Metal Detecting & the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance

And this is the other hobby. I’ve been involved in metal detecting since 1976 and I’m a member of a local club. Most Sundays are spent searching fields for ancient artefacts and the machines always come on holiday with me—at least, they do if we’re in the UK. For those of you who are also into this fascinating hobby that provides a portal into times gone by, the machines I

currently use are a Minelab Explorer XS, an XP Goldmaxx Power. I’ve had plenty of nice finds over the past few years and I’ve put a few of them on display here.
Text Box: This is an item that I found during the summer of 2004. It went to the British Museum and has since been declared as treasure and has been acquired by the Potteries Museum in Stoke on Trent. It’s a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon pendant of gold and garnet. Only a small item, but of a kind that is very rare, and a delightful find for any searcher. Probably the nicest thing I’ve unearthed over the years.

Various Roman denarii

Mixed bag of Celtic toggle fastener, Hibernia halfpenny, belt adornment, lead weight etc.

Venetian Soldino c.1501—1520

Edward III groat, 1356-1361

King John short cross penny 1199-1216

Victoria shilling 1895

I’m a long-haired ferret from Liverpool…

Little Jimmy Osmond

Elizabeth I threepence 1580

Enamelled Roman brooch 1st/2nd century

Gold quarter noble of Edward III, 1361 - 1366

Groat of Henry VIII

Second coinage 1526 - 1544