Metal Detecting Tales
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Metal Detecting Tales follows the pastimes of John Winter, a detectorist who retired from full-time work. Llearn from her experience and find regular posts about metal detecting matters - as well as other subjects that interest him.
Metal Detecting Tales
1M ago
Archaeologists & Imagination I believe there is a module in the training course for archaeologists called Module 4, which focuses on imagination and imaginative writing. We can all be considered archaeologists to some extent, especially metal detectorists who are interested in the past. Sometimes, these hobbyists show better imaginative skills than the so-called “experts,” although ..read more
Metal Detecting Tales
1M ago
Courtesy of the UK Searcher Magazine PAS Database Record A worn and corroded Roman copper alloy spintria, dating to the late first century BC to early first century AD. The object comprises a flat, copper alloy disc. On the obverse are two naked lovers engaged in a sexual act; the female lies on her front beneath the ..read more
Metal Detecting Tales
2M ago
If YOU could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be and WHY? It is a fact that people in Bill Shakespeare’s time had working vocabularies of around 54,000 words. Estimating the number of words in the ..read more
Metal Detecting Tales
2M ago
WARNING: If you are easily offended, give this post a miss You’ve probably eaten Pollock, even if you’ve never heard of it. It’s in a lot of Fishy foods like fingers, cakes and even in crab sticks for sushi. Now ..read more
Metal Detecting Tales
5M ago
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2012 BUT THAT POST IS NOW UNAVAILABLE I sometimes wish that my metal detector was as good at finding Celtic gold staters as I am at attracting old tin boxes. I’ve just added a new one to ..read more
Metal Detecting Tales
5M ago
Every year, just before November 11th, it was my custom to post a blog of remembrance about soldiers who had perished in wars, fighting for our freedom. The catalyst for my post this year was not only for those British ..read more
Metal Detecting Tales
6M ago
A day that changed the world forever. Lest we forget. I am reminded of the two World Wars almost every week. Detectorists all over the country regularly unearth artefacts from the conflicts that jog our memories. Indeed, Darren Davison of ..read more
Metal Detecting Tales
6M ago
Regurgitated from 2015 There’s no future in growing old. I used to be a keen detectorist, but now that I’m worn out, decrepit and disabled, digging is no longer possible. Today I get my ‘fix’ vicariously by writing about the ..read more
Metal Detecting Tales
6M ago
MEANING of MANKY THIS BLOG is BEST VIEWED ON A DESK COMPUTER or TABLET ‘Manky’ has a whole range of meanings and the term has common usage in various parts of the north of England and Scotland too. When you ..read more
Metal Detecting Tales
6M ago
N.B. This blogpost is best viewed on a computer or tablet – NOT designed for mobile ‘phone For many years I penned a varied mixture of short stories about the hobby of metal detecting and called my column a MEDLEY ..read more