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[baycityroller]

Hi everyone, just signed up after coming across the NWDD site. Although my main madness is birding (I'm now a retired twitcher after giving up charging round the UK searching out rare birds) I've always fancied looking for hidden treasure, especially as I'm a big reader about anything Roman and would love to find something from that period. Problem is I don't have a md but would love to come along to a meet in North Wales and get a feel for the thing so if you've got anything coming up and you wouldn't a mind a civvy  tagging along to see some of you guys in action I'd be interested in joining in. I see you were at Talacre recently, an area I know well from my birding there and along to Point of Ayr but never thought of the place as somewhere to go digging!
Cheers to all
Julian

[handyman [Alan}]

welcome aboard bcr ...

[hotmill]

Hi everyone, just signed up after coming across the NWDD site. Although my main madness is birding (I'm now a retired twitcher after giving up charging round the UK searching out rare birds) I've always fancied looking for hidden treasure, especially as I'm a big reader about anything Roman and would love to find something from that period. Problem is I don't have a md but would love to come along to a meet in North Wales and get a feel for the thing so if you've got anything coming up and you wouldn't a mind a civvy  tagging along to see some of you guys in action I'd be interested in joining in. I see you were at Talacre recently, an area I know well from my birding there and along to Point of Ayr but never thought of the place as somewhere to go digging!
Cheers to all
Julian

Hello there mate. Welcome to the DW site and the NWDD section. NWDD is an eclectic mix of wierdos and misfits but generally a happy bunch.  Keep an eye on the forum for goings on and developments. We're going to have a club meeting soon so the best bet is probably to come along to that initially. We'll post details on this forum and you're welcome to come along and meet the crowd.

[baycityroller]

Cheers, I'll keep an eye out for any future meetings.

[WeCan-Octavian]

Welcome, you will get a twitch when you find some Gold 

[Christoph1945]

Hi Julian,
                  welcome to the Dirt diggers. It sounds like a group of welsh News Paper reporters, but we are far from that. I, along with Richie, have been working the beach at Talacre for some time now.

                            Chris

[baycityroller]

Bit ironic that Chris, I worked for 40 years as a newspaper reporter/sub-editor!
Julian

[dances with badgers]

gold on them north wales beaches oooh i likey 

[Christoph1945]

gold on them north wales beaches oooh i likey 

Oops; open mouth and put foot in it!

Well Julian, if you detect on Talacre sands you will find plenty of scrap iron and WWII left overs; not to mention broken glass and hypodermic needles. Go easy with the spade when you start to dig; the beach was mined during WWII and the Ministry of Defence tell me that they are unable to confirm that all mines were removed. They also said that they could not confirm that any were left in situe. 

The dunes are out of bounds but that still leaves plenty of beach to go at. During the last year or so, I have removed some 40kgs of .30 and .303 bullets from the area; along with some 50cal rounds, three hypodermic needles, and many kgs of broken glass.

It's a great place to be just after dawn when there is only you, your detector, and the waking seabirds in the area.

                            Chris   

[Richie sixpence]

Talacre beach well described Chris   

[Christoph1945]

Hi Richie,
                I have been missing our detecting sessions at the beach and am looking forward to the start of the caravan season on the 6th of March. Just waiting to see if my numbers come up on the lottery and then I am goint to get the EuroAce ready for the club dig tomorrow. Will meet you at the same location and time; don't oversleep tomorrow. We will also pick Chris upon the way past.

                Maybe Julian would like to join us, at Talacre, one Sunday; I'm sure he would find the beach interesting.

                                              Chris

[Richie sixpence]

Hi Chris
That all sounds great with me see you tomorrow and I shall not be late lol    . And yes I'm happy for Julian to join us at Talacre if he wishes too   
                                                                           Richie 

[baycityroller]

Thanks for the offer guys and I'll get down one Sunday, looking after my grandson tomoz so can't make it then. Is it just ammo you look for at Talacre then?

[Richie sixpence]

Hi Julian
We wont be at Talacre tomorrow unfortunately. There are other things at Talacre i.e coins etc but bullets are aplenty lol 
                                                   Richie     

[Christoph1945]

Good morning Julian.,
                                      most detectorists avoid the sands at Talacre because of the scrap and WWII schrapnel. Bullets abound in their thousands and screws / nails litter the sands. You can pick up the odd decimal coin after a Bank Holiday but you can also get plenty of fresh air in your lungs and relax with the sounds of the sea in your ears.

                                     When I first started walking the sands at Talacre, I was amazed by the number of dead birds and seals that I came across. I came upon three dead seals in my first season down there and I no longer count the dead birds that I see. Litter can also be something of a problem; the tourists put there trash in the bins and the birds pull it all out again. The hypodermics that I spoke of earlier, tend to turn up in the flotsam on the high tide lines and are not always easy to see.

                                                                      Chris