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  Posted by TonyG (U1830405) on Friday, 6th November 2009

  After the fantastic Anglo-Saxon hoard being revealed the other week, it appears that a metal detectorist has discovered several Iron Age golden torcs buried in a field near Stirling. Apparently it is the finest such find anywhere in Scotland. The precise location is being kept secret so that it can be fully explored by a team of archaeologists.
  
  According to the TV report, it was the finder's first attempt at using a metal detector and he had only taken a few steps into his first field when he found the treasure. I wish I could get him to fill in my lottery ticket.

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  Posted by stalteriisok (U3212540) on Friday, 20th November 2009

  he is SO lucky
  
  every time i hear about a dectectorist finding something i look up where to buy bill wymans beginners metal detector lol
  
  i dont want to find treasure (well actually i do )
  
  i want to find something historic - coins badges boot studs - anything will do
  
  anyone found anything??
  
  st

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  Posted by TonyG (U1830405) on Wednesday, 16th December 2009

  Apparently not.
  
  No wonder, I am sure we are all too busy reading about history than gettign our hands dirty.
  
  

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  Posted by rooster (U14062359) on Wednesday, 16th December 2009

  I bought a metal detector in the seventies. At that time they were very basic and were as heavy as hell. I used it locally around where I live
  (Dudley) and had a little success. I found some old pewter kitchenware one time and lots of discharged musket balls in the woods around Himley Hall. I know that the gunpowder plotters were holed up close to there, and of course it set me wondering...They were supposed to have hidden some personal possessions, gold and silver etc, in the woods, but my attempts at discovering them was in vain.
  I got rid of the 'detector' because I eventually got frustrated with it and can't remember what I did with the artefacts I found...the missus probably used 'em for garden pots!
  

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