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- Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:44 am
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Hull's secret past unearthed as ancient riverside
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3828
Re: Hull's secret past unearthed as ancient riverside
This is quite near my permissions I can see the river from some of my fields, last open day tomorrow Saturday 30 March Thanks for the heads up
- Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:15 am
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Experience: I mudlarked a skull
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3385
Re: Experience: I mudlarked a skull
That was an interesting read thank you
- Thu Feb 21, 2019 8:33 am
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Sheela-na-gigs: The naked women adorning Britain's
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5818
Re: Sheela-na-gigs: The naked women adorning Britain's
That will have me searching every church I visit I wonder if it is just the UK churches or if it is a world wide thing
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:09 am
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: A cautionary tale for would-be UK treasure hunters
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8939
Re: A cautionary tale for would-be UK treasure hunters
Interesting read I would like to know who the detectorists where though
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:18 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: More treasure-hunters could be forced to hand over
- Replies: 63
- Views: 45169
Re: More treasure-hunters could be forced to hand over
If I remember correctly the old licence was something like 50p from the post office and was some sort of radio transmitting licence or something daft like that
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:38 am
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: More treasure-hunters could be forced to hand over
- Replies: 63
- Views: 45169
Re: More treasure-hunters could be forced to hand over
Permit is all well and good but it could be unfair to a lot of detectorists giving an advantage to younger people in full time employment and just extra expense for the older detectorist that as been detecting years and now managing on the lowest basic pension in Europe. And going back to the treasu...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:24 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: 2,500 coin hoard - Harold 11 & William 1
- Replies: 24
- Views: 18207
Re: 2,500 coin hoard - Harold 11 & William 1
Nice couple Adam & Lisa I have met them on a dig once in Lincolnshire, they are a very knowledgeable couple om most finds, they seem to be very apt at finding gold staters also
- Thu Nov 29, 2018 6:32 am
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: 4 metal detectorists each face up to 7 years jail
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11098
Re: 4 metal detectorists each face up to 7 years jail
A bad day for our hobby idiots
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:12 pm
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Old currency worth calculator
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7385
Re: Old currency worth calculator
Saw this on twitter and thought it was interesting. :g50: https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ppoweruk/ So an Edward I penny had an equivalent worth of about £63 in labour in AD 1270. Bet they were miffed at losing them then, especially purse losses! That makes finding hammered coins even mo...
- Sun Oct 14, 2018 7:41 am
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: finds from Polish fields
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4702
Re: finds from Polish fields
It looks very much like our own night soil fields and normal farmers lost scrap with a few decent silver coins coming up
- Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:33 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Coil to the soil dig today.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9632
Re: Coil to the soil dig today.
There was 1017 Denarii altogether, but there are problems, the FLO did not turn up, so they dug them out themselves, with the farmers permission, the area is plagued with night hawks, so the general opinion is they took the right choice. The archeologists have been and checked out the dig site and a...
- Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:03 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Coil to the soil dig today.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9632
- Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:54 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Coil to the soil dig today.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9632
Re: Coil to the soil dig today.
Over a thousand Denarius but I was not there just got the details from the Facebook page, I know the finder was someone called Tony Appleyard.dig-it-pete wrote:Any more details Dave?
- Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:54 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Coil to the soil dig today.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9632
Coil to the soil dig today.
One of our lucky members found this little lot today on the club dig By the way he was using a Deus
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:41 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Sheffield Castle dig finishes: ‘Best discovery’
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4328
Re: Sheffield Castle dig finishes: ‘Best discovery’
An interesting readlee greagsbey wrote:"Sheffield Castle dig finishes: ‘Best discovery’ points to earlier Norman stronghold"
Another read for you...
https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/ne ... -1-9383856