Loads more silver coins found with the metal detector from the hoard field!

Hey all,
So over the last few weekends I have been hammering the field on which I recently found the hoard/pocketspill of George iii silver shillings and sixpences. Since then I have found one more George iii sixpence and well over 20 more silver sixpences and shillings going right up to 1945 along

Silver jug and more silver coins found with the metal detector on the Hoard field.

More metal detecting action at the silver coin hoard field.

After finding my first ever hoard of silver coins on my detecting buddies land last weekend i was dying to get back down there to see if there was any more left. I knew that the only way to try to get to any that were deeper down in the soil was to crank the Minelab Safari up to full power and have the threshold a bit higher so that i could hear the fainter, deeper signals. This seemed to work a treat as i found two more

I have found a hoard of silver coins metal detecting! Treasure alert.

Hi all,
I have been a bit quiet over the last week or so and the reason for this is that i have met a local detectorist and his son and we have been doing some permission swapping. Last Saturday i was metal detecting on my friends land when I had an almighty signal which showed up very high on the id scale. Upon digging up the target i could not believe what i was seeing, a coin that i had been wanting to find for over five years. The coin in question is a George iii "bullhead" sixpence a coin that i first saw on the forums when i started taking up this amazing hobby.
Fast forward to this weekend, yesterday to be more exact. I had decided that i was going to take a low and slow approach with my metal detector around the area that i found the sixpence. Within ten minutes I had a shilling sized silver coin in my finds pouch that was unfortunately completely worn. I continued around 4 foot and got another belting signal just like the one from the sixpence, digging down revealed yet another immaculate sixpence! Within a two foot radius i managed to find a total of 5 sixpences and one shilling all dated 1816. Five years of wanting and then suddenly i have a hoard of them.

The metal detector used was my Minelab Safari set up in custom all metal mode with -10 and +40 notched out

I caught the whole lot on video which is below this post. I really hope you enjoy it as much as i did filming it.

Happy hunting.

First time out metal detecting in 5 months, new metal detector and an amazing medieval artefact!

Minelab Safari metal detector and possibly my favourite find ever....

So today was the day, my first metal detecting session in around five months and considering i used to be out every weekend day without fail this break has been a long one. Upon waking up the sky was overcast but there was no sign of rain just as the weather report said it would be like. I loaded up the car with the essentials, coat, metal detector, spade and pointer and i was away.

I went to the usual done to death pasture permission that mainly throws up military and modern crap not expecting to find much but as a chance to start bonding with the Safari. As soon as i got out the car the heavens opened and tried to give me a good drenching, luckily i brought sandwich bags to keep the detector dry!

Anyway the showers were short lived and i was soon basking in glorious sunshine wondering how i had managed to stay away from metal detecting for so long. The finds were pretty sparse today but i did manage a couple of coins, button and quite possibly my favourite find that i have has so far. The find in question is a medieval heraldic mount with blue and red enamel still remaining even after centuries buried in the soil.

The setting i use on the Minelab Safari were all metal, auto sensitivity, -10 and +40 notched out, threshold just audible and a good noise cancel. I found these settings to be very effective and worked quite deep. On the whole i am very impressed with the detector so far although it is a touch on the heavy side and my arm is feeling it right now.

Here is the video of the action

 

Also here is a picture of the mount!

Beginners guide to getting metal detecting permissions in the UK and abroad

This morning i received a comment on this blog which i will quote below.

"Could you discuss how to get permissions U started metal detecting after watching your videos and i have a permit for beaches river banks etc but have not been able to secure any land its quite frustrating can you help thanks Richard "

This is something that is asked so many times on all the metal detecting forums and blogs that i read

The new metal detector is here and some channel updates!

Well I raced home from work today in anticipation that the postman had delivered me a parcel, I was not disappointed.
After carefully unwrapping the well sealed up box my shiny new (used) Minelab Safari for sat on my lap waiting for assembly. This is my first ever Minelab machine and I am really happy with

I am very excited for tomorrow! (new metal detector alert)

Andy joins the Minelab Brigade

The day has come..... I could no longer handle not having a metal detector that I could use on the land. It was back in the cold and gloomy month of February since I last swung a coil in anger and it has really took its toll now. I bought a Cscope cs4pi around May time to do a bit of beach detecting but unfortunately the East Yorkshire beaches have been so sanded in that it is not worth the fuel to travel to the nearest

Which metal detector is the best to buy?

Which metal detector is the best?!

This is a question I am regularly asked in the comment sections of my metal detecting YouTube channel and it is possibly the hardest question to answer that is asked so often by newcomers to the hobby. You see, there are so many different variables involved

A few metal detecting bits and bobs, Stout Standards and a Viking sword!

Bronze Age sword found by the river and left in a barn for 50 years!

Ok, granted this is not a metal detecting find but it is a very extraordinary find so it has made it onto this blog post.

In 1965 Ambrose Owens was fishing on the river bank in County Fermanagh when he spotted an interesting looking sword,