Treasure hunt in'

[mountainm]

Took number 1 son metal detecting for the first time today

Found lots of scrap, I was impressed he stuck at it for an hour.

These are the finds we chose to bring home.

Looks like we've got a cast iron gate latch, a ferrule from a shovel a bit of shrapnel and something hollow, pointy and chrome painted.

The field we were in is near an old ww2 airfield.

Nothing valuable this time but good fun.

Cheers

Mike

 

[lub0]

Cool, have you tried magnet fishing in canals and rivers? I wonder how many guns are under the major bridges in our cities!

 

[Joonsy]

Hi, had a go myself couple of years ago, found lots of old rifle bullet cases (prob WW2) and the brass part of spent shotgun cartridges, loads of pre-decimal coins mostly pennies, small amount of old jewellery nothing particulary valuable, once found £13 all in £1 coins around a single oak tree in middle of field, i found silver paper and ring-pulls to be a real nuisance, found an odd small lead figure of a bird about 2cm in size.

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

The cone could be a shell cover from a AA gun, I can recall from a day I spent at a renactment fair seeing some on a old AA gun display.

 

[launditch1]

The hollow pointy thing looks alot like a shell fuze cover.They were used to protect the fuze from damage.Roughly how big is it?

 

[woof]

I've had a detector for about 20yrs, & never realy used it, other than to check trees for nails when i've been getting logs, & to keep our children(when the were little now 24 & 27)busy on the beach.


Rob

 

[Samon]

well done.. now I need one too. (my hoarder within is clucking a meth head right now)

any advice on what sort of thing to look for when buying a detector?..

 

[fishfish]

the hollow, pointy and chrome painted thing looks like a strap end.

 

[mountainm]

The cone could be a shell cover from a AA gun, I can recall from a day I spent at a renactment fair seeing some on a old AA gun display.

Chrome plated?

 

[mountainm]

The hollow pointy thing looks alot like a shell fuze cover.They were used to protect the fuze from damage.Roughly how big is it?

About the size of a lemon. Looks like a headlight off an old bike to me, as its chrome plated and teardrop shape.

The "shrapnel" is a lead splodge.

 

[fishfish]

google strap ends and have a look.

 

[mountainm]

the hollow, pointy and chrome painted thing looks like a strap end.

Don't think so, it's been squashed from a more cone/teardrop shape