Metal detection n shit

[Rodinus]

I only use what I have mate.

Seems enough for me at the moment as no gold in these regions until I get the old maps out and "dig down deeper" so to speak.

Hugs

Rod

Thanks Rod,

I'll keep looking for a good model to suit where I am along with the pointer.  

When you find coins, generally how deep in the soil are they?

Was also considering hitting some good popular sandy beaches about an hours drive from here.

Bally:)

The deepest coin I have found was around 30 cms but have also found coins and Gallo Roman artifacts at 2 to 10 cms.

The above are mostly found in fields that have been ploughed.

It is odd how some things get buried and others don't.  I've stood behind wrecked bunkers on the Westwall and seen unfired ammunition in practically pristine condition some 70 years after the war ended.  Sitting right on the ground.

Cheers

Funnily enough a couple of years ago I visited the region of Normandy as my sister purchased an old water mill smack bang in the middle of a forest and was refurbishing it (The mill, not the forest).

Her hubby who is an avid prospector took me for a walk in the forest and as we were trundling along and just talking about this that and the other something glinted on the ground and caught my eye.

Went over to look and after brushing away the leaves it turned out to be a shell casing dating from WW2, complete with bullet holes in it as no doubt it was used for target practice.

Turns out that the mill was occupied by US soldiers during the war, so probably more stuff strewn around in them thar woods...

I will post a pic here when I can find it as it is buried deep in a box somewhere in one of our cellars.