Metal Detecting Medieval Sites

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • Dave Stuckey and Julian Evan-Hart go metal detecting on two medieval sites in Hertfordshire, UK. Out of interest, the two medieval coins that were found during filming were a Silver penny of Edward IV and the other was a cut half silver penny of William the Lion of Scotland (1143 - 1214).

Komentáře • 148

  • @colinford1583
    @colinford1583 Před 9 lety +12

    That first hole you dug had me thinking you were digging footings for a new house or something you also need to get yourselves a pinpointer its so much easier,

  • @roserapplmt4827
    @roserapplmt4827 Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you for sharing your family history, great finds.

  • @FKFGOLD
    @FKFGOLD Před 11 lety +2

    Loved it. Thanks for sharing your great finds!

  • @johnproudfoot5288
    @johnproudfoot5288 Před 10 lety +1

    nice finds guys love the we bell good video worth the wach thankyou from john up in Scotland

  • @klaasomega1
    @klaasomega1 Před 9 lety +1

    Nice movie best regards from Joop Holland.
    I do my hobby metal detecting almost 45 years.

  • @historyscanner
    @historyscanner Před 11 lety +1

    Many thanks for your interesting video. - I really enjoyed it !

  • @historyscanner
    @historyscanner Před 11 lety +1

    Nice hunt - awesome video !
    Cheers!

  • @mikeivan5947
    @mikeivan5947 Před 11 lety

    LOL..."A shotgun cap......a genuine Roman one". Love it! Nice hunt, thanks for sharing. Always love watching how others hunt around the world.

  • @MudMaxMetalDetecting
    @MudMaxMetalDetecting Před 7 lety +1

    I would have been over the moon with that lot, some fantastic history there.

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety +1

    Cheers, thanks for the comment.

    • @thomaschilds6250
      @thomaschilds6250 Před 3 lety +1

      I would love so much to come out with you guys your right up my street. Great video again 👏

  • @surreyanglia268
    @surreyanglia268 Před 10 lety

    brilliant finds...last time I went out detecting I found lots of junk,false signals..a battered Edwardian halfpenny and a lead weight!

  • @LuvBorderCollies
    @LuvBorderCollies Před 7 lety +1

    In a way metal detecting is easy in middle USA because most everything will be mid-1800's and newer. Narrows down the period real quick. Detecting in the UK or Europe would be a lot more interesting to me. Thanks for taking us along on your detecting trip. Cheers.
    Add: I will say I'd prefer loose, dry loam soil compared to the wet sticky clay you guys were working in.

    • @neurodivergejyn4140
      @neurodivergejyn4140 Před 6 lety

      I was thinking the same thing. He was disappointed at a mid-evil anything and Im thinking, I would be happy to find ANYTHING prior to 1900!

  • @slantsix6344
    @slantsix6344 Před 7 lety

    The Bell is a great find! Thanks for posting.

  • @fitosfinds3291
    @fitosfinds3291 Před 4 lety

    Great video, loved the crotal bell 👍👍

  • @DigginDoc
    @DigginDoc Před 10 lety

    Very nice vid guys. Enjoyable. Got a few of those finds when I went over couple of years back. Trade weight and tobacco top. No hammered though. Cheers Doc

  • @DetectoresRJ
    @DetectoresRJ Před 6 lety +2

    Muito show amigo. Belo achado e local maravilhoso

  • @bnm19711989
    @bnm19711989 Před 11 lety +1

    Nice hunting! I can hear him say "oh, the Ark of the Covenant, Oh well, never mind". Enjoyed the video immensely. Don't mind me poking a bit of fun.

  • @steven2212
    @steven2212 Před 7 lety +8

    Very interesting. Nothing really old here in the states. You need a pin pointer.

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 7 lety +3

      I have one now...lol.

    • @daleb123
      @daleb123 Před 7 lety +1

      David Stuckey what's a pin pointer ? Is it one of those metal detector pointer things

    • @protivogaz1662
      @protivogaz1662 Před 6 lety +2

      It's a smaller detector shaped like a "dildo" mostly to find stuff more precisely once you know the somewhat location of the "treasure"

    • @adamtaylor31
      @adamtaylor31 Před 6 lety +1

      You may be on to something....Dildotector. Ha!

  • @deanbeckworth1053
    @deanbeckworth1053 Před 9 lety +2

    Enjoyed the video, i am not too far from you. Am in Hertford :-)

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 9 lety

      Hi Dean. I work in Hertford. I've detected around there in the past but never found anything of interest.

