss bits ,

 i have some pasture thats never been ploughed , and i'm not saying there is nothing to be found but i can say there is not much now   

wet and frosty conditions can give you some more depth so if you had been on a field in hot dry conditions you could certainly go back now and find things

[150aceboy]

I have a similar permission myself, been pasture for many years, yet i've had 100's of coins, artifacts, etc.

Has been detected over and over by my son, son-in-law, and myself in the past, and last year TheLovedoc and myself give it another bash, with his Safari equiped with a coil the size of a dustbin lid   and still produced, Edward I hammered penny, William III lovetoken, Vicky Joey, fob seal, etc.

Tried it again the end of last summer with my previous detector ( Euro Ace ), and a beautiful 1866 Vicky Half Soveriegn popped out  

I have researched maps etc, and nothing special comes to light of the use of the field, strange  

So my answer would be No, as long as my little field is there, something will come home with me  

[Chef Geoff]

We've had this subject a few times before and I think the consensus was that although finds get fewer and less frequent it's the detectorists interest that runs out before the finds

[Rob Two Spades]

There is a field next to a church near me that used to be a roman market. Its still got loads of oyster shells on it. The farmer has let everyone go on it for 20 years so after the last ploughing four of us spent a whole afternoon on it. We found three pieces of lead between us!! So I think so sometimes!

[sinky]

Please ask me 2 come  with u will pay  4 petrol and sarnies ta  sinky

[Chef Geoff]

The thing is that if land is left in pasture for just 100 years a normal 8 or 9 inch plough won't even come close to touching older finds unless on hillsides or uplands where erosion can cancel out the build up of top soil so I would say they don't run out but maybe our machine run out of depth

[midastouch]

Small coins on their side can be missed many times, and then along comes a friendly worm to give it a nudge which then puts it in range of the next detectorist 

[Dryland]

WANTED -- One friendly worm to nudge coins my way, If you have any please get in touch

[Chef Geoff]

It's worms that bury the damn things in the first place

[Dryland]

Yes, but they're the unfriendly worms

[midastouch]

 

[probono]

The thing is that if land is left in pasture for just 100 years a normal 8 or 9 inch plough won't even come close to touching older finds unless on hillsides or uplands where erosion can cancel out the build up of top soil so I would say they don't run out but maybe our machine run out of depth

To true - there's a field I go to that I know will be good if the farmer ever ploughs it - but I haven't found anything non-ferrous on it for a year (but it was very good to me before that).

[Spooyt Vane]

There is one exception to a pasture land field where I found a hoard of Edward 1/2 & Alexander 111 ( 176 silver pennies) back in 1978 and the club in 1981(90 silver pennies)...Quite recently  one of our members  got permission and recovered 120 silver pennies which have been through the Treasure Trove system..I have spent many hours on this site and swing speed,weather conditions,angle of coil to earth,latest technology ,coins liying at funny angles etc..This field has not been ploughed since 1930s...The latest technology is helping to get those awkward signals ..

[david995]

I would offer to plough the field for free to the farmer