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Guys, If anyone has any ideas or would like to try a certain area for a rally - Nows your chance to speak.

I will be phoning farms much of tomorrow and if you'd like me to try for some land in a particular area I will.

Sensible requests only please. The tower of London, Stonehenge or 'The place that guy found all that Saxon stuff' aren't sensible :)

Wales  ;D ;D ;D

anywhere around caerleon , would be good ...

 DetectingWales com Caerleon Metal Detecting Rally (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bvvaVC95JE#ws)

Wigmore // ludlow

The Gower or  Brecon or somewhere warm like Jupiter

South Wales please.

Somewhere around the Vale of Glamorgan, allways fancied trying there  ;)

caerleon/caerwent,Margam,ludlow,Wottenbassett,chippenham,bath?

I've always fancied going to MALMESBURY in wiltshire. Lots of saxon history and a very old town.

somewhere close where Val can join us!!

madley Hereford ?

MALMESBURY. That is a very good area. Yes please

missed a caerleon rally arghhhhhh :-[

You missed three ;D

2 mile radius of Pendoylan V-O-G ;)

Kind thought Alan, thanks.

My latest motto...........I will make it, one day.

Val

3 ???, oh wow gutted

Craven Arms area Fields full of cropmarks. Llandeilo area. Llandovery. Also Cardigan area would be interesting. Full of History that place. To name just a few.

Don't worry Paul you didn't miss much, Taff was only saying today that "if you want to find Roman don't go to Caerleon" :D

Vog, Hereford, Somerset, Oxford 2day er in the summer or your back garden !!Anywhere it is we are grateful  as we all know how hard it is too find land and what you are doing its your shout where it will be.  ;)

 ;D ;D ;D...how about the mendips....or around burrington coombe or chedder.... 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D....or around shepton mallet....its paved with roman gold

Chew Valley (Magna) Barton St davids area is also a good areas

lol cheoff,just would like to detect there and soak up the atmosphere, but i get what your saying ,they  occur in least expected place

polden hills

There's nothing left....you had it all ::)

 :)

Shenstone {staffs},,much wenlock ,eccleshall, {shrops},,chapel lawn {s. shrops} callow {Herefordshire} hopton heath {s.shrops}

Wasting your time da Monkey and  dave have hoovered every hammered  coin and brooch,  well that's not quite true spiny dave never found a brooch.  ;D

tis true,,i know that a local guy has also been doing the madley area for years,,,wigmore is a bit of a downer to as a team of lads from knighton has been thrashing that area for years.

like geoff said pendoylan area ,when i worked for BOSCH in llantrisant about a mile or so from pendoylan ,there are restricted areas inside the bosch grounds and still the remains of an old motte and bailey ,attatched is a picture of the surrounding farms and a picture of the motte and bailey
http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Welshsites/393.html (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Welshsites/393.html)
but i would go to a rally wherever you can get one taff , i know how hard you work to find them cheers mate

Rob, I know it's probably a remote possibility but IF S/West Wales were considered I could put you onto a couple of Farms where I know the owners are very open minded about metal detecting.
One, in particular, is quite large and he and his brother have recently bought another Farm close to Carew Castle.

Just a thought but I realise most would not want to travel that sort of distance any more than I do to the Rallies over the bridge.

Val

Denmark,- for the adventurous  ;)

Ammanford - LLandeusant area
Calne - Melksham area
Pensford
Ystradfellte
LLanmadoc - Rhossili

Would love some more weekend rallies  :)

Pensford ??? Don't waist your time far too much coal mining took place there you might as well go detecting in Merthyr ;) No offence to Merthyrians

a pal o mine says Kenchester good for romans

 :D :D :D

he knows a farmer and gets invited down for  a dig and never go s home without some finds

he drives from London too so 3 hours drive so must be worth his while .

i'll tell him to be carefull then

I would keep that quiet if I were you seem as Herefordshire council has banned tectin in that area ;)

your mate must be a nutter  :D,, detectin in the wide open spaces of the home counties or spend time looking over your shoulder on somewhere when you could lose your tecter and liberty,,,,mmm  ??? choices choices ;D

I'm assuming you say this in jest as social network/forum evidence is as damning as any other kind of evidence. And that statement does nothing other than to show this hobby in a terrible light.

