What's in your field part two.

[robin1]

Well, nearly 70 people read my last post but no one replied, I'm beginning to think I'm unpopular and getting a complex already.
only kidding, I know it's a serious business your in, and probably think I'm wasting your time, I sincerely hope I. Am not, I am serious about my hobby, and helping people in need. Air ambulance have helped many farmers and people in rural community's and have saved lives.
maybe your reluctant to help because your concerned you will have loads of idiots in military gear digging up your land leaving massive holes everywhere, but honestly we don't, we can provide references by farmers who have helped us out. And you can make money in the process, £5 from every member attending a dig goes to the land owner and we have 30 plus members!!!
metal detecting is a great hobby and vehicle for raising money for charity, and it has un covered some fantastic things. If you have no interest in history yourself, it can be a profitable side line.
well, I can only try and persuade you to help and give us a chance, many have and have been very surprised about the high level and seriousness we take it and your land. Please re consider, were a harmless bunch just passionate about history as you are about farming. I know you all care about things Ive read your posts.
look at the picture below, our group found it! And it should be available for everyone to see, not hidden in the ground.

well thanks for listening, our group is sponsored by "search" magazine, the only group in the Uk do be so, please Pm me and help. 

[quadbod]

I'm not sure if there are many members on here that are in your area so be patient and pop in here every now and again and give us an update on any interesting finds.

The best thing you can be on here is an active member in all ways. A busier forum may well attract somebody who could be just what you're looking for.

As an idea, have you thought of asking the local YFC if you could attend and maybe give a talk or a demo on one of their members fields? With summer soon here and harvest on its way this may be the ideal time for organising something like that.... A face to face approach would say a lot more to me about the individual or group. I'm sure you would probably feel the same way yourself.

People are apprehensive for a lot of reasons and approaches via an internet forum may not be the best way to achieve what you need.

Having said all that..... on this forum, we are a fairly friendly group.

[robin1]

Thank you very much for the kind advice. That's a good idea about our local YFC, I will try and contact them.
Yes patience was never a strong point of mine ha. But thank you for replying gives me some confidence.
The area is immaterial, there's history everywhere, and to be honest I have found most farmers charming and polite even when telling me nicely to go away!
I will keep popping in and will post some pictures of what we find, some great stuff. Very kind of you to reply and I look forward to talking to people face to face as soon as possible.

[Joyce]

I noticed on the forum we don't talk about that detectorists were being of help in finding bits of wire in silage/hay fields.
As we know, sometimes these have been from fallen sky lanterns and are fatal if animals accidentally swallow them.
While that isn't perhaps the most exciting of finds - it does save lives.
Maybe a point worth mentioning .............

[robin1]

That's a very good point, as an organisation it's actually in our rules to remove any and all metal objects what ever they are or how big because of potential damage to person, machinery or livestock. We all have a trash bag with us. For that very reason.
We have helped farmers find missing objects in fields also, it's a way of giving something back, if we can help we will.
Some of guys have acutely recovered land mines on our beaches, braver than I am, we have some video of the army blowing them up, I'm told but haven't seen it myself, one of our group actually keep the detonated cases and have made garden features with them! Not sure how that would look mind you, but true ha.

[Joyce]

Please tell us something about the 'coins'? above - wouldn't mind a pocket full of those

I've seen bits of 'art-illery' sold on Bargain Hunt!

[robin1]

for footballers, it's winning the FA cup, Golf it's the Open, for metal detectorists, it's finding gold coins.
The group had gone out as normal, in fields in Norfolk, Norfolk has been kind to detectorists, with some significant
Finds in terms of hoards, a 'hoard' being more than one coin within a certain proximity.
This day was like all the others, as the group dispersed across the field, one person in particular was drawn to the furthest part of the field,
Leaving the others behind, within moments of his arrival he got a very clear and distinctive signal, as he dug, he cried out in excitement as a small
Gold shining object Emerged from the soil.
He called his friends over, who immediately helped him search the area, and sure enough, three cold coins appeared.
The dig continued for most of the day but nothing new was found, the group rested while the group leader informed the farmer of the find.
Wanting to be absolutely sure they had found everything they returned at the end of the day for one last 'sweep' of the area.
Amazingly more coins were found, by this time the local museum had been informed and the advice was given continue looking but be careful
No history was damaged, (a purse, chest or bag maybe) so the area was sealed off, as the search ended for the day.
The next brought great excitement with another 13 gold coins, some bronze coins and silver.
What a hoard, the coins have been identified as being Celtic staters, original because most already found were bearing a left facing wolf, these were right facing, very rare.
Norfolk had been established as the Iceni tribe religious and political power base, the staters were Gallic war uniface, staters, they were as the name suggests minted to pay for the Gallic resistance to Cesar during the C58-51BC war.
Due to confidentiality agreements the locations and value of the find is confidential.
So, what's in your field! The excitement of picking something up that no one has touched for maybe a thousand years is an incredible feeling,
The lads on the dig will remember that day for the rest of there lives, as will the farmer. But, every new day turns the last one into history and
The modern world lays gently on the old ones. For the metal detectorists, they did indeed win the FA cup.