Whats your favourite type of ground to detect on ?

[avalon]

I've had some of my best finds on pasture, thats a corker of a coin, Avalon. 

I know, I will probably retire on it

[TeeCee]

God....THat coin is stunning Steve 

[avalon]

God....THat coin is stunning Steve 

Head for the woods! not the hills

[dances with badgers]

beach where the shale is only a couple of inches down,the rings tend to be at 8'' then and come up on the etrac at a constant 12,20 to 12, 35.
inland would have to be pasture in the winter

[the-BANGOR-citizan]

As pasture is about 85% of my permissions I have to say pasture. Finds such as hammered etc do tend to be a much better condition I find though lately this area has a trend where fields that have been pasture for as long as I can remember are being ploughed up for whatever reason. Just shows how this is a funny old hobby from a field never ploughed in its current family ownership since 1830,s you find a couple of hammered coins at 3-4 inches and a Viccy Gothic florin at 13-14 inches. Five hundred years apart and the modern coin is three times as deep.

[peanut]

pasture for me too.  I've found most of my nice finds this past year on pasture and I hate having to bash my coil against stubble for hours on end .. its such hard work 

[JBM]

Virgin land ploughed and rolled.    Jerry.

[Metalmickey]

Ploughed & Rolled, then Stubble, then Pasture for me ! 

[cardiffian]

Ploughed and rolled but not uphill!

[Val Beechey]

All my fields are Up-Hill Cardifian.  Thats why I've got bad knees.  They don't do flat round here.

Val

[cardiffian]

Uphill on rolled and ploughed is bad. Gets my ankles more than my knees. Perhaps I should traverse.

[Val Beechey]

Now this is what you call a hill. Just one of my fields. If you look very carefully you can see the top of a house in the lane. Nis flat bit at the top but getting up there is a killer.  1 in 3  I reckon.

Val

[cardiffian]

Why do you need to get to the top? Surely you only need to detect at he bottom. Anything dropped at the top of the hill would certainly have tumbled all the way to the bottom. It does look very steep Val.

[Val Beechey]

Hey Cardiffian  at my age I know all about gravity    Everything goes south.

Being serious. I know the theory and would love to explore the bottom bit but it's been built on. Very funny terrain. The lane along the bottom is only half way to the bottom and seems to have been cut into the hill side. The hill is still going down on the other side of the lane and keeps going down into a beautiful valley. Must take my camera next time I go.
The highest point is 145mtrs the lowest is 91mtrs. I reached the conclusion ages ago that most of the habitation was lower down but haven't got permission on that side yet. Hope to though as the Farmers all seem to know each other.

Val

[Bob]

Nice flat, sheep-nibbled pasture, preferably near some old castle/village/church (but not scheduled) obviously.