Posts Tagged With: Site Selection
Why the Best Detectorists Walk Past Most Fields
Imagine you’re standing on a hill looking out across a landscape of fields. Somewhere below lies a Roman coin. Somewhere else, a medieval brooch. One field may even conceal a hoard of gold. Most contain very little. From that hill, every field looks much the same. Back at your desk, they don’t. The secret isn’t […]
Categories: Research
Tags: Beginners, Historic Maps, Landscape History, Productive Sites, Research Methods, Site Profiling, Site Research, Site Selection
Why Some Detectorists Always Seem to Find More
Every successful search begins long before the detector is switched on. Every detectorist knows someone who always seems to make good finds. Over the years I’ve often been asked what their secret is. Is it luck? Is it the latest detector? Or is there something else? Looking back over more than fifty years, I think […]
Categories: Detecting Skills
Tags: Equipment, Research, Site Selection
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