Anyone Tried Penarth

[150aceboy]

I recently tried the detector, under and around the pier in Penarth.
Being Victorian i thought at least i would find an old coin, how wrong i was .
Found around  £5 in modern coinage, and lots of junk, such as pieces of copper cables etc.
Has anyone ever found anything old around the pier area.
Good Hunting
Ace .

[TheLoveDoc]

Hallo mate.... i havent tried it myself but i have heard of a few people having the same idea as you and detecting around the pier mate , which probably accounts for the lack of old finds fella .....

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

 I know someone who went there under the pier about 30 years ago when they first came out,
 he said he found hundreds of pre-dec coins there,  a lot were fused together,
 Alan

[150aceboy]

No wonder i found no old stuff then , Cheers boys,
Ace .

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

yeah,  it was a popular place years ago when they first came out,  there used to be a detectorist shop in Crewys road  Cardiff years ago  and he had loads from there,  he use to have a load of fused together ones in his window too, Sorry mate,
 Alan

[ancientpat]

Hi Alan,
I remember the shop in Crwys Rd well, it belonged to Cliff and Betty Green and I bought my first machine from them for £50 as a Christmas present for Kevin my son when he was about 14years old, he has just had his 47th birthday !!
 As a matter of interest they helped set up the Scan club with myself and a few others.
About Penarth, we searched it in those days and found the usual coins etc along the beach and I heard stories of the odd Sovereign being found by a pipe outlet on the beach.
The best we had was a very nice 18ct knot ring which my wife still has, I think from memory that it dates to the early 1900's.

                                             Pat.

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

heyyyy nice one on the ring Pat,   i bet this thread brings back to memories hey
Alan

[ancientpat]

Sure does!!
                       Pat

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

I tried penarth when I had my original DFX , I had all fishing weights and modern coinage.

[Jeffc]

Same as Pat - tried it a few times around 25 years ago (!) and picked up pre-decimal copper but I know people had taken a lot of Victorian silver off previously. Trouble was not much depth above the rock and a lot of rubbish.

[willow tree]

done under the pier when i first took up detecting when i was fourteen that was thirty years ago found a few victorian but even more edwardian my best find down there was a silver pocket watch it was nt in great condition but the chain made up for that ,still a good place to go you just need a good strong tide to wash them up 

[viking]

oldest i found was a silver sixpence a found it in the pebbles plus modern money   rhossili beach i found all georgian coins  swansea love tokens and rings

[bymatt666 (byron)]

i've only been on penarth once...and found 28 lead weights of all shapes and sizes.... ....byron

[bigjase]

sounds good but i think that guy 30years ago found eveything ace lol cheers jase

[waltonbasinman]

Sat outside the Fig Tree once or twice but never detected and never seen anyone detecting the beach.