Just A Quick..

[JPK]

Hellooo,have been nosing around for a while,reading & drooling over some coins & decided to join up,I'm another one of those detecting anoraks lol,i don't actually buy any coins but still consider myself a collector.

My main aim is to find at least one coin from every ruler From 1066-1900,I'm pretty close to achieving this ( I'm not including Ed.V or Cromwell )

My fav.period is the late Saxon coinage,if I find one a year then I'm doing well & I'm also partial to Celtic coinage,my avatar is a iceni Q.stater,irstead type,the first one I ever found so a fav.

Am gonna try to upload a rather nice Ed.III Noble I found for your perusal.

Im trying to improve my ID skills so will prob.be bothering you with questions at some point,john.

[JPK]

Reverse.

[Garrett]

Welcome John

Good luck with finding a coin from every ruler from William I, that is quite an ambition.

Metal detecting is a hobby I plan to try sometime, and I am very jealous of you lot who can find such old coins !

(and no doubt in softer bloody soil too !!).

cheers

Garrett.

[JPK]

Cheers Garrett ,you could always try nugget hunting or panning,Thats a good looking coin in your avatar,I've only found one Philip & Mary,a Groat, so I've only got the old bags portrait lol.

Edited January 7, 2014 by JPK

[Colin G.]

You are certainly in the right part of the country for detecting, do you frequent any of the detecting forums? I am on a couple

[Peter]

I'm in Suffolk but don't get enough time to get out much.

When I see a Noble like yours I'm inspired.

[Coinery]

Welcome JPK, what detector do you use?

[JPK]

Thanks folks,

Colin G- yep I'm on a few forums,Rogers,Xp owners etc.

Peter- your in a great county,but time is everything,I get out as often as poss,i do lots of short sessions 2 hrs at a time.

Coinery- I've been swinging a Goldmaxx power for a good few yrs now,have found hundreds of hammerds with it & wouldn't swap it for anything currently available,I use the 9 ,11, & elliptical coils as and when.

[Garrett]

Cheers Garrett ,you could always try nugget hunting or panning,Thats a good looking coin in your avatar,I've only found one Philip & Mary,a Groat, so I've only got the old bags portrait lol.

Thanks mate, yes will try the goldfields in all likelihood at some stage.

The P&M shilling is one of the first coins I purchased when I returned to collecting. It had been holed at some stage (behind Philip's neck) which reduced the value, but I liked the portraits. P&M shillings with good portraits are quite expensive normally.

cheers Garrett.