I rarely detect anything other than plowed fields and we have lots of them. Farmland from stoneage on. No other county around has so little forest like us with the bigger medieval cities far away. So medieval finds are rare, most are everyday commodities, buckles, belt hanger and so with the occasional silver coin. Coppers turn up more often, most are complete toast.
If there is a possibility of finding some higher land, which would not have suffered modern agricultureyou may be lucky, but permissions are not too easy to come by. I believe Germany is similiar to Portugal as for metal detecting laws, very difficult.
In Portugal you requier a license, I have pleaded for one more than 5 times over the period of a year, and they simply do not grant licenses. I am a FID and a NCMD member in England but in Portugal I have to detect against carefully, There is no problem when I am on private land with permissions, which I allways respect, but beach detecting, which I love is another issue, the maritime police fine you and take your detector. We do do it at night which makes things a bit more difficult but is good training for the ears, but allways in fear that one day we will be fined.
I have been working hard to try and get laws changed in Portugal for beache detecting, for I see no inconvenience in people wishing to do there hobby on the beach and removing literally bags fulls of trash, and receiving so little in return, it is an enviromental favour we do to the planet..
Anyway
Today I went back to the spot for on another forum someone pointed out thar near the propointer in the hole there seamed to be another coin, and I thought I had made an amutures mistake by not double checking the hole. I couldn´t sleep thinking there may have been a hoard there.
I wasn´t that lucky, the photo was deceiving and no such hoard was found.
I did on the other hand find a 1925 10 Centavos and a bronze needla which I believe to be medieval..
