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Poor old George III - he seems to have eg on his face...

Most of the coins I've had from the US have been slabbed by NGC. The first thing I do is take a hammer to them.

It turned up - thanks Paddy!

Maybe they are someone's hedge fund.

Hi, Most of the research I do is checking old maps to modern ordinance maps. I live in the Peak District so a lot of penny shooting on the hills, I suppose over the years people have used the hills as there holiday destination so lots of small change being dropped. Plus I have gained over the years some really nice historical farm land to search .. I’m always on the search for new land to detect, like Terry says there is a lot of new people taking the hobby up, I don’t think this is a bad thing as we are filling the museums up with wonderful artefacts and at the same time removing all the junk from the farmers fields especially now they are spreading green waste. As to going out and finding bugger all I’ve been there hundreds of times. Just keep plodding on.

Well I'm hedging my bets on that one.

If so, let's hope they don't shrub each other up the wrong way

With no beating around the bush - or possibly just a privet arrangement between friends.

dadahh!.mp3

it's a download - I made the mistake of clicking it, but I've now trashed the download (wipes brow).

There's to many of you detecting . I have fields surrounding me and during my time here I have seen one organised mass detecting weekend and numerous private individuals going around and around the field , just about every thing worth finding made of metal has gone, mostly what they find is horseshoes , nails and bits broken off a plough. You cant help but notice how many coins on ebay are corroded , and must be from ground finds . Good luck with it anyway you never know you might turn up a real gem.

Values aren’t everything. Some of us want to handle our coins with care, viewing under different lighting conditions, as nature (or mints) intended, not entombed in scratchable plastic.

Another tiny find 9mm across.

The download has a load of gobbledygook on it.