Hi, my names Ted, and me and my family are taking a trip to the U.K. from august 17th to 27th 2008. We will be staying in London and most days will be dedicated to the british Museum, Tower of London, Trafalagar square, Buckingham Palace, Harrod's, etc.... But before I agreed to go, I made my Mom promise that I could take a day or two to detect in some barren old field in the English countryside. Now I admit, it's not most peoples idea of the most fun thing to do in England, I'll just be a little piggy, playing in the dirt, I hope I have enough dirt to play in! But to me, as an aspiring archaeologist, the idea of LEGALLY finding something that was held in the hands of some Roman or Anglo-Saxon thousands of years ago is simply mind boggling. I guess my question is if anyone has any sites they would be willing to "loan" me for a day or two. I'm deffinitely not a hard core detectorist, and I'd be happy to share anything I found, so don't worry about me finding that long lost burial mound and not sharing.... But if anyone knows of any clubs that are meeting within these dates, or a site or two within say two hours drive of london that might yield some Roman or Medieval artifacts, I can't express in words how much I would appreciate any info. My goal is not to steal anyones finds, I just want to share in that magical feeling that you guys in the U.K. are so lucky to get everytime you dig up some legionaire's pin. So please, if anyone knows where I can GET OUT DETECTING in the U.K. and might actually have a chance of finding something, please let me know.
Thanks a bundle,
Ted
Thanks a bundle,
Ted