| Well I've written many articles before on | | | | not on our farm. Travelling further down the |
| Metal Detecting but I've always concentrated | | | | road my heart stopped. There was dozens of |
| on the serious side. I thought it was time | | | | cars and members of a local club walking all |
| for a change and to write about some of those | | | | over 'my field'. Words cannot describe (and |
| funny times. | | | | they couldn't be printed either) how I felt. |
| | | | I decided not to stop as I couldn't bear |
| It was a crisp, sunny September morning and I | | | | thinking of what might have come off, so I |
| was going to detect on a new farm I'd | | | | went to the next village to another farm I'd |
| recently gained permission to detect on. I'd | | | | detected on before. To this day I don't know |
| found hammered coins on it the week before | | | | what was found........but life goes on. |
| and tokens and I was hopeful of more to come. | | | | |
| It was a lovely medieval village very close | | | | There again it can never be as bad as what |
| to a church dating back to saxon times. I | | | | happened to a mate of mine. After travelling |
| invited both my mum and Dad and brother (all | | | | for 3 hours and searching all day he found a |
| keen detectorists) to come along too. | | | | lovely Henry V111 Hammered Coin and was |
| | | | delighted. He brought it along to our club |
| We set off and travelled for 2 hours and as | | | | meeting and subsequently threw it away by |
| we were nearing the village started seeing | | | | accident with his crisp |
| signs for a major Metal Detecting Rally. I | | | | packet..............the pain!!! |
| jokingly said to those with me 'I hope it is | | | | |