N.W.D.D. Sunday the 26th dig

[jayhay69]

yea most were ok but its something we need to address so everyone gets the point

[digitup]

Had a great day today still plenty of land there to detect on.i wonder how many miles we walk in  a day  ;)my feet are killing me

[hotmill]

Yes it was a good day, v warm, i managed to get through 3 L of water over the day!
Some good finds, best I could manage was a 1942 Sixpence.
Bit dissapointed with whoever was re burying their scrap, some of the backfilling of holes was poor as well. The farmer is a great guy who has given us no limit to when or how many times we can go back, let's not ruin this permission through laziness.

Will

[jayhay69]

the thought on everybodies lips is "whens the next dig?"

[iawnski]

digitup not as many as a postman lol

[hotmill]

I think we should try the other farm we have permission for next. Haven't been On there yet and it's a few weeks since me and sodbuster visited the farmer so we could do with getting on there. I'll speak to sodbuster this week to see what we can arrange soonish.

[jayhay69]

club finds 1 charles 1st scottish 20pence an unknown hammered 2 roman I`D on both if possible cheers guys.







I`D ON THIS ROMAN PLEASE

[sodbuster]

I'm glad everyone enjoyed the dig       and some great finds jayhay69 , that roman is a really clear specimen .
               I must reiterate what hotmill says  ,in that the quality of the digging has to be top notch , I would hate to lose land to people not filling holes in properly . Scrap must be disposed of correctly buckets are provided for this . Thanks to those who took the trouble to repair  the damage done by bad digging .
               Looking forward to the next one , I hope to be there !

[ctx3030]

on the point of the holes not being filled , you must take into account two members have not detected before ,
not blaming anyone , but this matter should be at meeting level not blasted all over the forum, I filled in at least 6 holes ,that were quite bad, on a lighter note, nobody has praised the new member who found a hammered coin, well done,  on is first attempt at detecting ,,one more thing it would of been nice for the farmer to have seen the finds from is farm,  just a thought ,what do other members think ?

[iawnski]

im glad it all went well just sorry i missed it,on the subject of digging holes what is the correct way ,as me and digit up cut the sod off first and put to one side then dig the hole then do the reverse ,is this correct or r we wrong what way do u guys do it,hope to c u all sometime

[jayhay69]

(1),dig down 3 sides flip out sod.(2),dig out soil and find.(3),refil soil and put sod (grass side up) in and stand on sod until flat......move on to next signal.....Simples

[iawnski]

compare the hole .com seemples  lol

[hotmill]

 It was mentioned prior to everyone setting off in the morning about filling holes and collecting scrap. I think most people are aware (experienced or not) that if you dig a hole, leave all the mud to one side and then walk off you are probably not doing what you should be doing, that also covers digging a big square of turf and then balancing it on top of a mound of soil you have just put back in the hole and walking away without stamping it back down. I also went round quite a few fields 'repairing' holes.

[hotmill]

anyway, the important thing is we all had a good day and some people found some good stuff. As CTX said well done grego for the hammered! We can cover hole filling (oooer!) and turf repairs before the next dig.

[hotmill]

Anybosy else get eaten alive by horseflies yesterday?