  • @simonshenry
    @simonshenry Před 11 lety

    Love the dice and mount wow great finds gents

  • @davidpapazoni4760
    @davidpapazoni4760 Před 10 lety

    Thank You for putting date on the bell I have a couple like that.

  • @thomas101834
    @thomas101834 Před 11 lety

    Nice dig and some good finds. Happy Hunting.

  • @dandan9119
    @dandan9119 Před 8 lety +8

    not the most epic of days ?? if I found any one of those finds, would be better than most of all I have found lol.

    • @yambammer7277
      @yambammer7277 Před 3 lety

      The best things I’ve found was $5 worth of coins 😭

  • @hell0hkitty
    @hell0hkitty Před 6 lety +1

    gosh what exciting finds. knowing there was a roman road and buildings is soo interesting! thank you. haven't seen you for a while. is all ok?

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 6 lety

      Yeah, Im fine. Too busy working these days..

  • @1979MDG
    @1979MDG Před 11 lety

    Awesome finds and great video. HH & GL from Holland. Marc

  • @cyrilcrow1911
    @cyrilcrow1911 Před 5 lety +2

    I find your coverage of metal detecting very interesting as it was a hobby of my wife and myself for many years. However, I do think that you might show detectorists in a better light if you emphasized to all interested people the absolute necessity of replacing all divots and spoil afterwards

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 5 lety

      We do replace all divots and fill in holes. We should emphasize in future as you say.

  • @jtv6367
    @jtv6367 Před 8 lety +2

    @4:12 is the most fire rap beat in the making lol

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    I was using the Minelab Quattro and yes I do have difficulty, on occasions, with pinpointing. Although it's mainly with very small targets.

  • @systemspecchecker
    @systemspecchecker Před 11 lety

    Specifically an extra soft bristle toothbrush with warm water and a little bit of weak dish soap.

  • @laurapounds6441
    @laurapounds6441 Před 6 lety +6

    I love stuff bout mid eviel times

    • @xxcoochiexx1940
      @xxcoochiexx1940 Před 4 lety +1

      Laura Pounds medieval

    • @mattbortz10
      @mattbortz10 Před 3 lety

      That's because your last life was during the medieval times.

    • @bradleypope5170
      @bradleypope5170 Před 3 lety

      @@mattbortz10 I believe that also, my past life was definitely medieval. Get a strange feeling I can’t describe when I read or watch stuff about medieval times. Or listen to medieval music. There’s too many things to suggest that my past life was medieval. I even get emotional from to time when I see drawings or paintings from that era. Almost as if I wanna go back in time. Almost as if they all left me years ago. It’s all so bizarre honestly ahah

  • @BeepingMad
    @BeepingMad Před 9 lety +5

    Nice video.... Just subbed you

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Actually, I swept the area first until I found a good signal then I went and got the camera and filmed it as I went back to the signal. I normally do a very methodical search so that I cover as much ground as possible. I was using a professional camera (Panasonic AG-AC90) which is difficult to carry around whilst I'm swinging a detector.

  • @viesturslapsinskis
    @viesturslapsinskis Před 10 lety +2

    Thanks for good video:)
    Get a Garret pro-pointer it will make this hard hobby more enjoyable

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 9 lety +1

      I've just bought the Minelab Pro-Find pointer.

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Good idea? I have no idea what the bladed object is, but I'm always grateful for any suggestions?

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Thanks for the comment.

  • @sg2massive
    @sg2massive Před 9 lety

    Very enjoyable to watch , did you ever get your bike back Julian ? Have you ever dug a bike up ? Joke , regards Daz from OLD MEMORIES OF STEVENAGE......2.

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Cheers.. many thanks.

  • @Thecointamer
    @Thecointamer Před 11 lety

    The bronze piece you found in the spoil heap, I have something close to identical but smaller, gutted you couldn't identify it, it is still bugging me!

  • @paulrenouf640
    @paulrenouf640 Před 11 lety

    i cant believe how much ground you miss between swings

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Danke.

  • @Huntingcoins
    @Huntingcoins Před 9 lety

    Nice movie i enjoyed watching

  • @quarrystalker
    @quarrystalker Před 9 lety

    why the round circle to remove the plug when the dig 3 sides fold out and replace is so much neater to the land your permitted to dig on the round plugs leaving gaps and dont fill the hole properly

  • @Metal4Detecting
    @Metal4Detecting Před 10 lety +1

    Great video . I subbed your channel & i'm looking forward to your next video. Best wishes GL&HH

  • @HappyQuailsLC
    @HappyQuailsLC Před 8 lety +1

    I hope you'll tell us more about the little priests!

