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Treasure Hunting magazine
Hard as Concrete
In March 2016 there were not many fields available for me to search.
7 min |
June 2017
Treasure Hunting magazine
Spanish Treasure in Derbyshire
Around the beginning of October 2016 I had just completed a small job on a friend’s house, a lovely barn conversion in Derbyshire.
3 min |
June 2017
Treasure Hunting magazine
Views Of The Anglo Saxons And Vikings
The withdrawal of the Roman legions in the early 5th century left Britain less well defended against invaders from Scotland and those from the sea routes.
10 min |
July 2017
Treasure Hunting magazine
A Guide To Finding The Right Sites - The Holistic View
If you are new to detecting you will know how hard it is to get somewhere to detect.
6 min |
July 2017
Treasure Hunting magazine
Field Test Report Deteknix Scuba Tector
Since originally starting in detecting, when I was in my late teens, I have been totally immersed in it.
6 min |
July 2017
Treasure Hunting magazine
Finding An Anglo-saxon Sword Pommel Cap
After finding out that the farmer of one of our permissions had given us two additional ploughed fields to detect, my brother-in law Alan and I (Fig.1) quickly planned a trip down to Lincolnshire. Fortunately this permission is very near to where my sister lives and we were able to stay with her for the weekend.
2 min |
July 2017
Treasure Hunting magazine
The Sinking of RMS Lusitania
I have had the 56mm iron medallion shown in Fig.1a for quite some time.
6 min |
April 2017
Treasure Hunting magazine
Detecting Together
Arriving home from work full of excitement Teresa announced suddenly, “I’ve bought a metal detector.
5 min |
March 2017
Treasure Hunting magazine
Detectival 2017
For many months, I had been slowly counting down the days to the much anticipated Detectival. Like many, I had experienced the superb XP Rally near Burford in 2016 and thus was eagerly looking forward to this new venture.
4 min |
December 2017
Treasure Hunting magazine
British Liberty And An American Assasination
As an American living in London, I never imagined that I would find an artefact in the River Thames that is linked to a pivotal moment in American history. An artefact which in effect, manages to bring to light an intriguing story that has been long forgotten.
2 min |
December 2017
Treasure Hunting magazine
Two Hammered Gold Coins In One Day!
In this hobby, you have both good days and bad days. On a recent dig with the Leicester Metal Detecting Society (LMDS) one of those good days came calling.
2 min |
June 2018
Treasure Hunting magazine
April But No Showers
The forecast kept on about us getting some rain or showers, and we kept on hoping that at some stage soon they would be right, as we had just sown our spring oilseed rape
9 min |
June 2018
Treasure Hunting magazine
Product Review XP MI-4 Pinpointer
I would guess that the vast majority of detectorists own a pinpointer – if they’re anything like me, they will have owned several over the years.
4 min |
June 2018
Treasure Hunting magazine
A Knight For A Day
Imagine unearthing an ancient ring which could magically transport you to the time period when it was lost…
8 min |
June 2018
Treasure Hunting magazine
Three Detectorists
I first began to be involved with this great hobby around three years ago, when my wife Gayle bought me a Garrett Ace 250 – I just knew it was going to be a good thing from the start.
3 min |
May 2018
Treasure Hunting magazine
Coincidence Or Fate?
I was born in 1975 and spent most of my infant years in a small village in Kent called Bethersden.
4 min |
May 2018
Treasure Hunting magazine
Field Test Quest Q20 And Q40
I must say, both Dave Stuckey and I were delighted to get our hands on these new Quest models.
7 min |
May 2018
Treasure Hunting magazine
A Detectorist's Guide To Field Archaeology
During the research and writing of this series, I have so far read, skimmed or glanced at more than two dozen academic works, ranging from full-length hardbacks to brief online papers, all on some aspect of field archaeology.
7 min |
May 2018
Treasure Hunting magazine
K-Pro Elite Presents Rakerpan
History in the Raking Back in 1997 I formed the K-Pro company, after designing and producing a range of bait waiters and trays for fishermen. K-Pro Elite Tackle swept the board, winning many awards for design and quality and was acclaimed throughout the fishing media as the finest of its kind.
3 min |
January 2019
Treasure Hunting magazine
Tanner Tales
Most of us have heard of the popular phrase ‘A lucky sixpence’, but just why this small coin should have been considered to have this almost magical quality is most intriguing. Having found quite a large number of them over the past six years, my interest was piqued, so with a little research I’ve found some rather interesting facts.
9 min |
January 2019
Treasure Hunting magazine
My Favourite Finds Through the Ages
I have been walking the fields of Lincolnshire and Shropshire since the 1950s – both with and without a detector. Over those years I have located literally thousands of artefacts; any of interest I have donated to national and local museums.
4 min |
September 2016
Treasure Hunting magazine
Anglo-Saxon Treasure
It was the middle of the Easter holidays in 2016 and I had been looking after my three daughters for eight days straight – to be honest, I was desperate to get out to regain my sanity.
5 min |
September 2019
Treasure Hunting magazine
The Mudlark Treasures Of Rae Love
Imagine walking barefoot in the middle of winter along the muddy Thames foreshore littered with rusty nails and broken glass!
10+ min |
September 2019
Treasure Hunting magazine
A Medieval Rarity
Many of us dream of finding handfuls of gold and silver coins, but every so often a find is made that is not made of gold or silver but is equally (if not more) important and of historical interest.
2 min |
September 2019
Treasure Hunting magazine
Purse Spill Or Hoard?
Myself and my friend, Paul, have a lovely little summer permission that we detect together.
3 min |
September 2019
Treasure Hunting magazine
Coinage In Anglo-saxon England
The Northumbrian Series
5 min |
September 2019
Treasure Hunting magazine
Nine Golden Years
I started my detecting journey back in mid-2010, armed with my first detector, a Minelab Explorer SE Pro.
2 min |
September 2019
Treasure Hunting magazine
Bob's Lump of Silver
This feature is really two stories in one; one part involving a lump of silver Treasure and the other, more importantly, about a man who was a dedicated detectorist for most of his life.
5 min |
February 2019
Treasure Hunting magazine
A New Field
Although it doesn’t happen to me very often, it is a great feeling when you walk onto a new field in a great location. Especially when, as far as you are aware, it has never been searched before.
7 min |
February 2019
Treasure Hunting magazine
Understanding Roman Inscriptions
Decoding the Latest Discoveries from the Portable Antiquities Scheme
8 min |