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by Puffin
Fri Apr 22, 2016 3:46 pm
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Rare Coin Find Sparks Journey for Metal Detecting
Replies: 1
Views: 4325

Rare Coin Find Sparks Journey for Metal Detecting

https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2016/04/21/rare-coin-find-sparks-journey-metal-detecting-hobbyist It is the oldest coin known to have been found on Martha’s Vineyard — so old that Thomas Mayhew, the proprietor who settled the Island in 1642, might have held it in his hand. The coin is a 1652 pine t...
by Puffin
Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:13 pm
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: The Science behind the Staffordshire Hoard
Replies: 4
Views: 6101

Re: The Science behind the Staffordshire Hoard

The exhibit in Birmingham is well worth a visit, done it now 4 times in the last few years.
by Puffin
Sat Apr 09, 2016 8:25 pm
Forum: Old Maps
Topic: Bing Map
Replies: 7
Views: 8386

Re: Bing Map

You can get the blue 30's OS 25K map as well board on that site, the Scott's are well on board.
by Puffin
Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:54 am
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Viking Crucifix
Replies: 3
Views: 5755

Viking Crucifix

http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2016/03/12/viking-crucifix/ Metal detectorist Dennis Fabricius Holm made a pretty sweet find yesterday: the third known Birka crucifix. These little wonders of 10th century goldsmith work are named for the first find, made in 1879 when Hjalmar Stolpe excavate...
by Puffin
Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:10 am
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Discuss The Benefits Of Metal Detectorists
Replies: 15
Views: 16550

Re: Discuss The Benefits Of Metal Detectorists

Did not this young lady post on here a few years ago asking questions of detectorists. No Barry that was Felicity Winckley, working with Sam Moorhead. She came over to interview me and have a walk around some of my detecting sites. She was looking at detectorists' attitudes to the land they detecte...
by Puffin
Thu Mar 10, 2016 4:34 pm
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Discuss The Benefits Of Metal Detectorists
Replies: 15
Views: 16550

Re: Discuss The Benefits Of Metal Detectorists

Did not this young lady post on here a few years ago asking questions of detectorists.
by Puffin
Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:44 pm
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Bill Wyman is fighting cancer
Replies: 1
Views: 4091

Re: Bill Wyman is fighting cancer

Its of slowest canceer releaese
by Puffin
Tue Mar 08, 2016 2:16 pm
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Discuss The Benefits Of Metal Detectorists
Replies: 15
Views: 16550

Discuss The Benefits Of Metal Detectorists

http://archmdmag.com/2016/03/08/discuss-the-benefits-of-metal-detectorists-to-the-archaeological-community-by-alison-smith-ba-hons/ Discuss The Benefits Of Metal Detectorists To The Archaeological Community. By Alison Smith BA (Hons) Introduction. This essay will discuss the benefits of metal Detect...
by Puffin
Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:17 pm
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Rare Saxon coin comes home to Wiltshire
Replies: 1
Views: 3755

Rare Saxon coin comes home to Wiltshire

http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/14325672.Rare_Saxon_coin_comes_home_to_Wiltshire/ A RARE Saxon coin found in a field near Pewsey has just gone on show at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes after a public appeal raised the cash to buy it. The tiny gold coin which was bought for £18,000 at an...
by Puffin
Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:17 am
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Paul Blinkhorn
Replies: 18
Views: 18509

Re: Paul Blinkhorn

Hospital stays and internet enabled phones are a God send. I'm sure he is getting better.
by Puffin
Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:40 pm
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Detectorist finds Saxon Island
Replies: 7
Views: 9358

Re: Detectorist finds Saxon Island

by Puffin
Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:39 pm
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Detectorist finds Saxon Island
Replies: 7
Views: 9358

Detectorist finds Saxon Island

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/our-yorkshire/heritage/sheffield-experts-unearth-saxon-island-in-lincolnshire-field-1-7763410 The discovery was made after local metal detectorist Graham Vickers unearthed a silver stylus - an ornate writing tool dating from the eighth century, from a disturbed plough ...
by Puffin
Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:05 pm
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Paul Blinkhorn
Replies: 18
Views: 18509

Paul Blinkhorn

Any who knows of Paul Blinkhorn, the medi pottery specialist and Pub Dig, and Time Team guy. He is seriously ill in hospital at the moment and has been for a week or two, He has been a FB friend of mine for a few year now and his other half has been updating us. I'm wishing him all the best. :g48:
by Puffin
Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:15 am
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Mesolithic shaman's necklace
Replies: 2
Views: 4637

Mesolithic shaman's necklace

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art547754-star-carr-pendant-archaeology-shaman-mesolithic Carvings on a fragile necklace found near Scarborough are telling archaeologists about the first permanent settlers of Britain after the last Ice Age - and are about to go on displa...
by Puffin
Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:49 pm
Forum: LATEST NEWS
Topic: Trevor Austin has past away.
Replies: 25
Views: 23890

Re: Trevor Austin has past away.

Shocked me as well Brian.

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