OUR COMMENTS

The countryside does not bury it's past with the haste of the city. The city constantly destroys as it creates, sweeping away the rubble or climbing on top of it. The tangible evidence of it's history may have to await the archaeologist's trowel.

The countryman's material heritage has a better chance of survival. Buildings, tool's and amenities change more slowly-the old is less likely to be totally destroyed, more likely pushed aside and ignored, or absorbed into the new and accepted as part of it. In the countryside, where the influences of time, space and change have operated differently, the historical messages are scrawled so large that we often overlook them.

look at the mills, the barns, the old manor houses. it is the way the countryside preserves them as with all of it's rich past. the buildings the artefacts, and not forgetting the foolish and trivial customs whose roots lie in our dark beginnings, these things form an historical trail, like a nature trail through a forest and we of the metal detecting fraternity are better placed than most to find our way back along this trail of history, so clearly marked with coins and artefacts that practically write a local history for us as the earth gives up it's secrets.

The successful metal detectorists is not just a "treasure seeker" but one who has a deep and abiding love of the countryside, it's history and it's ancient relics.

To us, and thousands of others like us, metal detecting means being able to escape from the pressures of the modern world-for a few all too brief, hours to drift back in time and see, not the ugly scars left by the industrial revolutions, but the un-spoilt countryside of centuries past.

The rapid growth of this great hobby of metal detecting in recent years has led to many newcomers being disappointed on their early outings (like us) as the first sites that they choose are not surprisingly the most obvious. Not surprisingly they find that many other detectorists have been there first, consequently the yield from these sites is reduced. As a result of this many newcomers are rapidly disillusioned and either give up or settle for meager finds while envying their "lucky" colleagues.

Books and magazines on metal detecting give the answer to this problem, "research " but this can take a lot of time, and where does one begin? Unless you are looking for a specific site, and already have some knowledge of it, your local library carries such a vast wealth of information that you could spend years looking for information without success.

All we can say for sure is that research carries you forward, and finds from the ground proves you are getting it right......

RUSS & ANTHONY

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NOTE:- the benefits of joining a club will be invaluable to any novice as the knowledge and support from an experienced detectorists and established club can give you the support and insurance in those early days when you will need it most.