Metal Detecting:NSFW. Contains images of boobs and dirt holes, as well as pigeon corpses.

[Christmas Tree 3997]

How much did your equipment cost, CT? (Obviously including all the extras you'll have bought such as camouflage clothing, metal detecting guidebooks, etc).

 

It's just that I've got a few Roman coins around 16-1700 years old and I'm guessing I got them easier and cheaper than anything you've found so far considering what you will have spent on petrol and gear. (Hands up, though, I never got to bother some cows getting them so I'll give you that one).

£100 gumtree .

 

Fisherman could go to Morrisons.....

 

What you think.

 

 

 

The reality

 

 

[The Fish 8946]

£100 on a fad you'll be bored with in 2 months?

 

That's some poverty mind.

[David Kelly 1115]

It's a delightful hobby as it happens. Beautiful countryside, brothers in arms and wild animals.

Brothers in arms with wild animals! Is this some sort of Keith Lard thing you're admitting to here?

[Christmas Tree 3997]

£100 on a fad you'll be bored with in 2 months?

 

That's some poverty mind.

Bought it in January [emoji8]

[Monkeys Fist 38535]

CT will stick at this until he's had a crack at the midsummer highlight of the detectorist calendar- The Post Hoppings Sweep of Shame.

[Christmas Tree 3997]

 

Not for me (or the air show)

 

But I do know some eagerly awaiting both.

Edited June 9, 2015 by Christmas Tree

[Gemmill 34161]

Fucking hell, you're basically scavengers. Do you minesweep in the pub at closing time too?

[JawD 31]

Back of the sofa

 

Mine! MINE!

[Makom 0]

I'd say the average householder living in Britain has as much chance of finding a Roman coin by digging their back garden thoroughly than by bothering cows all fucking day with ear muffs on. And at least then if they're worth something you don't have to share half the profits with some farmer giles cunt. And it's not like all the known settlements from history won't have been swept a hundred times over by now, is it? Thanks to Time Team, ironically.

[Monkeys Fist 38535]

Fucking hell, you're basically scavengers. Do you minesweep in the pub at closing time too?

Knows all the Sweeps of Shame.

Isn't going.

 

Righto

[Christmas Tree 3997]

 

Never say never

[Monkeys Fist 38535]

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=18676344

[Tom 13804]

It's a delightful hobby as it happens. Beautiful countryside, brothers in arms and wild animals.

 

And there's the history. Most finds are worth little but very interesting to find stuff from hundreds or a thousand years ago.

 

You only have to look at the popularity of stuff like Time Team.

 

Once again I'm breaking new ground and you will thank me one day.

 

[Christmas Tree 3997]

Another glorious day out in the sun detecting today. Only found a farm token myself however I forgot to share this find from last weeks dig. (Not found by me )

 

 

 

1752 gold guinea. (22 carat)

[Rayvin 4949]

I'm away from this forum for what...3 weeks? Metal detecting, lads. We have a 4 page thread on metal detecting. Nice one.

 

It doesn't even look as if the 'radar' nickname caught on ffs...

 

[Gemmill 34161]

Aye we need to reinstate Radar Rosenthal as his new name. Mods, come on, what use are you if you're not changing his name?

[Christmas Tree 3997]

Shut it Roomba Boy!

 

Also, a first for me in the world of hobbies, I'm upgrading my detector if anyone wants a cheap 2nd hand one.

[Rayvin 4949]

Upgrading...

 

Although if you combined the Roomba and the metal detector you'd have a much more efficient means of finding assorted random crap...maybe you guys should swap notes?

[Gemmill 34161]

Aye you've found 2 coins in a year. Definitely time to double down on that bet.

[Ayatollah Hermione 12735]

I have visions of CT constantly returning "defective" metal detectors that won't stop beeping before remembering he has a metal plate in his knee.

[Christmas Tree 3997]

Alas no gold today, just a very poorly toy lead soldier.

 

[Monkeys Fist 38535]

War grave.

You monster.

[Christmas Tree 3997]

[Dr Gloom 19723]

It's fair to say CT is back like. Metal detecting ffs

[Alex 30231]

What a fucking plum