How to Clean Coins Found with a Metal Detector Hello everyone and welcome back to our blog posts on metal detecting, in this article we have a very quick no-nonsense guide on how to clean your coins found with a metal detector, particularly hammered coins.Silver...
Metal Detecting - Gaining Permission This article is about gaining permission to metal detect in the UK. Permission and insurance are essential things you need if you own a metal detector and plan to go detecting in the UK which is probably different in other...
MEDIEVAL SITE I was out last Sunday metal detecting on one of my favourite fields near Peterborough with my favourite metal detector - Reflex G6 and had some interesting finds. Conditions were ideal, it was cool, and the ground was damp, the field was ploughed and...
Our ancestors have been using metal objects for thousands of years and metal has been used for everything from cooking props and cutlery to weapons, money and of course jewellery. Have you ever wondered where all those objects went? It's a well-known fact that the...
Before you leave the house excitedly with your new metal detector, please do a couple of things. One of them is please check the link below to the P. A. S. This is the Portable Antiquities Scheme. This information is relevant to the UK but it might be semi relevant to...
Most modern metal detectors can discriminate between several types of metal objects and materials, here in the UK there is a huge amount of rubbish in the ground, therefore, if you do not want to be digging up rusty nails or ring pull tabs all the time it is vital to...
Metal Detecting on Crown Estate Foreshore Are you planning to do some metal detecting on Crown Estate foreshore? (defined as the land between mean high water and mean low water) well, you can without a formal consent from The Crown Estate, however, this is subject to...