Metal detecting and magnet fishing

[Niho]

Well apart from getting an aqualung and going ditch diving it’s probably the only game in town for searching waterways…..so good luck :thumb2:

LMFAO....
Tim... jeez tripped a memory there, 1998.... Llanwrtyd Wells Wales ......Bog snorkelling .....yup i was a contender lol made the full 60mts in a mid table time, ingested some peaty slosh too...... fun daze...

[Mini Me]

Oh yummy!........been a coin collector all my life and have always thot how much fun it would be prowling around with one of those modern minesweepers. I have read numerous articles about you guys in "Jolly Olde" turning up some pretty big Roman coin hoards etc. Too bad the Crown gets the bulk of your labors.:sad: Happy hunting!:thumb2:

[Mini Me]

Here you go, Looks like M ..... 42
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By the way Nick, In further reviewing the first photo....it appears to have the black tip of an Armor Piercing round so it isn't explosive or incendiary.........safe to handle. I have a French 25 mm AA (live) round in my collection.....found it years ago in a Florida Pawn Shop........it's pretty much the focal point of the whole collection.....again, Nice Find:thumb2:

[Gern]

Forgot this lol
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RAF/CmmnWlth 2nd TAC underwing bombrack so Tiffies, P51 Bs, some Spit IX sdns

okies the story

http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7244.0

Nick

Not totally comitted to 'fishing' yet, but imma noting ponds and rivers, i really need landower permission to dunk off the riverbanks, unless i find woodland or cover surrounding the waterway, & bridges over rivers, laws are different themselves, with paths, bridleways or byways, each have different regs, but bridges on A roads ok.....go figure,.....
Niho

I don't want to be a killjoy, but how are you planning to get your magnet past the shopping trollies to the bottom of whatever waterway you want to search? :thinking:

[sootysue]

Blew some of my xmas bonus on a good s/h MD, Minelab Xterra 705, and a supermagnet with 500lb capability, joined local club, organised 'digs' most sundays if i can get there..... and its good fun
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Finds, mostly junk, so its a 'green clean' job on the quiet lol
But i did do a ww2 Plane crash site,
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Live .50cal AP round and part of a fighterbomber stainless steel bombrack.......
Nick

Hi Nick. Blimey you have taken me back thinking of my younger days when I used to go metal detecting I didn't go on my own though . My first find was a, if I remember rightly was a silver queen Mary coin. I haven't done this in years.
Happy hunting in your hobby nick. In both hobbys you never know what you will find.
Sue