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 8 lety +2

      +HappyQuails The 'little priests' are just effigies that were attached to crosses in medieval times. They were banned and destroyed when Henry VIII split from the Catholic church.

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Hi Chris,
    I actually did the Field Test for the Euro Ace for Treasure Hunting magazine a year or so back. Good machine. As for detecting clubs? I can only suggest you check through the Searcher or Treasure Hunting magazines? I don't know the Hornchurch area so I can't advise on sites unfortunately. I can only say that the best finds come up in the places you least expect them to?

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Absolutely! But that's how they did it.

  • @chideockleigh
    @chideockleigh Před 10 lety +5

    Dont you miss a lot of targets taking such huge steps when you walk, it certainly looks like it? great video though.

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 10 lety +2

      I normally walk slowly to cover as much ground as I can but on this occasion it was awkward to do whilst carrying a huge video camera.

  • @riley1jake2
    @riley1jake2 Před 5 lety +1

    You seem to like just hearing your unit beep!!! Two beeps then DIG it UP. Stop playing!!! DIG man DIG!!! I've been detecting for 25 yrs and I never waste time listening to my unit just BEEP all day!!!

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 5 lety +1

      I've been detecting for 43 years.

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    I'm seriously thinking of getting one!

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Which button are you refering to? The one with the knobs on, or the pewter one?

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Thanks for that.

  • @conor0044
    @conor0044 Před 11 lety +1

    You should get a pinpointer

  • @ziggyjinx
    @ziggyjinx Před 9 lety

    Good video 👍

  • @OriginalMudSlinger
    @OriginalMudSlinger Před 7 lety

    the thing you found that you say is made from bronze I have found two of them can not find out what they are but I have come to think that they are so you can tighten a leather belt it acts as a slide for the leather strap and that's why it is polished sharp through constant tightening for say plough horse . but then I have been in this hobby for 25 years and I have found only two and these are large targets so my thoughts are it is from oxen and because it is bronze maybe a lot than they look because of being so rare in my location anyway . cheers mate hh

  • @tylermcq1
    @tylermcq1 Před 11 lety

    Awesome!

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Cheers.

  • @coopserviceclerk
    @coopserviceclerk Před 11 lety

    how difficult would it be to hammers coins using the tools from that period

  • @wagnerpatricklopesvazfarel6689

    very nice

  • @theOrder-ls5gd
    @theOrder-ls5gd Před 7 lety

    great video thx friends btw at first thought was that police officer from police interceptors LOL

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    You couldn't see them after we'd filled them in!

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Cheers!

  • @Sarcasticc1ap
    @Sarcasticc1ap Před 9 lety

    when is the best time to go out detecting i was looking at fields in Feb And im hoping this is correct :) was going to join a club but i dont know if they go out this time of year... but it wud make sense because of the ploughing

  • @chrisgalvin3865
    @chrisgalvin3865 Před 11 lety

    Hi dave i live in the hornchurch area and have just bought my 1st detector a garret euro ace! do you know of any local clubs i could join or places to go detecting???

  • @walkertongdee
    @walkertongdee Před 10 lety

    what was it and why did he through it back?

  • @natalieberrisford4504
    @natalieberrisford4504 Před 7 lety +1

    hello there I love your videos, I recently just got given my grandad metal detecting finds he detected around Hertfordshire and I was wondering if I could send you a couple of pictures of the stuff to see if you could indently them?? would that be something you would be interested in??

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    How would that be of any use on a ploughed field where the finds are regularly moved around/

  • @walkertongdee
    @walkertongdee Před 10 lety

    He doesn’t have friends, he has colleagues, quite a stereotype isn’t he.

    • @walkertongdee
      @walkertongdee Před 10 lety

      I feel bad about that post, he is a nice bloke...

  • @conor0044
    @conor0044 Před 11 lety +1

    Nice vid,read your book :)

  • @kimphillips5281
    @kimphillips5281 Před 11 lety

    lovely video but why shutch big holes?

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    I did the Field Test in Treasure Hunting magazine for the Euro Ace a year or so back. Not a bad machine. Hope you do well with it?

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Yeah, that would be great.

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Don't know any sites around Birmingham I'm afraid.

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    If you ever find out what it is then please let me know.

  • @mitchellvanbaal5596
    @mitchellvanbaal5596 Před 11 lety

    If i need to say the good things about you detecting, i cant name anything....

