More Snow: No Metal Detecting

More Snow: No Metal Detecting

Bad news for anything metal detecting related::: More Snow! Just as it was starting to clear up a little, it's back and hasn't stopped falling for 18 hours. It's not thick snow but it's been snowing for so long that everythings turned white again.

I haven't been metal detecting since last year. That makes it sound really long, but in reality it's only a few weeks, but jeeez, it feels like ages! I turned on the metal detector the other day, just because it's been turned off for quite a while, and i thought i best give it a power up. I turned it on and thought, "I'll leave it on for five minutes....I ended up getting side tracked, forgot all about turning the metal detector on, and left it on, unknowingly for about 10 hours! Well, at least it got a work out.

If this weather keeps up i might just have to go out metal detecting in the snow.

Too Cold Outside To Hunt

Too Cold Outside To Hunt

It is absolutely freezing here, the weather has gone from bad to worse. The roads are like an ice rink. More snow has been forecast overnight, tomorrow, and throughout the weekend. Needless to say, metal detecting is on the back burner until the weather gets a lot better.

The snow is around 5 inches deep here. The temperature tonight is minus -10, some places are even colder at minus -15! All the snow that hasn't turned to ice already will do tonight. Millions of people are off work, and off school in the UK. Because the UK isn't used to snow, when it comes theres total chaos! The whole country comes to a halt, people are even out panic buying from the shops..There's no food left on the shop shelves lol.

Metal Detecting Will Have To Wait

Metal Detecting Will Have To Wait

Well, the weather here has been shocking! It's been snowing for two whole days, and it's still coming down. If driving, the roads are quite dangerous. I was sliding down the road earlier, and i seen many others sliding too. It's the type of weather that you just can't do much until it clears up.

So much for getting a good start to the new year in terms of metal detecting..I can't wait untill spring / summer. Now when the spring / summer comes, i can have some nice long days out metal detecting, due to the sun going down a lot later. I'm sure it will start to clear up in a few days.

Here are some pictures of the snow in my area! There's my dog!

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Metal Detecting In The New Year

~With all the holidays, Xmas, new year, and even the bad weather etc, it's been very hard for me to do any metal detecting. I just haven't had the time. But with the new year just starting i want to have some good finds. I plan to get busy this year with metal detecting. Because i haven't been out for a while, i feel eager and really want to get out and find something..

I was watching a video on Youtube today, about some guy showing his metal detecting finds for certain months of 2009. This guys had some seriously good finds, lots of them too! Mostly old coins,  gold and silver rings, and odd bits of jewelry. I'm yet to find any gold or silver.

I'm going to try and go to many different locations this year..Because there's one thing that is key to successful metal detecting, and that's location. You can buy the best metal detector in the world, but if your not metal detecting in good locations you won't find a thing. That is why i am going to travel to different places this year.

I would like to find some of the old hammered coins, so maybe i will try and find some old roman sites. I was over at Kenilworth Castle the other day (Not metal detecting), but the thought came to me while i was there. The castle has been there for about 600 - 700 years i beleive. Just think of how many items could be lost there, buried under the ground, waiting for me to find them. I'm not sure if people are allowed to metal detect there, but im going to look it up on the internet and see if i can contact someone who is in charge of the castle or surrounding grounds. I'm sure that the grounds of Kenilworth Castle have some hidden treasures!