WELCOME TO MY WEB SITE ABOUT METAL DETECTING

THIS SITE FEATURES SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE SAVED FROM THE PLOUGH

about me

HELLO AND WELCOME.
MY NAME IS FRED,AND I HAVE BEEN DETECTING FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.
AND IM GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE FOUND.
I BELONG TO THREE DETECTING CLUBS.
1. COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT METAL DETECTING AND ARTEFACT CLUB.
2. WICKFORD METAL DETECTING CLUB.
3. THE EAST COAST SEARCHERS.
I ALSO BELONG TO THE NCMD AND THE F.I.D.
I ALSO SHOW ALL OF MY FINDS TO THE COLCHESTER MUSEUM
WHO HELP ME IDENTIFY AND RECORD FINDS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST.
I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM AND I HAVE ALWAYS GOT MY FINDS BACK ON TIME.
WITH A NICE REPORT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM.

MY MACHINES AS OF FEB 2002

MY MAIN MACHINE IS A MINELAB SOVEREIGN XS2A PRO THAT I HAVE HAD FOR ABOUT 14 MONTHS NOW AND IT REALLY IS THE BEES KNEES.
I HAVE 3 SEARCH COILS FOR THIS.
A TEN INCH,A 12IN SUNRAY AND A 15 INCH COILTEC.
MY OTHER MACHINE IS A LASER POWER MAX B3.WITH STANDARD COIL AND A 11INCH DEEP SEARCH.
THE LASER USED TO BE THE MAIN MACHINE BUT I WAS FED UP WITH THE HOT ROCK.
BUT IT LIKES THE HAMMERED SILVER AND I FOUND IT COULD FIND THE CUT HALFS OK.

HISTORY WAS BORING AT SCHOOL BUT NOT NO MORE

WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL I DID NOT CARE MUCH FOR HISTORY
BUT NOW I KNOW WHO THE KINGS AND QUEENS WERE AND WHEN THEY WERE ON THE THRONE AND ALSO WHAT SORT OF COINAGE THEY HAD.
THEY NEVER MENTIONED ANY THING ABOUT HAMMERED COINS.
BUT I LOVE DIGGING THEM UP.

ELIZABETH 1ST THREEFARTHINGS
CROTAL BELL

KING OFFA PENNY

ONE OF MY BEST FINDS WAS FOUND ON ONE OF KEN WILCOXS DAYS OUT IT WAS ON ONE OF THOSE SUNDAY MORNINGS THAT WE WERE SEARCHING ON A SITE THAT HAD UNEARTHED ROMAN AND SAXON FINDS THE YEAR BEFORE,I HAD STARTED MY SEARCH ON TOP OF A RISE WHERE ROMAN COINS HAD BEEN FOUND WHEN AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS I DECIDED TO MOVE AS I HAD ONLY FOUND ONE ROMAN COIN AND THE USUAL BITS AND PIECES OF SCRAP,SO I MOVED DOWN THE SLOPE TOWARDS THE FIELD NEAREST THE CHURCH AND AFTER ABOUT 45MINS I GOT A GOOD SIGNAL ON MY LASER B3 SO AFTER DIGGING OUT A TROWEL FULL OF EARTH PROCEEDED TO CHECK THE HOLE AGAIN AND THE SIGNAL HAD GONE SO I CHECKED THE EARTH THAT I HAD REMOVED FROM THE HOLE THE SIGNAL WAS THERE.BREAKING DOWN THE EARTH I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE MY EYES WHEN SHINING AT ME WAS A LOVELY SILVER COIN WITH THE WORDS OFFA ON IT,NOW I KNEW OFFA HAD BEEN KING BUT WAS UNSURE WHAT PERIOD.AFTER SHOWING KEN AND FELLOW DETECTORIST I FOUND IT WAS A SCARCE SAXON COIN OF KING OFFA DATING BETWEEN 757AND796.