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panbiker
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Posted -  22/02/2007  :  22:04
To kick of the new forum,  here's an offer for the folks around Barlick.
**FREE RECOVERY SERVICE**

Lost a ring or article of sentimental value?

for FREE recovery service, provided the loss was on open land and the approximate location is known, contact me via PM.

FID (Federation of Independent Detectorists) members offer this service as a part of their membership of the Federation. I carry an identity card and am covered by £5,000,000 Public Liability Insurance.

Over the years members have located many thousands of lost metal items for COUNCILS, FARMERS, VETS, PUBLIC SERVICES, TOURISTS & THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

For subscribers to this site from other areas, I can put you in touch with the Secretary of FID who can find a FID member in your area. If you want to check out the FID website the link is http://www.newbury.net/fid

Does anyone happen to own any land with potential history beneath their feet? Lets get some research going and some detectors swinging and see what turns up.

If you are considering trying this fascinating hobby or considering purchasing a detector you can start by getting hold of either "The Searcher" or "Treasure Hunting" magazines from your newsagent. Lots of information, examples of finds, reviews of detectors and detector retailers in both these publications.





Edited by - panbiker on 22 February 2007 22:06:31

Edited by - panbiker on 24/02/2008 00:06:03


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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart


36804 Posts
Posted - 23/02/2007 : 06:49
If a bloke was thinking of having a bash at MD and didn't want to start with a mickey mouse machine, what would be a good one?  I'm very serious about finding the O'Connor hoard.......


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panbiker
Senior Member


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Posted - 23/02/2007 : 17:45

I will sort you out some information, you are basically asking the preverbial "how long's a piece of string"

Lots of variables, I will post you some links and give you the best advice I can based on my experiences.

please watch this space....

 




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Shane
Regular Member


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Posted - 23/02/2007 : 18:32
Stanley, could you enlighten us a little about the O'Conner hoard, as you've mentioned it before and I'm still no wiser?

Shane



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panbiker
Senior Member


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Posted - 23/02/2007 : 20:22

Ok Stanley, here we go, I will assume that a bloke like you will want to know how it all works

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/metal-detector.htm

is a good starting point, this site covers all the main types of detecting technology, as you will probably be detecting on inland sites you need to be looking at VLF machines. VLF (very low frequency) technology is ideal for detecting on various ground types. If you were considering detecting on the beach or foreshore you would need to look at the PI (pulse induction) machines.

http://www.greenlightpublishing.co.uk/treasure/metal_detecting.cfm

This is the website for “Treasure Hunting” magazine, the site has loads of information for new users, take a look at the Introduction to Metal Detecting section. It also has reviews on various detectors.

Look at the manufacturer’s websites below for individual machines.

http://www.whites.co.uk/

http://www.treasurenet.com/tesoro/

http://www.cscope.co.uk/

http://www.minelab.com/

http://www.garrett.com/

These are some dealer links, have a browse and get a feel for what is available, most prices are fairly fixed, dealers tend to compete on what is bundled with the detector or on credit deals.

http://www.joanallen.co.uk/

http://crawfordsmd.co.uk/

http://www.regton.com/

You will see that the range of models available range from about £100 and continue up to well above the £1,000 mark. As is the norm, advancing technology impacts the designs on a regular basis, some people change their machines every time a new knob, bell or whistle is added. Consequently there is a very healthy “used machine” market, most of the dealers do part exchange and will have 2nd user machines available at reduced prices.

You can expect results with any of the machines, when I bought my current machine, over 6 years ago now I went for what was at the time, a mid range priced machine, (CScope CS5MX) it performs reasonably well and has stood the test of time, you can still buy the same model (which must say something)

Current models I would be interested in or like to try:

Minelab Quattro or Sovereign GT – Explorer if I won the Lottery
Laser Hawkeye
Some of the X-Terra range models look interesting.

You can buy detectors that are so complicated that you will spend more time setting them up than actually using.

