We are going to be in and around Portsmouth on the 9th and 10th of this month. Any good places for picking up big juicy lumps in the area?
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Tom
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Flint in Portsmouth area?
- Thread starter tombear
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Yep - Meon Valley (maybe 15 miles). Walk along the fields near Corhampton and you can pick up 18" nodules
Well that was a downer, the half day I had assigned for grubbing up flint was cancelled due to our potential hosts letting us down so we had to travel all the way home insted. I was not a happy bunny as at 1 I was at Fort Nelson looking down the Meon Valley! We only just made it back before the driver flaked out so my adding a couple of hours on playing would have gone down badly.
Oh well. I got to see some beautifull bands of juicy dark flints the size of a babys head in the tunnel to the magazines.
Next time....
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Tom
Oh well. I got to see some beautifull bands of juicy dark flints the size of a babys head in the tunnel to the magazines.
Next time....
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Tom
Damn it Tom, if you had shot me a PM I would have brought you a car boot full to Nelson - brilliant place
I'm moving shortly but if you are coming back, shoot me a PM and I'll give you precise references on the best fields to visit
Red
I'm moving shortly but if you are coming back, shoot me a PM and I'll give you precise references on the best fields to visit
Red
This is not helping my argument with herself that we don't need a fancy phone with internet, GPS, mind control ray etc ;-{D)
But thanks very much for the thought! :-{D) We need all the help we can get!
We will be back down south before the end of the year so 4th time lucky!
Aye Fort Nelson is great, the staff were very friendly and they had laid on lots of kids stuff on the Tuesday. Mind you trying to stop a nine year old from prospecting for flint in the tunnels of a listed site was a new experience! Its a good job he hadn't realised there was a widgy bar on my keyring!
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Tom
But thanks very much for the thought! :-{D) We need all the help we can get!
We will be back down south before the end of the year so 4th time lucky!
Aye Fort Nelson is great, the staff were very friendly and they had laid on lots of kids stuff on the Tuesday. Mind you trying to stop a nine year old from prospecting for flint in the tunnels of a listed site was a new experience! Its a good job he hadn't realised there was a widgy bar on my keyring!
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Tom
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