Published by Business Insider, written by Shlomo Sprung, Friday 20th July, 2012, You may laugh or scoff when you see an old man on the beach using his metal detector, but there have been some pretty incredible finds over the years. The first recorded use of the metal detector was in 1881, when Alexander Graham Bell tried to…
You can download for free the National Council for Metal Detecting (NCMD) Code of Practice here Or below is the Portable Antiquities Scheme Code of practice for responsible metal detecting Being responsible means: Before you go metal-detecting Not trespassing; before you start detecting obtain permission to search from the landowner/occupier, regardless of the status, or perceived status,…
By The Huntsville Times, Yvonne T. Betowt, Saturday, May 19, 2012. GURLEY, Alabama — Patti Citrano didn’t ask for a metal detector for Christmas, but her husband, John, an officer with the Huntsville Police Department, thought she might enjoy one. It wasn’t cheap, but the joy it has brought to a Huntsville family, is priceless. Patti, a history buff,…
Published by Nevada Appeal, written by Allen Rowe, Sunday 20th May, 2012 In the last few years, we have seen a trend of resourceful people out digging. We have seen an increase in miners, metal detectors, pickers, and people just digging through their possessions for something to sell. This trend has become so big that there…
Source: Express & Star [May 18, 2012] Roman coins more than 2,000 years old have been discovered in Staffordshire in what experts described today as a significant find. The silver coins were unearthed by metal detecting enthusiast father-of-three Scott Heeley, from Hednesford. – Taken from Article Click the image below to read further: …
Published by The Telegraph, written by Roya Nikkhah, Arts Correspondent, Sunday 15th July 2012 After sifting through hundreds of thousands of submissions, a panel of archaeological experts have chosen what they consider are the 50 greatest treasures discovered in the past 15 years. From rare Iron Age jewels to an antique prosthetic nose – the Tudor alternative…
Published by Skegness Standard, on Friday 25 May 2012 AN HONEST metal detectorist who found an expensive smart phone buried on Winthorpe beach managed to return it to its Leicestershire owner. Michael Briggs, 40, of Skegness, has been enjoying metal detecting since last November and when he came across the latest iPhone 4S mobile phone, worth…
Published by Burnham-On-Sea.com, Wednesday June 13th 2012 “A Burnham-On-Sea metal detecting enthusiast has unearthered this acient Roman coin dating back to the Constantine era from a field outside Highbridge. Morley Howard, pictures right on Burnham beach, made the discovery of the coin – which historians say was minted in AD 322 – while metal detecting…
Published by Los Angeles Times, Written by John M. Glionna, Wednesday 11th July, 2012, As the director of the University of New Mexico’s Institute of Meteoritics, Carl Agee gets tons of calls, packages and emails from people claiming to have had the rare experience of actually finding a meteorite. Sadly for Agee, most are merely terrestrial…
Published by STV Local, 9th July 2012 More than 30 people have been charged following a weekend operation by Grampian Police. Officer launched Operation Diamond on Friday and Saturday night “to make Aberdeen city centre a safer place”. As part of the operation metal detectors were used at the entrances to a number of licensed premises…