If you want to have a go with a machine, I have a spare you could borrow to dip your toes, It’s a “Bounty Hunter Tracker IV”, fairly basic, switch on and go motion machine with discrimination. Field test here:

http://www.joanallen.co.uk/a_testreports/tracker.html?src=internal

You’ve opened a real can of worms here Stanley, post again or drop me a PM when you’ve had a rummage round.



Edited by - panbiker on 23 February 2007 23:01:10


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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart


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Posted - 24/02/2007 : 04:57
Thanks for that Ian.  I shall come back to this page when I get round to doing something about it in a couple of months. 


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Another
Traycle Mine Overseer


6250 Posts
Posted - 24/02/2007 : 08:03
 Shane's popped up again!! I thought you'd deserted us. Nice to see you're back - get some more posting and pictures up. Nolic



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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart


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Posted - 24/02/2007 : 12:16
Shane, don't get excited, it's a joke.  Our revered Leader, Dave O'Connoir lives up at Prospect and so that woulkd be a handy place for us to try out our equipment.


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moh
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6860 Posts
Posted - 24/02/2007 : 15:12
Hi Shane thought you had emigrated!!!!!!!!


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belle
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Posted - 24/02/2007 : 15:22

Can anyone tell me where the previous post has gone that was about metal detecting, every time I try to search for it i just get idrected to this one, i just wanted to see if anyone had replied to my enquiry about finding, rather than digging up, archeological finds? I have looked under hobbies, which is what it came under but cannot find it.



Edited by - belle on 24 February 2007 15:57:39


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panbiker
Senior Member


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Posted - 24/02/2007 : 16:21

Belle, I replied to your post, it was in the "Want a New Hobby Category" which has been granted, hence the Metal Detecting threads are continuing here.

Here's a copy of my post so you don't have to look any further.

Belle, dont worry about your casual find, plenty of people interested in history use the technique of "fieldwalking" to make "eyes only" finds turned up by the plough such as pottery shards or fragments of old buildings buried for centuries. If these finds are mapped and recorded they can be a very valuable contribution to our understanding of the past.

With regard to your "odd stone" you could ask a representative from the PAS (Portable Antiquities Scheme) to try to identify your find, it may well have some significance to the area in which it was found.

Here is a link to the Portable Antiquities Scheme. It explains how the voluntary scheme works and gives information on the Treasure Act.

http://www.finds.org.uk/

.This is the Wikipedia entry for the Treasure Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Act_1996

Take a look, they are very informative.




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Shane
Regular Member


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Posted - 24/02/2007 : 18:46
Thanks for the kind comments . . . I never went away folks I just went into hibernation for awhile.  I try and read what's new most days on OGFB but have been too busy with my own work to find time to upload new posts or pics.  However, I have a stash of old pics to post so I'll try and get into the habit again.  I was secretly hoping for some long lost hoard of loot story but should have twigged to the 'O'Conner' bit - I'm so used to the 'Doc' title! 

Shane



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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart


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Posted - 25/02/2007 : 07:24
Shane, there is a lost hoard myth connected with Barlick.  I used to get buttonholed by a bloke regularly who had a bee in his bonnet about Gibson who ran the scrapyard at Park Close Quarry on Salterforth drag and was killed in a light plane crash.  He seemed to think that Gibbo had stashed some of his money somewhere and he reckoned he knew where it was.  I have never taken this seriously but it just goes to show how these myths can start and run on through the years.  Who knows, someone may be looking for the O'Connor hoard in a hundred years from now.  The word is, don't bother, there isn't one!


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Shane
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Posted - 25/02/2007 : 07:33
You're right Stanley, that's how good stories turn into legends and myths.  A slight slip of speech and everyone will soon want to be searching for some hidden fortune.  It sort of makes me want to splodge about in the rain with an MD in th hope of finding some Roman loot.  But then it's summer here in NZ and I'm thinking NAH!

Shane

PS: Can you help with more mundane matters like how I should upload images properly!



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Stanley
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Posted - 25/02/2007 : 13:08
Somewhere, hidden in the archive there is a set of instructions.  Have a furtle and if you can't find it I'll go for a dig.  Jack needs his walk at the moment!  Far more important than your pics!


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Stanley
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Posted - 25/02/2007 : 13:12
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