Introducing NEL Coils? This is the fifth video in a series of hints & tips to help and improve your metal detecting skills and techniques. Nigel Ingram, from Regton, presents the whole series.
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Month: November 2012
Regton Metal Detecting Tips: Introducing NEL Coils
Introducing NEL Coils? This is the fifth video in a series of hints & tips to help and improve your metal detecting skills and techniques. Nigel Ingram, from Regton, presents the whole series.
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Article | Anglo-Saxon treasure reveals west Norfolk cremation
Published by BBC News Norfolk, Monday 26th November 2012
Fragments of an early Anglo-Saxon silver brooch found in Norfolk has given archaeologists new evidence of a cremation burial in the area.
Experts say the 6th Century brooch, found near West Acre, could possibly have originated in mainland Europe.
The brooch, along with a Medieval copper coin-like medal known as a jetton and a Middle Anglo-Saxon sword belt mount, has been declared treasure.
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Article | Did Sussex bounty hunter dig up Captain Kidd’s treasure? Hunt for £12m haul of gold coins took charming chancer to hell and back
Published by Daily Mail On-line, written by GLENYS ROBERTS , Tuesday 20th November 2012
One of the most infamous pirates of all time, Captain Kidd was said to have amassed treasure worth £100,000 – a staggering £12 million now – before he was arrested for piracy and murder.
He buried a cache somewhere on his travels and at his trial in 1781, tried to barter his knowledge of its location in return for his life.
Kidd’s plan failed and he was sentenced to hang, his decaying body left to rot in public view for three years to deter other would-be pirates.
But the mystery of his missing loot goes on to this day, captivating adventurers who are convinced that his untold riches are still out there for the taking – if only they could find them
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Blog Post | Yorkshire’s hoard of mysterious silver and gold
Posted by Martin Wainwright, Thursday 15 November 2012. guardian.co.uk
There’s a lot going off in Wakefield at the moment, in spite of hard times, with the Hepworth Wakefield doing consistently well, the Trinity Walk shopping centre adding commercial life and now a newly reorganised museum for the city.
This last, along with its sister centre at Pontefract, is energising local young people – it’s included in the Young Archaeologists’ Club annual pass and has just had its first school group in.
It’s also timely for the sort of appeal which appeals to the youthful of any age: a mysterious hoard of treasure has been found at Ackworth and Wakefield council needs £5,500 to help keep it in the district. Who was the fugitive or thief who took a brown clay pot, made locally in Wrenthorpe, and stashed it with 591 gold and silver coins before burying it, probably at the height of the English Civil War?
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Article | Warrington woman’s wedding ring safe thanks to metal detector club
Published by Warrington Guardian, Friday 16th November 2012
WHEN Sandra Jackson’s wedding ring slipped off her hand and landed in Ackers Pit, Stockton Heath, the mum-of-two was convinced she would never see it again.
But thanks to South Lancashire and Cheshire Metal Detecting Club, based in Widnes, the Lower Walton grandma was delighted to be reunited with her ring of more than 38 years.
The 67-year-old, of Gainsborough Road, said: “I was so excited and upset at the same time when they said they had found it.
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Regton Metal Detecting Tips: How to Pinpoint with a Concentric Coil
How to Pinpoint with a Concentric Coil? This is the fourth video in a series of hints & tips to help and improve your metal detecting skills and techniques. This video will help you pinpoint with a concentric coil. Nigel Ingram, from Regton, presents the whole series.
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Stunning Pocket Sun-dial Compass Found by David Whitney
Earlier today (22nd November 2012) David Whitney popped into the shop to visit Nigel. Lucky for us he didn’t come empty handed! He brought with him his stunning pocket sun-dial compass found with his XP Goldmaxx.
Found in Shropshire, England, the beautiful find measures approx 43mm in width and 18mm in height. This late 17th Century sun-dial features engraved Roman numerals around the face of the compass, the glass is a little dirty but still intact. David explained that the piece dates from 1695-1705 and that he found the compass closed which explains why the delicate paper inside is in good condition.
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Article | History-changing coin or a 15C forgery? Debate over ‘Roman’ artefact found in field by metal-detecting friends
Published by The Daily Mail Online, written by Emily Andrews, Friday 16th November 2012
But this silver coin, discovered in a field, could be worth up to £80,000 if proved to be a genuine Roman antique.
Colin Popplewell, 58, and Mark Hildreth, 38, say the coin – which is the size and weight of a penny – is only the second one in history to be found featuring the short-lived Emperor Proculus.
This is only the second Roman coin ever found featuring the Emperor Proculus. It is estimated to fetch £80,000 at auction, but could go for a lot more. Some experts think it is a 15C forgery
A metal detecting expert, Julian Evan-Hart, certainly believes the coin is genuine and that it was minted to mark the brief rise to power of Proculus in 280AD.
Father-of-two Mr Popplewell, who made the find in a field near Stamford Bridge, East Yorkshire, on November 7, said: ‘The first coin with Proculus was found in a collection in Germany in the 1980s. It sold in 1991 for £40,000.
‘It was in a private collection that dated back a century so there was no way of validating whether the coin was authentic or a contemporary forgery, made in the Roman times.
‘Our find is ground-breaking because it validates the first coin and gives weight to the history of Proculus – it really will change the history books.’
But coin specialist and renowned academic Roger Bland, who is Keeper of the Prehistory and Europe Department of the British Museum, disagrees that the coin is genuine.’
He said: ‘I don’t believe any coins of Proculus were ever made and this one is probably a 15th century forgery.
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Article | Dave Crisp: Frome Hoard find ‘the pinnacle’ of metal detecting career
Published by This is Somerset, Monday 19th November, 2012
In the sometimes solitary and occasionally mocked world of metal detecting, he is the David Beckham, the Prince William, the Barack Obama.
For when Dave Crisp unearthed one of the most important hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain, he instantly became a hero to the thousands.
And now, with growing interest in the hobby – thanks, in part to Mr Crisp’s jackpot discovery – newcomers to the pastime need a detailed guide about how to be a great metal detector. And who better to write it than the finder of the Frome Hoard?
The book, Metal Detecting – all you need to know to get started, took 18 months to write, while Mr Crisp worked 60-hour weeks in his job, dealt with the aftermath of his discovery and continued to indulge in his beloved hobby.
Now retired, he is as busy as ever, and hopes his book will help those people who’ve been inspired by his discovery.
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