Treasure Hunting

Hot Mirrors

Posted on January 26, 2016 by David

False color infrared image of 1759 British Fort atCrown Point,New York © 2015 by cfastie and reused under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. I often get asked if the hot mirror should be removed from a digital camera to photograph auras. Digital cameras are as sensitive to near infrared radiation as they are […]

Categories: Orbs, Treasure Auras, Treasure Hunting

Antique English Spoon Found in Sweden

Posted on November 11, 2015 by David

Photo shows spoon with touch or maker’s mark insetI recently received this letter:My name is Anders from Stockholm, Sweden. I am writing to you with hope that that you might be able to bring some further clarity over a find my great grandmother made some 70 years ago. While digging in her garden she suddenly found an […]

Categories: Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Treasure Hunting

Orbs of Light

Posted on July 17, 2015 by David

I get asked many questions about circles (spheres) of light or orbs some of which I can answer and some I can’t. While orbs have been seen on traditional emulsion film photographs they are mainly a phenomenon of digital photography. A digital camera has an internal ‘hot mirror’ or blocking filter to stop infrared radiation reaching […]

Categories: Dowsing, Orbs, Treasure Auras, Treasure Hunting, X-Factor

To the Manor Drawn (part 2)

Posted on April 14, 2015 by David

THERE was to be a five month wait until the trees were stripped of apples by the pickers, which gave me plenty of time to reflect on the previous search of the manor house site. After a battle with silver paper, a battle with the trees and about one hundred hours detecting I had […]

Categories: Dowsing, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Treasure Hunting, X-Factor

To The Manor Drawn (The Searcher, Jan 1997)

Posted on February 22, 2015 by David

I suppose it was the searching of my mother-in-law’s garden with a metal detector that gave me the first inkling of how interesting the sites of old houses can be. Not that “mother’s” house was anything special; just a town house in a London suburb, built soon after the Great War. In one afternoon I […]

Categories: Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Treasure Hunting

On the Third Day of Christmas…

Posted on January 18, 2015 by David

…I dug up what you see. Using the Anderson rod to guide my Detech EDS metal detector, I was delighted to find this third or fourth century gold Roman child’s finger ring. The engraving on the bezel is of a palm leaf or branch, having the possible intention of protecting the wearer from disease. These […]

Categories: Dowsing, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Treasure Hunting

TRIPS (Tips, Resources, Information, Permission and Search) HANDBOOK

Posted on October 10, 2014 by David

Claire Liebig-Denham’s New Book Reviewed. If you are just starting out in the fascinating hobby of metal detecting or treasure hunting, or even if you have been in it for a while, who do you turn to for advice? Someone who has only recently got their feet wet in the hobby or an old […]

Categories: Metal Detecting, Treasure Hunting

Gold!

Posted on August 27, 2014 by David

I switched back to baiting the Anderson PMR-II with pure silver on the basis that it should cover almost the entire spectrum of desirable finds, including solid gold, while reducing the apparent sensitivity to gold plate. It worked! It wasn’t long before I was holding an Iron Age gold stater coin, which I had dug […]

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Metal Detecting on the Coast: The Ultimate Guide by Edward Fletcher

Posted on August 17, 2014 by David

Coastal detecting is quite neglected in Britain but if you know how to work beaches and foreshores it can be more consistently rewarding than searching inland sites. And not just for modern coinage and gold and silver jewellery aplenty, for with a little application you can make the same range of finds from Bronze Age […]

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Detecting with the Anderson Rod

Posted on July 31, 2014 by David

Using the Anderson rod in one hand and my detector in the other worked surprisingly well. I had absolutely no issues balancing the Anderson, I suspect its weight keeps it stable. I did initially have a bit of a problem storing the Anderson when I needed to dig. I started by carrying a cloth […]