Back up to the tarn fields tidying up odd corners and having a good day .. nice buckles .. fabulous olde beer keg horse brass and a George IV farthing in good nick .. thanks for watching .. GL & HH .. and thank you to the sad sack who Continue reading
A very interesting short hunt today as I fill in gaps in my permissions .. two coins to be properly identified .. An Irish Daniel O’Conner one penny accommodation token and a half penny which I think is George IV .. maybe .. plus an unusual buckle of unknown age Continue reading
Nice day today up at the tarn so I did one field where I suspected was a picnic field for those boating on the lake .. yes I found the spot and lots of coins but not as many coins as I expected .. but the consolation prize was a Continue reading
A quick walkabout on my new permissions looking for the glory hole .. actually found 2 George III coins and a buckle and a fabulous horse brass of W. Carrodus of Keighley who was a local grocer and pawnbroker around 1829 .. Nice day out and an interesting hunt with Continue reading
They say “You are what you eat” .. I say “You are what you detect” … or to be more accurate “You are where you detect” … brilliant if you live in hammered silver country but today I won 1981copey’s big bag of nowt because that was where I was Continue reading
They say “You are what you eat” .. I say “You are what you detect” … or to be more accurate “You are where you detect” … brilliant if you live in hammered silver country but today I won 1981copey’s big bag of nowt because that was where I was Continue reading
Just another day out where I decide to have a look in fields I have done previously with the large coil .. and I get a surprise as I turn up two silver coin spills at depth with the small coil .. strange as it may seem the small coil Continue reading
By heck it was windy today .. I managed to get some detecting done however and I had a great day out with a bundle of interesting goodies including a fossil tree .. also an update on the lead cloth seal I found yesterday .. it has a hidden secret Continue reading
The sun is out and me with it .. hooray .. today was a long long hunt in poor farm worker’s fields and although I got a bag full of interesting goodies my coin haul was 2 George III half pennies … others bits were a huge lead bag seal, Continue reading
A short hunt to take advantage of the sunshine and a new field permission. This is a healthy organic video guaranteed to be free of any dodgy silver items bought on eBay and “found” on a hunt … LOL .. (This is an in-joke for those recently caught with their Continue reading
A short hunt today ..in the sunshine .. horray ..looking where I thought they would sit outside the farmhouse .. no gold but a couple of George III coins and an olde silver thimble .. thanks for watching .. the ankle is holding up … LOL
I have invited Lee (1981copey) and Scott (Mr Skooty1968) over for the day for a bit of hill pasture detecting .. we had a good day .. all finding Georgian .. Scott an 1819 silver half crown and Lee a George II Irish half penny .. and me a silver Continue reading
I nice little hunt .. just me and the sheep .. and a couple of cows .. and a light drizzle .. typical wet day with Ged in the Yorkshire Dales .. the object being to get my poorly foot in action for tomorrow when I am to be descended Continue reading
