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The hobby of metal detecting
is now firmly established in Britain, the USA, Australia
and many European countries, and is suitable for all ages,
from the very young to the very old. Using a metal detector
is quite healthy for the body because it gets you out
in the air and gives you exercise through walking and
digging. The many thousands of metal detectorists (as
they are known) who enjoy metal detecting as a hobby reap
benefits in a variety of ways; the gain of knowledge about
the past, the excitement and pleasure one feels when handling
objects which haven't seen light for years and, of course,
the coins and artefacts recovered. Initially, a Victorian
Penny or a button is a great thrill to find, raising all
sorts of questions such as how the object got there and
to whom it once belonged etc. Nowadays, metal detectors
are hi-tec electronic machines with a variety of capabilities
dependant on price. We offer metal detectors made by C.SCOPE
and Viking.
We chose these metal detectors because they offer probably
the best value for money. They are produced by
well-known and established UK companies, and cover a broad
range of prices. C.Scope is well known for producing powerful
and reliable metal detectors at an affordable price, while
Viking specialise in good quality lower-priced detectors
and they have also introduced a very good range of microprocessor-controlled
machines. |
Choosing
a metal detector
You need to decide who will use it, what it will be used
for, and roughly how much you want to spend. Prices on our
site range from under
£90.00 to nearly £400.00
with many models to choose from. Many people will purchase
the base model if they are getting one for their children,
or just want to take one on holiday, or if they want
to try it out and are not sure how much they will
use it. If this is the case, we strongly recommend you look
at the Standard
Metal Detectors range from Viking, or the CS660
Metal Detector from CSCOPE, the latter being more expensive
with a slightly higher performance. However, all of these
models give good performance and will find interesting objects.
On the other hand, some people will jump up a few models
if they want a few more options on the unit with
better depth and do not mind spending a little more
for these extras. In this case, the performance
models from Viking are very good - not only are they
well priced, but they are also microprocessor controlled
- a feature found usually on much more expensive models.
If people know they are going to use their metal detector
often, they will usually purchase a mid to upper model.
The CS2MXP
and CS5MXP metal detectors from CScope are more popular among
the very serious metal detectorists, however the Viking
VK-30 and VK-40 , which costs a bit less, is also worth a look. The
following points may also help in choosing a metal detector:
Discrimination Control on metal detectors
A Discrimination control allows iron, silver paper and other
rubbish items to be ignored by the detector, while still
detecting gold, silver, copper and other non-ferrous metals.
The higher the control is set, the more objects will be
ignored.
Non-Motion versus Motion metal detectors
The head of the more expensive Motion metal detectors has
to be kept moving or scanning the ground in order to detect
metal, the moment movement is stopped, detection stops.
The big advantage of Motion metal detectors is that they
allow more sophisticated metal detecting, are self tuning,
offer better target analysis and are not affected as greatly
by mineralised ground as non-motion metal detectors. Also,
motion metal detectors usually achieve greater penetration
and clearer discrimination. |
A true story ...
A farmer's son found thousands of silver Roman coins when
he used a metal detector for the first time, and is to
be allowed to keep the huge haul. Kevin Elliott, 33, used
milking buckets to collect the 9,310 coins dating from
31 BC after finding them 10 inches below the surface of
a field of barley stubble. The find is Britain's biggest
find of Roman silver denarii coins. Mr Elliott and his
cousin Martin, 33, found the coins on the 400-acre Northbrook
Farm at Shapwick, near Glastonbury, Somerset.
Kevin, who
had never used a metal detector before, could make hundreds
of thousands of pounds from the sale of the haul. He said
he found a coin in a gateway within three or four minutes
- and just 30 minutes later they had turned up a huge
hoard of thousands of similar coins. Some of the coins
were made in Rome - others came from Syria and Egypt.
The coins range in age from some issued by Mark Antony
before the battle of Actium in 31 BC, to those minted
for the emperor Severus Alexander, who reigned until 224
AD.
Somerset County museum spokesman Steve Minnitt said
the hoard had been buried beneath the floor of what surveys
had established was a previously unknown courtyard villa.
Dr Richard Abdy, from the British Museum, said most of
the coins were produced in Rome, Syria and Egypt. The
coins were buried in approximately AD 230 and were equivalent
to about 10 years pay for a Roman soldier.
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