Beginner's Guide To Metal Detecting - UK (Beginner's Guide to Metal Detecting - UK: 2023 UK edition) - Softcover

J Evan-Hart And D Stuckey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1897738188 ISBN 13: 9781897738184

Publisher: Greenlight Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Metal Detecting in the UK: A Beginner's Guide to Metal Detecting is a must read anyone thinking of taking up this fascinating hobby and those who have recently started detecting. The title is well illustrated, in full colour, and the chapter headings give you a clear indication of the content. - The Different Types Of Detectors Available - Detecting Accessories - Where To Detect - Researching Potential Sites - Using Google Maps - Gaining Search Permission - Fieldwalking & What To Look For - Search Techniques & Methods - Examples Of Detector Found Artefacts - A Positive Attitude From Archaeology - Identifying, Recording, Cleaning, Storing & Displaying Finds - Making A Connection With Your Finds & Creating Time Lines - Further Reading & Assistance - Further Information - Glossary Of Terms

About this title

About the Author

I was born in 1962 at Welwyn Garden City. My family then moved to the small village of Weston, also in Hertfordshire. It was here that my passion for history, wildlife and the collecting of all things interesting started. From a young age collecting was my pastime, and items such as pottery fragments from the local Roman villa, fossils, and other curiosities all found their way into my museum . At the tender age of six I found a mammoth tooth lying in the recently excavated soil from some road works, to add to my ever-growing collection. While attending St George s School in Harpenden in the mid-1970s I heard for the first time of a gadget called a metal detector. Despite being intrigued by these devices it was not until the late 1980s that I would actually be able to purchase such a machine. I found that other people in and around Stevenage where I now live shared my passion for metal detecting. Therefore a natural progression was to get together and form a group. This achieved, we call ourselves The Pastfinders . To say that I am interested in metal detecting is definitely an understatement: for me it s a passion. It seems that I am always researching for Roman villas or to find the spot where a Second World War aeroplane crashed. Metal detecting has enriched my life more than any other of my past hobbies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenlight Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1897738188
• ISBN 13: 9781897738184
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Julian Evan-Hart
• Number of pages: 100
• Editor: Greg Payne