i was just wondering if detecting was worth a try. the area i live and work in has a lot of history (william wordsworth lived about 200ft from where i work) and there is a 12th centuary castle about a mile from my house. do people have any good results/ finds? and is it rare to find coins with this method?
finding coins is a common event. as for whether it is worth it, I'd love to move to the UK to search for treasure.
i am seriously considering taking it up after all this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-detector-expected-fetch-300-000-auction.html was found by metal detectors in the same county i live in, about 20 miles from my house infact. its not a coin but what the hell it would look nice on my fire place lol
Fun, relaxing & sometimes profitable! I have found a lot of interesting items while metal detecting, you never know what may be out there.
I would personally think of it as a hobby, not a profitable vocation. Just like numismatics is a hobby, not an investment. Naturally there are exceptions.
@calumsherwood : It's cool that you live in very old country. Makes it highly likely that you find something that's hiding underneath, a whole pot of coins perhaps!!! It would be a lot of fun if I lived closer to a place like yours or where people don't raise their eyebrows at people with strange beeping devices. I was thinking of getting a metal detector to hunt for rings, coins, etc so I could find dough for coin collecting or simply donate it to charities. Never had time to get to it though. @DavidW: Anything fun you found metal detecting?
I was just talking with my wife the other day about buying a metal detector when we get our income tax back. We live in East Texas along what used to be the Old Spanish Trail. I've heard of lots of finds all along the coast too. Problem is, i know nothing about them. Anybody got any info, I'd like to know as well. Now, more cowbell!
I've never gone out metal detecting myself, not yet but I'd like to. There are always things on ebay that ppl have found metal detecting and then they place for sale. Sometimes you can't even tell they came from metal detecting. You see mostly civil war tokens, most of the time they look very good. I mean you don't see them everyday, but you see them. take a look!
Tough thing about metal detecting is getting permission to detect on land. Since it has been around for 30+ years, most public land is pretty picked over and most good finds are found on private land. If you know some people then it could be great.
Based on the two detectors I have owned and search in the orlando area ...I would say it has been a complete waste of time and money. Based on living in the UK I would feel like your chances of finding something good would be much much better.
Sorry if this is off topic but you sold a BEAUTIFUL franklin half a couple weeks ago... I should have placed a bid on it! Oh well, cool to see ebay sellers are also on CT
First thing you should do is go out and dig about 30, 5" deep holes with a hand shovel and then fill them back in. In other words, swinging the detector is only half of it. After a while, digging holes becomes work. So you better learn the detector well if you get one. And I'd recommend getting a pro pointer. I just got a Garrett. It's awesome, but I haven't had a chance to use it yet. Also probably depends on the history of the area. The UK is probably one of the prime places to search on earth. Next would be the New England states. After that it's sort of hit and miss. I've only managed to find modern coins with mine. You'll find that it's easy to run out of 'good' places to hunt rather quickly. Unless you know a lot of people and don't mind bugging people about hunting their property. Some people don't like it because they think they own whats in their property. Even though they have no way of knowing what's there.
I have a Garrett Discriminator - after I leaned on it for a while, it's about one of the best I've ever seen. Can select depth, composition and size. My first venture out I found 7 cents - I figured at that rate it would pay for itself in about 37 years. My second time out I found 2 mining tokens and a flying Eagle quarter (no date), but that "one" find is all it takes to make it worthwhile... Fuzzy pic, but you get the idea
thanks a lot every body im deffinatly going to have a go. i will just have to look into the legality of it. especially on farmland
