October 2014 - Regton Metal Detectors

I found coins hoard 20 minutes after buying first metal detector

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It’s always nice to encounter a little beginners’ luck when you’re trying out a new hobby. But if the phenomenon strikes on your debut treasure hunt, it can mean a significant pay-day. Wesley Carrington was just 20 minutes into his first metal detecting trip when he unearthed a hoard of Roman gold coins estimated to be worth £100,000. Yesterday he jokingly suggested he may have ‘peaked early’ in his treasure hunting career. The novice revealed he had bought a basic detector from a local shop and headed straight out to woods to try his new gadget.

Mr Carrington used Garret Ace 250 metal detector. Whole range of Garrett metal detectors is available in Regton Metal Detector Shop.

Metal detecting pays off

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The economy may be coming back to life but money is still tight for many families. It need not be this way. From plugging leaks in spending to tracing missing cash and even uncovering lost treasures, it is possible to boost your finances. Here, Sally Hamilton shows you how to turn detective and track down lost money that is rightfully yours.

Metal-detecting is normally a hobby not a lucrative career move, but the passion has paid off handsomely for Roger Mintey. The retired businessman, 64, from Reigate, Surrey, was able to give up his regular work thanks to stumbling upon a haul of 7,000 historic silver and gold coins in 1990 that earned him a £200,000 windfall. Using his metal detector Roger located the coins on a building site close to where his parents lived at the time, also in Reigate. He recalls: ‘It was a very exciting moment.’ Once the coins were verified as a genuine ‘treasure trove’, Roger sold them through an auction house to various buyers, including the British Museum. But he kept about 25 as a memento.

Dovedale Roman and Iron Age coins at Buxton Museum

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A hoard of 2,000-year-old coins discovered in a cave in the Peak District have gone on public display. The late Iron Age and Roman coins were discovered in Dovedale, Derbyshire, by a member of the public, prompting a full-scale excavation in July. It is thought to have been the first time coins from these two origins have been found together in a British cave. Ros Westwood from Buxton Museum, where they are on permanent display, said she thinks they were dropped by mistake.

Metal detectorist finds Bronze Age settlement using Google Earth

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A metal detecting enthusiast has amazed archaeologists by uncovering a historic Bronze Age settlement – using just Google Earth. Canny Howard Jones put aside usual methods of finding ancient communities and used the internet instead. He scanned satellite images for the sort of terrain that would have offered food, water and shelter for a prehistoric settlement. Howard used Google’s overheard mapping site to zoom in on fields and farmland before pinpointing a spot in South Hams, Devon. The former Royal Marine then sought permission from the local landowner before heading down there to scour for remains. To his amazement he soon unearthed old flint tools, pottery shards and scraps of metal thought to date back 5,000 years.

Viking treasure hoard unearthed in Scotland

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Metal detecting enthusiast Derek McLennan unearthed one of the most significant Viking hoards ever discovered in Scotland. The treasure trove of more than 100 items including gold and silver jewellery, ingots and a unique enamelled cross was found with a Minelab CTX 3030 metal detector. The discovery was found on Church of Scotland land after the detectorist scrupulously searched the area in Dumfries and Galloway for more than a year. Many of the unearthed items are historically unique. The hoard is now under the care of the Treasure Trove Unit and is regarded as being of significant international importance.

More Minelab metal detectors are available at Regton Metal Detector Shop.

KMMDC Rally North East Staffordshire

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The next KMMDC rally is on Saturday, the 18^th of October, in North East Staffordshire

There are 20 places in total for members of the KMMDC and their guests only. Please contact Chris Cooper the KMMDC Secretary for details.

Please visit our free forum at: http://kingdomofmerciamdc.freeforums.net/ (there’s lots of interesting research and links to see).

We also have a Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/KingdomofMerciaMDC

and a Google Plus page at: KMMDC Page Google Plus.

The KMMDC had two good rallies in September, with 2 hammered silver coins from the reign of Elizabeth the 1^st being found on the second one. Plus other good finds – see attached photos and list below.

Finds from the KMMDC 2^nd Rally:

Elizabeth 1st silver shilling 1580 hammered coin, Snake buckle 40mm x 20 copper alloy date unknown, 8 copper coins George III , Charles II , some with no detail.
Lead Token with a simple design of a cross and four pellets, because of the simple design we would put it in the 1200’s, These tokens was give by the land owner to the workers as a payment and they would spend it on the land owner’s land for food so keeping his wealth. Lead Bale Seal – this was to seal flax or wool ,or cloth in bales, so when the pack horses got to the end of their journey the bales where checked to see if they have been tampered with.
Tudor hook /clothes fastener 16th/17th century, Elizabeth I Sixpence 1578, finder has no idea what the tiny copper /bronze coin is ,maybe Roman ? , and what looks like a cut half of a Scottish King Alexander III 1250 -1280.
Bronze Animal possibly Roman, we do not know what animal it was, and Cauldron foot (date unknown).