Cyclone Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Half two rare bottle tops is still not worth having basically a trainspotter with a bit of kit on your land for days. What's the problem with letting the guy wander around a field for a day? Even if you don't make 1/2 a bottle top out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 There was something on Countryfile last year about this. Too many people are turning up at night to detect, and selling their finds to US collectors on Ebay, as well as causing distress to animals, damaging crops, and leaving gates open. Best thing to OP could do is join a local club who will "vet" true fans of the hobby and will have made arrangements with certain landowners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBiz Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 What's the problem with letting the guy wander around a field for a day? Even if you don't make 1/2 a bottle top out of it. It's not so much the wandering about that's the problem, it's the endless pointless digging, unearthing nothing more than bits of rusty scrap and bottle tops. It'd be like having a giant random mole on the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetsoul Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 I know but that's the point you would not know hats under there until you dig it out its A good hobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBiz Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I know but that's the point you would not know hats under there until you dig it out its A good hobby It might be a good hobby, but I wouldn't want someone creating holes all over my field, that's all I'm saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetsoul Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 And that's why we fill the holes back in after we dug one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBiz Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 And that's why we fill the holes back in after we dug one That's all fine and dandy, however it would still be akin to having a giant mole running riot, ruining the sward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 That's all fine and dandy, however it would still be akin to having a giant mole running riot, ruining the sward. unless your land is fallow, animals will cause far more damage to the grass than a person with a metal detector especially at this time of the year, but most fields that are people use are arable and they use them when the fields have been either ploughed or are set aside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Aaron Hughes finds bomb at Gilfach with metal detector gift A man using a metal detector he was given for Christmas has unearthed a World War II bomb on a nature reserve. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-20930961 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamf Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Aaron Hughes finds bomb at Gilfach with metal detector gift A man using a metal detector he was given for Christmas has unearthed a World War II bomb on a nature reserve. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-20930961 How are they going to split that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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