The life of Dot and Bernie

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Bill & Ted said:
Aw, Farthings, I have a couple of them in my coin collection. I used to go metal detecting too back in the 70’s
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Its such a great hobby. You never know what you will dig out. I haven't had any gold coins yet!. They are tricky to find, because you have to set the metal detector to find junk to find gold.

My dad has quite a few roman coins, and he has a few silver hammered coins. One dated back to the 1600,s . And when he cleaned it up it had a cross inscribed on it with some initials. When he researched it , he found out when men went into battle, they usued to give their wives a coin with their initials on it.

Bit like giving a photo today
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Its such a great hobby. You never know what you will dig out. I haven't had any gold coins yet!. They are tricky to find, because you have to set the metal detector to find junk to find gold.

My dad has quite a few roman coins, and he has a few silver hammered coins. One dated back to the 1600,s . And when he cleaned it up it had a cross inscribed on it with some initials. When he researched it , he found out when men went into battle, they usued to give their wives a coin with their initials on it.

Bit like giving a photo today
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Tell a lie. I'm about two decades behind. Today its il whatsapp or facetime call you when I'm working away in the rat race, staying at a hotel
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Its such a great hobby. You never know what you will dig out. I haven't had any gold coins yet!. They are tricky to find, because you have to set the metal detector to find junk to find gold.

My dad has quite a few roman coins, and he has a few silver hammered coins. One dated back to the 1600,s . And when he cleaned it up it had a cross inscribed on it with some initials. When he researched it , he found out when men went into battle, they usued to give their wives a coin with their initials on it.

Bit like giving a photo today
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Yes I have a couple of hammered silver coins Edward II I think? They all look very much the same in that era. One of the best things to do is look on google maps in landscape view, they often show up deserted medieval villages/settlements, these are a great place to metal detect if you can get permission from the landowner/farmer. We once found loads of musket balls from the Battle of Scotton nr Knaresborough and some from a dug out roadside ditch on Marston Moor nr York. went and sold them all on a car boot sale in the 1990’s
tudor coinage is usually worth quite a good price if in reasonable condition. Must find what I’ve got! In our old village Goldsborough where we lived there was two hoards of Viking silver found over the years!
 
Bill & Ted said:
Yes I have a couple of hammered silver coins Edward II I think? They all look very much the same in that era. One of the best things to do is look on google maps in landscape view, they often show up deserted medieval villages/settlements, these are a great place to metal detect if you can get permission from the landowner/farmer. We once found loads of musket balls from the Battle of Scotton nr Knaresborough and some from a dug out roadside ditch on Marston Moor nr York. went and sold them all on a car boot sale in the 1990’s
tudor coinage is usually worth quite a good price if in reasonable condition. Must find what I’ve got! In our old village Goldsborough where we lived there was two hoards of Viking silver found over the years!
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Amazing ! You have some good finds. Photos would be brilliant if you can one day. I must get out in the fields again. I did have permission, but the land owner passed away. Il have to ask her sons.

If you havnt watched detectorists yet on netflix. Do it asap. It is absolute gold.

Its a comedy, but really beautiful series . Set in essex i think
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Amazing ! You have some good finds. Photos would be brilliant if you can one day. I must get out in the fields again. I did have permission, but the land owner passed away. Il have to ask her sons.

If you havnt watched detectorists yet on netflix. Do it asap. It is absolute gold.

Its a comedy, but really beautiful series . Set in essex i think
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Yes love Detectorist! big fan, brilliant series and the nature shots are fab!
I will have to look for the finds, they are in box in the loft! I’ll wait for a rainy day! there’s nothing of any great value but interesting. I’ve chucked most of the interesting lumps of iron now, think old plough bits but always wondered if they were anything more interesting like broken swords haha! Well you have to think like that don’t you or you would be put off by the amounts of ring pulls!
 
Bill & Ted said:
Yes love Detectorist! big fan, brilliant series and the nature shots are fab!
I will have to look for the finds, they are in box in the loft! I’ll wait for a rainy day! there’s nothing of any great value but interesting. I’ve chucked most of the interesting lumps of iron now, think old plough bits but always wondered if they were anything more interesting like broken swords haha! Well you have to think like that don’t you or you would be put off by the amounts of ring pulls!
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You are definitly a detectorist. Just by your words in can tell😁. I have found stuff that i think, could the be a part of something amazing.

Most of the time, canslaw or b.o.a.t
 
Good luck tomorrow. Shame that you can’t book yourself in at Cat and Rabbit and have some of Simon’s legendary neat stitching. Hope to see you back again on the forum once you are home again safe and sound.
 
Good luck with your op tomorrow. Hope you get spoilt rotten when you get home by Mrs SkyPipDotBernie and by your piggies!
 
Betsy said:
Thanks but its his first driving lesson that has been postponed until Friday as he has an exam tomorrow and one on Thursday that he wants to concentrate on.
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Fair play. O! Driving lesson not test. Good luck for the first lesson. I had to actually drive on my first go. The memories make me sick
 
Pleased to hear you op went well and ou are home on piggie duty again. I am sure they will forgive you if your standards are not quite as high as usual! Sorry I'm a bit late with this message, I've been away for a few days.
 
Don't worry about a bit of piggy poop! Dot and Bernie will survive if standards aren't as normal for a while. Pleased you made it through OK and hope the recovery isn't too painful.
 
They are very quiet today. They knoe something is up. They are hiding alot. I think its because we are both off work and routine has gone out of whack. I'm about to muck them out soon. Thanks for the messages
 
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