  • @DetectoresRJ
    @DetectoresRJ Před 6 lety +1

    Muito bom o video, like

  • @tara399
    @tara399 Před 11 lety

    9:59 ha least im not the only one to find shotgun shell tops, great vid u had some good finds. just got a Garrett euro ace have not had much luck yet plenty of old nails, although found a Birmingham war relief fund badge today my first good find, you seem to move fairly fast would this be the type of speed to move, not knocking you, just dont know how fast i can go with them?

  • @Ade0101
    @Ade0101 Před 11 lety

    Good vid guys. Get a Garrett Pro-pointer though, so much easier.
    One thing, all the vids I watch with people using Minelab machines, the pinpointing ability seems quite poor ! never used one, but it`s just an observation.

  • @Thecointamer
    @Thecointamer Před 11 lety

    will do ... but in the meantime look at the video i posted today with my find!

  • @willam1992
    @willam1992 Před 11 lety

    do you record the exact locations of your finds with gps if u arnet u should not detect a medieval site

  • @cholix
    @cholix Před 11 lety

    try a tooth brush to clean coins that way you will not scratch them

  • @hommieise
    @hommieise Před 11 lety

    pleas gant im from birmingham i do go out but i end of 2 to 3hr driving cont fuind fild if do no any earea rund the birmingham do leat me know thank you.

  • @thanxx
    @thanxx Před 11 lety +1

    get yourself a pro pointer.

  • @RavenSeventy8
    @RavenSeventy8 Před 11 lety

    Nice

  • @coolhand4eva
    @coolhand4eva Před 11 lety

    Mate no the wonder u don't find anything swinging your detector like that its supposed to be slow and cover as much ground as possible

  • @OriginalMudSlinger
    @OriginalMudSlinger Před 7 lety

    good tip for anyone metal detecting tie your boot laces six inch apart

  • @tfvisions
    @tfvisions Před 7 lety

    Where is a good spot to metal detect in Hertfordshire .

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 7 lety

      Anywhere in Hertfordshire will throw up some surprises.

  • @penelopepees
    @penelopepees Před 11 lety

    button collectors love these on ebay

  • @penelopepees
    @penelopepees Před 11 lety

    get in that stream with a plastic calander or sieve

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 10 lety

    Many thanks.

  • @jabono15
    @jabono15 Před 10 lety

    why does the detector keep changing sounds

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 10 lety

      High tone means good metal, low tone means rusty iron.

    • @smokeandkippers
      @smokeandkippers Před 9 lety

      Really? That's the best reply you could come up? The reason for multi toned targets is down to the composition of the target .. Alloy targets like bronze, pewter, aluminium etc that are composed of multiple metals will make the detector give off high and low signals as it detects the different metals in the alloy .. When you find a solid, single metallic target you will get one tone as there is only one metal for the detector to detect .. Hope that helps a bit more

    • @jabono15
      @jabono15 Před 9 lety

      smokeandkippers thanks :)

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 9 lety

      smokeandkippers Yes but soil conditions also play a part. Generally the low tones indicate iron. I've dug them often enough to find out!

    • @smokeandkippers
      @smokeandkippers Před 9 lety

      Yes, but he's asking why single targets make multiple tones ;O)

  • @davelester1985
    @davelester1985 Před 6 lety

    cut the music, please, especially since it blasts after the quieter beginning

  • @coopserviceclerk
    @coopserviceclerk Před 11 lety

    a wood plane perhaps

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Poke as much fun as you like? Cheers for the comment.

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    That is what I use on most coins.

  • @nick291002
    @nick291002 Před 11 lety

    5:01 aawwwww my ears!!! set the volume to 40:D

  • @EASTARZ100
    @EASTARZ100 Před 10 lety

    I live in barnet :D

  • @Thecointamer
    @Thecointamer Před 11 lety

    likewise... want a pic?

  • @arcadia449
    @arcadia449  Před 11 lety

    Done it.

  • @Thecointamer
    @Thecointamer Před 11 lety

    do you want a pic?

  • @jimrushing1025
    @jimrushing1025 Před 6 lety

    Oxe shoe, not horse shoe.

    • @arcadia449
      @arcadia449  Před 6 lety

      How do you put a shoe on an Ox? They have cloven hoofs!

    • @neurodivergejyn4140
      @neurodivergejyn4140 Před 6 lety

      Look it up! They exist!

    • @adamtaylor31
      @adamtaylor31 Před 6 lety

      That depends on how sporty the Ox wants to look...could be a date night.