Treasure Trove found

[azda 979]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8931000/8931437.stm

Is'nt it just sods law, someone with no interest in coins find a stash. I have no interest in gold, will i find a huge mine, noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Edited August 27, 2010 by azda

[Hello17 3]

i know

i thought you was talking about frome hoard

[£400 for a Penny ? 0]

Is'nt it just sods law, someone with no interest in coins find a stash. I have no interest in gold, will i find a huge mine, noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Are you telling me you don't have a metal detector ?

No Verniers, no detector - call yourself an obssesive coinhead ?

[DaveG38 405]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8931000/8931437.stm

Is'nt it just sods law, someone with no interest in coins find a stash. I have no interest in gold, will i find a huge mine, noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Although it sounds good, in practice the lots were mostly not that brilliant. I bought the 1734 halfcrown and a small mixed lot of 4d, but otherwise they weren't really that exceptional.

[azda 979]

Is'nt it just sods law, someone with no interest in coins find a stash. I have no interest in gold, will i find a huge mine, noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Are you telling me you don't have a metal detector ?

No Verniers, no detector - call yourself an obssesive coinhead ?

The reason i don't have a detector 400 is that the Germans can have me put in jail for digging up their land, it's not like the UK where you can ask the farmer, here is a totally different kettle of fish. Whats annoying is that i live around a lot of farmland and i bet there's a lot of unfound objects under that sheeeeeeet

[scott 144]

lol isn't that a personal collection from some bygone collector?

[azda 979]

lol isn't that a personal collection from some bygone collector?

Yes it was Scott, but if you read it, it said they were about to throw an old chest out, so they decided to get a locksmith to open it up first and inside it contained all the coins

Edited August 27, 2010 by azda

[Hello17 3]

i serouisly need a detector!!!

you say just buy one

i say

i am a kid!

[Peckris 579]

i serouisly need a detector!!!

you say just buy one

i say

i am a kid!

True enough - a detector is a kids' toy really! Few owners ever find anything of much value, I guess the fun is in the looking and hoping (like buying a lottery ticket )

[£400 for a Penny ? 0]

It's an enjoyable way to spend a summers afternoon and you just never know what might turn up.

I live a few miles from Biggin Hill and know of 4 Spitfire crash sites and 2 Dorniers. The most important Roman camp in the South East isn't far away either. Sadly, Kent was a centre of Iron smelting during the Iron age and the damn stuff is everywhere.

People do get lucky, Roger Mintey and his Reigate hoard comes to mind, 6,700 Nobles, Half Nobles and Groats

The Anglo Saxon verb for 'to hide' was Banken from which we get Bank.

There is no knowing what's out there waiting to be found - now if it would stop raining......

[£400 for a Penny ? 0]

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/index.php?cat=1

[1949threepence 3,367]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8931000/8931437.stm

Is'nt it just sods law, someone with no interest in coins find a stash. I have no interest in gold, will i find a huge mine, noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

This has been a long cherished pipe dream of mine ~ to find a chest or box somewhere with a number of coins in it, which have lain undisturbed for over a century. Just think what might be found amongst them.......

......In reality probably just common dates, a few in EF and UNC condition. But still, you just never know.

The family in Dronfield were very lucky, but not numismatists

[azda 979]

It's an enjoyable way to spend a summers afternoon and you just never know what might turn up.

I live a few miles from Biggin Hill and know of 4 Spitfire crash sites and 2 Dorniers. The most important Roman camp in the South East isn't far away either. Sadly, Kent was a centre of Iron smelting during the Iron age and the damn stuff is everywhere.

People do get lucky, Roger Mintey and his Reigate hoard comes to mind, 6,700 Nobles, Half Nobles and Groats

The Anglo Saxon verb for 'to hide' was Banken from which we get Bank.

There is no knowing what's out there waiting to be found - now if it would stop raining......

To be honest its been a dream of mine to find a huge chest stuffed full of coins, we can all dream i suppose. I have thought about detecting here, going out at 2am as i don't want to get busted by the Stasi, i still might do it because as i said, there's a lot of farmland around me, but with my luck i will dig up a UXB, but you never know whats around here. I have no experience with detectors, i know there's several types, so whats a good one for ploughed fields etc?

[£400 for a Penny ? 0]

I have no experience with detectors, i know there's several types, so whats a good one for ploughed fields etc?

There are millions, but you need to get one that has an effective 'Iron mask' in other words you can set it to ignore Iron. Mine supposedly has this function but it doesn't work too well.

If you don't do this, you will spend your afternoons digging up rusty nails and you'll never get to the earthenware jar of George IV sovereigns that's in the corner of that field you can see out of the window...

[azda 979]

Any recomendations? Also where i might purchase online?

[£400 for a Penny ? 0]

Any recomendations? Also where i might purchase online?

I bought mine here;

http://www.joanallen.co.uk/

A recommendation from me isn't worth anything

[Fubar 80]

Any recomendations? Also where i might purchase online?

I bought mine here;

http://www.joanallen.co.uk/

A recommendation from me isn't worth anything

Amazing how many variations on the same theme there are.

The introduction of a metal into a tuned inductive circuit.

All dependent on the quality and wetness of the soil.

[Peckris 579]

People do get lucky

And people do buy lottery tickets. Come to think of it, you probably have a better chamce with the lottery - at least there are winners every week!

[1949threepence 3,367]

It's an enjoyable way to spend a summers afternoon and you just never know what might turn up.

I live a few miles from Biggin Hill and know of 4 Spitfire crash sites and 2 Dorniers. The most important Roman camp in the South East isn't far away either. Sadly, Kent was a centre of Iron smelting during the Iron age and the damn stuff is everywhere.

People do get lucky, Roger Mintey and his Reigate hoard comes to mind, 6,700 Nobles, Half Nobles and Groats

The Anglo Saxon verb for 'to hide' was Banken from which we get Bank.

There is no knowing what's out there waiting to be found - now if it would stop raining......

It definitely would be an enjoyable way to spend a Summer's afternoon, with the added bonus of Sun and fresh air. As you say you just never know.....Mind you, ever seen those corroded "dug up" green efforts they try to sell on e bay ? Metal detecting failures.

To be honest its been a dream of mine to find a huge chest stuffed full of coins, we can all dream i suppose. I have thought about detecting here, going out at 2am as i don't want to get busted by the Stasi, i still might do it because as i said, there's a lot of farmland around me, but with my luck i will dig up a UXB, but you never know whats around here. I have no experience with detectors, i know there's several types, so whats a good one for ploughed fields etc?

Is that what the Germans call their police these days ? Weren't the real Stasi the old East German secret police ?

People do get lucky

And people do buy lottery tickets. Come to think of it, you probably have a better chamce with the lottery - at least there are winners every week!

You have to be in it to win it, as they say. Although it's true that you have a greater chance of being struck by lightning, than matching 6 on the lottery

Edited August 29, 2010 by 1949threepence

[si666 0]

Any recomendations? Also where i might purchase online?

Hi asda, i have a garrett ace 250 i brought it 2nd hand but still in warranty from ebay.

Its a great beginners machine with easy to use modes ie. coin, relic, jewellery etc. It cost me £190 and came with a small and larger deeper seeking coil, headphones, extra covers and a holdall, importantly it does descriminate against iron.

I find getting permission a nightmare and it is risky going out after dark but very exciting!