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Author Topic: Just had a detecting experience that I can not explain! 18th July 2011  (Read 15257 times)
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« on: July 18, 2011, 04:46:27 PM »

Yesterday Katie and I attended the Christening and were Godparents to the beautiful Maggie Imogen Barton - daughter of Alex and Jonno - close friends of ours from Hong Kong.

The Christening was held in Holy Family (Cardiff) and Father Keris insisted on me having to quiz the 300 strong congregation at Sunday Mass on the origins of Catholicism. As a few of you know I am not Catholic, so I was praying he wouldn't ask me to answer any of the questions! Thankfully he didn't!

Today I had a bit of Summer Rally organising to do for Detectingwales.com.  The good news is that after meeting the farmers in person, two sites have been secured for Detectingwales.com, but are currently high in Rape Seed and Wheat - both farmers are praying for good weather to lift their crops. Rob will elaborate on the farmers preferred dates and the lay of the land later, but the farms are 300 acres and 800 acres in size in prime detecting locations. It sounds really promising and means we have a multitude of land sewn up from August to September!

At 11am the farmers weren't ready to meet us, so Rob and I headed to a nearby farm he has permission for. After a quick chat to the friendly farmer , we headed off in different directions and my second signal of the day produced my first ever name brooch with the name MAGGIE on it! It freaked me out I can tell you! Shocked

Coming back down to Earth we headed off to see the two potential Rally farmers - secured the Summer Rally Land (sorting the parking and the H&S in the process) and headed back to the other farm we were originally detecting on.

After half hour I walked back to where I found the MAGGIE brooch and two minutes later within feet from the Maggie brooch I had two pieces of silver in my pocket! A 1844 Victorian (young head sixpence) and a 1921 three pence of George V!  There were powerfull forces at work I can tell you!

I can't explain it at all - but thank you Maggie!

Any more strange stories - feel free to add them on this new forum page.


Cheers

A Freaked out Neil!


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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2011, 05:01:40 PM »

Wow great story Neil, very spooky and heartwarming.
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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2011, 05:55:50 PM »

I think that is a great story Neil. The twilight zone is still with us.  Cheesy
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2011, 06:26:00 PM »

Neil i'm sure if you told that story to the priest he'd have enough material for a dozen sermons.
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2011, 06:27:10 PM »

thats so cool! .....everything happens for a reason Smiley what is that ringy thing you found there?Huh curious as i found a similar one....
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2011, 06:29:12 PM »

the only story i can offer is that after a days detecting, in what was light rain when we started, but not noticing the increasing intensity ...we made our way back to the car and the very last signal was a petrol can top with the word PRATTS on it.

someone was having a laugh up there!!
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« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2011, 06:33:07 PM »

That is a very good story, and many congratulations on being Maggie's Godparents!
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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2011, 06:40:13 PM »

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« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2011, 06:51:15 PM »

Wooooooooo!!!!!!!!  spoooooooooky, That's got to be one in a million million, almost unbelievable and very hard to comprehend I mean who in their right mind would think anyone would ever choose you as a godfather Grin Grin Grin Grin
And the Brooch is pretty interesting too.
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« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2011, 08:29:09 PM »

u must have been gobsmaked with that maggie find!! can you tell me what area the rallys are going to be? just so that i can know if its close enough so i can come!
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« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2011, 09:08:50 PM »

great freaky story neil mate.wwooww.out of all the names in the world but for maggie to out of the ground is something else butty.
after your great day yesterday...anyway im sure you and kate will make great god-parents..great stuff both.
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« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2011, 09:49:14 PM »

Grt story.. pics and write up Neil Shocked...Happy days!! Smiley......
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2011, 11:32:51 AM »

Great detecting tale Neil  Smiley

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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2011, 02:17:09 PM »

I think that is a great story Neil. The twilight zone is still with us.  Cheesy

I agree with Paul  Shocked
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2011, 03:38:22 PM »

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