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The 6 denarii in question. The oldest is top left. This one is a denarius of the Roman Republic & it was minted in Rome in 138 bc!! On the

Contrary to how I might come across on Twitter, I’m not an idiot. No really, I’m not I realise that metal detecting isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Occasionally I

It’s that time of year again. May the 10th. I look to this date every year & I mark the occasion with a tweet, or in the instance of 2

I’ve just had a fantastic email from one of my uncles. As some of you may know, I recently began researching my family tree. My dads parents both passed away

In almost 5 years of detecting, I’ve only ever found 7 complete rings. If I were to detect parks & beaches then my chances of finding rings would most likely

4 & a half years worth of Roman brooches. All but 3 of these have come from the same farm. The farm that was once the site of a Roman

A short thread about a rather special find that I made in November of 2018. I discovered this small copper alloy item in a field that several of the Roman

“Flashback & rewind to 1775. Birmingham. Where metal workers met in coffee houses, to discuss the need for better housing. All agreed to throw guineas, shillings & crowns into the

Today I’ll be going back to the afternoon of Tuesday the 14th of June 2016. Leanne had taken me to visit the farm of my very good friends in Nottinghamshire.

‘Twas the 16th May 2017 & a good friend of mine had kindly invited me to his home in Warwickshire to detect the fields surrounding his house. M made me

As I’ve said many times before, when it comes to the coins & artefacts that I’ve been lucky enough to have discovered whilst metal detecting, I try not to have