Victorian pasture field coin shooting

robfinds · Apr 9, 2015

Tried a large pasture field late this afternoon close to where I live. I knew it had not been ploughed in living memory. Therefore not expecting to find anything really old. Was though surprised by the amount of late Victorian coins that came up. Find of the session, had to be the silver watch. Had to laugh not longer after I found the little scottie dog. A scottie that someone was walking came running up to me. A cautionary tale though, about an hour into the search. A lady appeared at the edge of the field, wanting to know what I was doing on private property. Having got permission from a guy driving a tractor (had to be the farmer/owner) I was about to tell the local busy body where to go. Good job I didn't, turned out she was the owner. When I found this out, of course I was charm personified (still got it) :laughing7:

. Any way I'm ok to search the field for a while yet.

Robert.

Westfront · Apr 9, 2015

Things like this happens when just asking a man on a tractor. Had the same here twice. Good job on the silver but like the dog more. How was crete?

robfinds · Apr 9, 2015

Westfront said:
Things like this happens when just asking a man on a tractor. Had the same here twice. Good job on the silver but like the dog more. How was crete?

Terrible Westfront, full of Germans :laughing7:

. No it was very nice, and not too hot yet. :thumbsup:

Westfront · Apr 9, 2015

robfinds said:
Terrible Westfront, full of Germans. No it was very nice, and not too hot yet.

No Germans...it's too early in the year for parachute jumping!

Good to see you safely home and out in the field! :occasion14:

robfinds · Apr 9, 2015

Westfront said:
No Germans...it's too early in the year for parachute jumping!

Good to see you safely home and out in the field!

Dad was on Crete, in WW2, when you dropped in . Could have told us you were coming. :laughing7:

DigIron2 · Apr 9, 2015

nice coins,congrats on the silver watch.Two scottie's in one day might be a good omen?Good thing you held your tongue,that might have been the end of that one. :censored:

-You, you old bat!-oops :laughing7:

robfinds · Apr 10, 2015

DigIron2 said:
nice coins,congrats on the silver watch.Two scottie's in one day might be a good omen?Good thing you held your tongue,that might have been the end of that one.-You, you old bat!-oops

Yep makes a change for me, not to put my foot in it. :laughing7:

robfinds · Apr 10, 2015

Westfront said:
Things like this happens when just asking a man on a tractor. Had the same here twice. Good job on the silver but like the dog more. How was crete?

The dog is magnetic Westfront. Got it on the side of the microwave :laughing7:

d3t3ctr0n · Apr 10, 2015

I've learned one thing in metal detecting, never assume that an area will be a bust because 9 times out of 10 you will be surprised and that is why I love this hobby so much...surprise!

Carolina Tom · Apr 10, 2015

Very nice finds Rob. Over here in the former colonies, we would consider a hand full of Victorian age coins to be a grand slam! Congrats on the silver watch and coins! GL&HH.

CRUSADER · Apr 10, 2015

Yeah, we had some early experiences like that. When gaining permission we now stress the point of talking to the land-owner because there are some that rent & have even said it was their land when it wasn't!