THIS HOBBY OF OURS

[Kev]

wright everybody this is my 600 post so will tell you a story that happened to me a good while back that i expect that has happened to a lot of you . this is my last post for a week because im off to Majorca tomorrow for a week for my birthday on the 10th of may next sunday 51 ,.......cant believe it   ................ ok here we go............i know lots of you got a similar story to tell but i will tell mine!.......... i know we all go back to the same farms and find stuff but have you been back to a farm time and time again ! i was detecting a farm at machen for about 2 years off and on and been on this field path up a bit off a hill every time as i say for about 2 years then one day finding nothing in the same field again ,said to my m8  im off over to the next field , going back down the path that iv done over and over again not really detecting   just walking and got to the bottom of the path got a faint signal dug it out and pops out a EDWARD 3RD  h-groat. after walking over this area for 2 years its a funny hobby this metal detecting

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

yeah sometimes you go that little bit slower and at a slightly different angle that does it, and maybe a bit more moisture this time too,
i remember going over a silver sixpence that gave a bad rough signal, i left it,  on the way back got it again, but this time a lovely clear  signal so i dug it, glad i did then

[silverhand]

great coin mate nice one

[waltonbasinman]

Is it a hobby Kev. It could be a way of life to some. With ploughing, erosion, flooding, worm action etc, etc. Anythings possible. I remember reading a article by the late Peter Reynolds at Butser Iron Age Farm Project in Hampshire. They isolated a two acre patch of ground and subjected it to a 10 year project with two five year crop rotations. Within this area they buried different metallic and other objects with the ground being ploughed, pasture, cereal and potatoes. To cut a long story short some of the objects disappeared, some moved over three metres, and some Items even appeared that were not placed as part of the experiment. So always expect the unexpected

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

Yip , have had the same thing time and time again. As I've said before , ground moisture makes a huge difference!

[Stig(The)]

I walked though the same park twice a day for 15yrs,"nothing" then one day while off work took me Tekkie & found "Tuppence"
It`s a strange old world !

[DIGGA]

just goes to show  you cant ever get all the goodies first time    thats  whi  i keep on  going   and   going     and going         etc   etc   lol ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,  happy birthday for the   10th   kev   have a great day   and dont forget  my stick of roch    haha    im catching you up bud   i am    44  tomorrow   have a great holiday 

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

heyy good detective work Phil,  it paid off too, well done on that  lol

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

Sometimes the less obvious places are the best. I bet you'd have never be lying in bed one night and think 'I know I'll nip into clydach vale tomorrow and check the long jump pit'