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<p>[QUOTE="Hammy, post: 29238, member: 1925"]Hi Highlander - anyone interested in coins will certainly find metal detecting a very useful way of adding to a collection. I know a lot of collectors only want near mint condition coins but I reckon that can be really expensive - coins that have been in the ground for a few hundred years or even a couple of thousand years do not come up in mint condition unless they are gold. Gold does not deteriorate at all when in the ground. The big plus is in finding rare coins - someone recently found a Coenwolf gold coin which has just sold for around £250,000 - but of course they are not found too often. It's a good idea to do some research to find possible good sites but I have to say that good stuff from the past is just everywhere in the UK - you will more than likely have some old coins or artifacts in your own garden. It's best to join a couple of forums and get as much info as possible before starting - the two I use are:- <a href="http://www.forumukdetectornet.co.uk/phpBB2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumukdetectornet.co.uk/phpBB2/" rel="nofollow">www.forumukdetectornet.co.uk/phpBB2/</a> and <a href="http://www.whitesowners-uk.com/phpBB2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.whitesowners-uk.com/phpBB2/" rel="nofollow">www.whitesowners-uk.com/phpBB2/</a> when each of the sites open, just click on 'forum' in the left hand column. Both are very good sites, I've added my Avatar to THIS site so you could find me on the others if needed. If you need any more info just PM me on here mate. For our American friends I would also mention that I have a good friend in Ohio who does a lot of detecting and he finds lots of old American coins - so anyone interested adding to their collection this way could try the site - <a href="http://www.findmall.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.findmall.com" rel="nofollow">www.findmall.com</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Regards to all,</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hammy, post: 29238, member: 1925"]Hi Highlander - anyone interested in coins will certainly find metal detecting a very useful way of adding to a collection. I know a lot of collectors only want near mint condition coins but I reckon that can be really expensive - coins that have been in the ground for a few hundred years or even a couple of thousand years do not come up in mint condition unless they are gold. Gold does not deteriorate at all when in the ground. The big plus is in finding rare coins - someone recently found a Coenwolf gold coin which has just sold for around £250,000 - but of course they are not found too often. It's a good idea to do some research to find possible good sites but I have to say that good stuff from the past is just everywhere in the UK - you will more than likely have some old coins or artifacts in your own garden. It's best to join a couple of forums and get as much info as possible before starting - the two I use are:- [url]www.forumukdetectornet.co.uk/phpBB2/[/url] and [url]www.whitesowners-uk.com/phpBB2/[/url] when each of the sites open, just click on 'forum' in the left hand column. Both are very good sites, I've added my Avatar to THIS site so you could find me on the others if needed. If you need any more info just PM me on here mate. For our American friends I would also mention that I have a good friend in Ohio who does a lot of detecting and he finds lots of old American coins - so anyone interested adding to their collection this way could try the site - [url]www.findmall.com[/url] Regards to all, Ian[/QUOTE]
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