Well said Rob .... besides if galoshers knows of this illegal activity and does nothing about it, then its very clear he is condoning such activity and i seriously wonder whether he should be allowed to continue on this forum.

i didnt know it was banned there ,and what he does is none of my business .

I'd love some more rallies in South Wales, even though I know they are likely to be quieter.

Just over the bridge into Saesneg territory is good too - it's not that far really.

And like some of the others, the Brecon area (there's a new fort mentioned in Current Archaeology, found because of a cluster of Claudian coin finds) - and also between Brecon and Crickhowell, plenty of roman and medieval stuff there.

My back garden would be good, that'll soon get rid of the weeds :D

SOMEWHERE IN THE 'GOLDEN VALLEY' ?
APTLY NAMED

Mid or West wales would be nice - the main reasons I don't get to many rallies is the distance as I live right on the west coast :)

I don't attend rallys as im of the opinion that finds are the same where ever you go,its only the quantity that differs and can never be counted on,but I understand rallys play a big part in a social aspect ,, me I aint very social  ;D

Kenchester Roman Town as a SAM is a no go area but the surrounding fields are not and detecting has been going on in these fields as long ago as when I was in the RAF at Credenhill in the 1980,s. Still regularly see detectorists out there presumably with the landowners permission accept the National trust land at The Weir.

I don't attend rallys as im of the opinion that finds are the same where ever you go,its only the quantity that differs and can never be counted on,but I understand rallys play a big part in a social aspect ,, me I aint very social
carling some of us struggle to get permissions ,so rallies are great

most farms surrounding kenchester have stipulations in  there {whatever council paper work they need} that metal detecting is verborten around kenchester,,so yes the land is off limits by the councils point of view  not a archie view  but I soppose some farmers will turn a blind eye if it may lead to riches ::),,but I wouldent fancy being caught by a council official round there, don't think the farmer would be to happy neither,,,,,,and yes rallys are good if you are having problems to get land.,

And Cardigan boasts a Roman hoard found on the banks of the Teifi!

Hello all. Interested to read the part of Hereford banning detecting in areas. Can any one advise me how much of an area. I am new to this and have distant relatives on the Welsh/Hereford border that I was going to see but do not want to if it is not legal as due to their age now - they probably do not know either. Regards Viv.

I wouldent worry to much viv the land around kenchester {which is a roman town site}  does not permit meta detecting for obvious reasons ,,I think there is a couple more places in Herefordshire where detectin is not permitted but not many,, so unless your relatives have a roman shrine, town etc on there land I wouldent worry,, I live in Herefordshire 5 miles from welsh border and have detected the area for many years now with no problems.

Councils have no power to ban detecting on any land that they don't either own or are custodians of and any farms that have a council ban are rented by tenant farmers from the council.
All SAM's in England are listed on Magic Map so you can check to make sure no laws are being broken.
http://www.magic.gov.uk/home.htm (http://www.magic.gov.uk/home.htm)
 ;)

Many thanks for the replies.
 Relief -  as I thought it was going to be more uphill than expected.
The area is where my family church is and I went to junior school for a few years while growing up.
There is a castle in the valley but the land is not adjoining - nor to the church.
Thought it may be worth a try and my young grandson is interested so perhaps he could cut his teeth here at the same time as me.  He can prop me up as I was aching after the Ross rally - not used to it now.
 Long time since I dug a garden - in one day.  Regards Viv.

my mate is not a desperado he has a multi million pound business so is not desperate for cash or finds so i suspect he is not breaking the law with the farmer who he does business with

i'm new to this hobby and yet to decide what machine to get (it's taken 2 years up to now),but have noticed with other hobbies that i have been involved with shooting,fishing,power kites and even cb radio .theres always somebody out there that wants to ban it !!!

SAM'S  ??? my mind has gone blank, what the hell is SAM's :D ::)

Scheduled ancient monuments.  I think  ;D

LOL, cheers Alan ;)

Could be Sausage And Mash, A pub serves one up near here, and it looks and tastes like an ancient monument

I know a Sam well actually Sams, but im not going there, with Jodie sat just behind me ;)