I’d recently been granted permission to search some local land that had been previously detected, but it was in an interesting area, so I was a little excited to get on with the search. The barley was finally harvested and the farmer didn’t hang around getting the stubble cultivated. It’s been really dry, so the clay soil was coming up in boulders.
I went on the field on Sunday and spent about 4 hours wandering around areas that showed promise after reviewing old maps and lidar. After 4 hours, I was the proud finder of a button, a coke can, a couple bits of lead and several shotties. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement.
I finished work early yesterday, so managed to get back out for a couple of hours. I parked up, checked my phone to see what was happening and saw the updates on the cheese sandwich offering. I thought “I’ve still got a biscuit left in my butty box, I’ll give this a go” So, out I got, set up the machine, dug a little hole and made an offering to the field. Chocolate Pick up biscuit and a Murray mint for good measure went in, with a few words uttered and off I set. First hole, a 1963 2 bob bit - things were already looking up.
Second hole a nice Victoria horse brass - yes it was a booming signal. It’ll polish up nicely.
Third hole, some gold plated bits, maybe from a cigarette/match care?
It was tough going due to the conditions but overall I’d consider it a successful visit, even if it didn’t turn up any silver or gold coins.
Would I say making an offering works,,,,,, yep, it sure does.
) and never previously detected.
but hopefully with gold before that happens 