Truffles_EOD
Full Member
- Aug 4, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- Started with Garrett AT/Gold, 2 x Scuba Tectors for shallow water while swimming along the beaches, now have Equinox 800 and starting to find decent items!
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
In the past year I've been searching fields adjacent to an Ancient Roman road, which leads to a Roman Bridge that is still intact and used by local farmers etc; I read something at the weekend and did a bit of research online. For those of you lucky enough to be in an area that was populated by Ancient Tribes and/or the Romans, it might be worth adding this to your toolbox of search techniques, there has been a lot of evidence pointing to "Gifts to the Gods" in Ancient times, people would gift coins, artifacts and weapons to the Gods in the hope of a good harvest, a mild Winter, prior to battles etc; we've all known this, but I didn't know that throwing or dropping (off bridges etc
these Gifts into rivers, streams and lakes was for some reason a preferred method than burying the items.
With this in mind, has anyone been successful with searching close to and under existing Roman Bridges? I'm going to go back to that area and start to search the river banks and further into the river if it recedes enough during the Summer months, it will be interesting to know if much has been found in bodies of water. The mudlarkers along the Thames River have found plenty of swords, spear heads etc; through the years...
these Gifts into rivers, streams and lakes was for some reason a preferred method than burying the items. With this in mind, has anyone been successful with searching close to and under existing Roman Bridges? I'm going to go back to that area and start to search the river banks and further into the river if it recedes enough during the Summer months, it will be interesting to know if much has been found in bodies of water. The mudlarkers along the Thames River have found plenty of swords, spear heads etc; through the years...
