Hi All Im New To Metal Detecting And Heres My Finds

[sladey1985]

hi i went out today and found all this stuff can someone shed some light on what i got  

the coin is very worn but i can see "i think" a stylish F at the top half and what looks like a j on the bottom half
UPDATE there seems to be a 7 on the back
and the print is pushed into the coin rather than the newer raised print coin

[sladey1985]

anyone got any ideas with the coin :-)

[dingdong]

Hi Sladey1985,firstly a very warm welcome to the Detecting Wales forum,it really is a great forum,full of very useful tips and information.
And a great bunch of people, if perhaps sometimes a little "crazy" but good fun nevertheless.
To help with identification,if you place a ruler or the like against the object to be photographed it gives the viewer a better idea on the dimensions.
With regard to your "coin" it could be a token,sorry I can't help you more on this one,but I am sure that someone more qualified may be able to help.
Congratulations on your first post,and may you find all you go in search of.👍

[congerman]

welcome to the forum 

[Val Beechey]

Welcome to the Forum Sladey. As already said good bunch with lots of experience and always ready to help.

Some idea of size is often essential in identifying finds.  Your chopped coin has a look of a love token gone sadly wrong. The engraving may have been the lovers initials.
The small round thingy further down could have been a farm token and the one at the bottom looks a bit like the last sponge cake I tried to make.

Sorry I couldn't more helpful. Maybe some other ideas will surface.

[sladey1985]

thanks all i hope im at this for a few years to come if digging up lead dont kill me first lol

ive been digging in st fagans in cardiff at the "battle of st fagans" site and theres loads of signals but also alot of rubbish chunks of lead

but i found this today i didnt have a ruler to measure so used a lighter to give you a guide on the size

what do you all think it could be





also found this i didnt bring it home as it was quite heavy but i took a few pics for you all to take a look at







thanks all im probably going to do your heads in over the next few months with my finds but i got to ask you all as i havent got a clue what im digging up

but fingers crossed i find something super rare and ill buy a nice mansion and your all welcome to help me dig up the grounds 

[Val Beechey]

Now those  are more recognisable. I've had a few myself 

The first one looks like a section of wheel rim and the second is definitely the business part of a plough. Digging and learning, that's what it's all about.

Happy Hunting.

[probono]

Nice to see the Wenvoe transmitter in the back ground - I can usually see it from where I detect

[dingdong]

 
Nice bit a land,very nice indeed
Keep on searchin !!!!!👍

[sladey1985]

thanks all i thought it was a part to a plow but i thought id check 

i got a question for you all i got a makro racer metal detector and its always making noises is this normal as i only want it to make noise when it finds something but at the mo its making noises when i sweep it over the floor

probono we should meet up and go scan somewhere do you know any good spots around these ways to go 

[Val Beechey]

By  'floor'  do you mean in the house ?  all detectors will make a noise in the house because of the wiring in the walls and copper pipes running through/under  the floor.

If you mean in the field then I can't help, sorry, never used one but there are one or two on here that do.

[sladey1985]

Yea it goes nuts in the house but it's doing it in fields when it do find something it give off a strong beep but when your sweeping it in a area with nothing in it makes a clicking noise it's prob normal but it's annoying when you have headphones on it might be I have the wrong settings on I'll have to do some test holes and play with the settings see what I can work out with it :-)

[matt1978]

Is that the boards field that runs along  side St fagans If so I did 2 weeks field walking on there with the museum found lots of flint tools and arrow heads and so on how did you get permission on there if you don't mind me asking ?

[Chef Geoff]

Assuming that you've ground balanced then I would say try turning down the sensitivity...on the Racer as it is on the Nokta machines the Sensitivity only works up to around 70 after which it becomes an audio gain only boosting the faint signals but this will also boost those phantom mineral signals too so try running no higher than 40 or 50 and see how you get on

[sladey1985]

yay i turned the gain down to 50 and its much better now thanks geoff

and matt im glad you said that as i just turned up and started digging away i didnt know you needed to ask permission to do it i just read up the laws on it im glad you said now before i got in trouble but its like i havent been there as i put everything back in the hole as it was when i found it but ill have to keep it in mind where im digging cheers m8