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               Since the screening of the Detectorists and the recent reports of a number of hoards being found; I wonder if detector outlets are experiencing a surge in sales. If this be the case, I suspect that once the new owners have discovered that hoards are not that easily come by they will soon give up and there will be a rash of second-hand detectors appearing on ebay?  :'(

Hope so mate it's time for a change myself could be the best time to sell my t2 ltd

Not just the recent hoards Chris sales have gone up after every big find going back over 40 years and given that the popularity of the hobby was at its hight in the late 70's to early 80's there must be an awful lot of machines lying around in sheds and attics ;).

And by your knowledge of detectors geoff, i would say your shed must be massive and bursting at the seams :D :D :D :D

 :D :D SHhhhhhhh!! "SHE" might hear you........


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AHHHHH!!!! Too late

Ha Ha lmao nice one geoff  :D :D :D

I often chat with people on the beach and am surprised by the number of them that have detectors gathering dust at home. I also bump into people struggling to get to grips with a new, or second hand machine. I always try and give them some time and point them in the direction of Detecting Wales. I have even contemplated printing off a trifold flyer with a little information and some contact addresses.

Interestingly, I chatted with one chap who was walking along the beach with his detector held out directly in front of him and not even bothering to swing it. I was advising him about swinging the coil low to the ground, when he pulled a silver florin from his pocket and said "I've just found this!" Beginner's luck I suppose.  :'(

You may be surprised Chris but a strait line does work.  I never seem to have much time so very often I kit up, switch on and tell myself to get down there quick before the tide turns, set off at a fair old pace then have to stop dead because I've had a cracking signal.(Usually aluminium) ::)
I've had the same experience as you with people who stop and talk. So many of them admit to having a detector and if you ask them why they aren't using it they usually say either they never found anything or they didn't think about it. Mind you most of the detectors they admit to owning are entry level machines. I have noticed the odd one or two who gloss it over, so to speak. It's obvious they aren't detecting because life and wife have caught up with them.

Val

Hi Val,
            I think finding this stuff also discourages them.  ;)

 

You could well be right Chris.  But given the price of brass you shouldn't be to disappointed.  I reckon I could leave you standing if I sneaked into the  MOD Airfield up the lane.  I did once a couple of years ago because I knew there is an 18 cent. Farm in there.
Poor detector sounded like it was playing jingle bells there were so many shell casings lying around. They use the place for manoeuvres.

Val

                              Jeez Val, that's a naughty word amongst some of the military ordnance fraternity "SCRAP"!  :o That scares them even more than the word "Live"!  ;)

                               I must confess that I do keep the better cartridges and weigh the rotting ones in with my brass scrap bucket's contents. ( pst don't tell any body ) It's interesting to study the head stamps and see just how many companies were manufacturing the stuff for our boys to use in the field and where the factories were located. I have some that were manufactured in India in 1943 and shipped to the UK. One can just imagine the crew of some steamer sitting atop tons upon tons of munitions and sailing the submarine infested waters of the South Atlantic.

                             Perhaps a nice letter to the MOD could get you permission to detect the area that you speak of? Always worth a try!  ;)

Not a cat in hells change Chris.  It's used in an on-going way for manoeuvers, Helicopter drop-off and pick-up practice, shooting, cadet training and they even have under privileged teenagers wandering around with bits of map to follow and camping out.
That's also one of the sites they iron out the wrinkles on the Un-Manned vehicles. Must admit it's quite something to see them on the telly actually in operation 'out there'.   
The Major who is currently in charge of this, and other sites, is a very nice Guy but he does everything by the book so I wouldn't expect any change from him.

Val

                                          Give it a go Val; at the worst he can only say "NO"! And he may just say yes, under strikt limited conditions. In the event that he should say no, he may just have some contacts that he would put you in toutch with for other permissions. ;)

                                          Perhaps by now you realise that I suffer from over enthusiastic optimism. It often pays off and has obtained three and a half permissions for me.  ;D

They are big enough to be called a fraternity? Now that's scary :D
Don't they realise that 99.9% is just the residue of teaching bank clerks how to fire a rifle, in Europe I can see how you could link cartridge cases to certain events but here?...........

I have suggested doing that in the past Chris but John is a bit of a stickler.  He wouldn't let me try because of putting the Flying Club area in jeopardy.
I'm pretty sure there's other much older  ruins up there. I came across part of it by chance one day and as I raced away from some Long Horns grazing there I was left with the impression of the remains of a red brick wall.  I've tried to locate it again since but couldn't.  I think it had prob. got covered in the brambles and undergrowth.  John told me he let in a lady Archaeologist and a student one day and they went in the general direction of the remains. I'm a bit like you, over enthusiastic and my mind conjures up all sorts.  I still think the ruins are Tudor but s'pose I'll never know for sure.

Val  

Geoff, I think they use paint ball guns sometimes  ::)  I've seen the colours. (Change from seeing the Light).  Also Mostly blanks but I also know on occasions they do use live so I s'pose there is a danger of picking one up.
I for one would recognise the difference between fired and un-fired but I reckon there are some who wouldn't. Remember those Guys who carried the live shells from the beach last Summer. :o

Val

Hi Geoff,
               aparently the military ordnance guys don't scrap anything; or verry little. I'm not an ordnance buff, but I do find it interesting to read the cartridge heads and learn a little history from them. ie.......the 1943 cartridge made in India and shipped to here. Why do that when there was a war raging in the far east?

                Ah ha; just had a thought. What date was the attack on Pearl Harbour?