Detecting on the Thames foreshore??

After being coerced into travelling to London with the wife for a day trip
i'd like to know if it's worth taking the detector down to the Thames? I
understand i have to apply for a permit beforehand (if i have time apply
and receive it in time!) What am i likely to find? Roman? Prehistoric? Or
just old supermarket trollies??!!! Should I bother?

Cheers...Krusty

"Krusty" <nospam@please.com> wrote in message
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> After being coerced into travelling to London with the wife for a day trip
> i'd like to know if it's worth taking the detector down to the Thames? I
> understand i have to apply for a permit beforehand (if i have time apply
> and receive it in time!) What am i likely to find? Roman? Prehistoric? Or
> just old supermarket trollies??!!! Should I bother?
>
> Cheers...Krusty

If you want to search the Thames at low tide, it's probably best to use
nothing more than your hands as there's too much infestation with other
metals down there to weed out anything good.
A lot of guys use sieves from what I have learnt, they seem to do very well,
most items being tudor onwards really.

Krusty wrote:
> After being coerced into travelling to London with the wife for a day trip
> i'd like to know if it's worth taking the detector down to the Thames? I
> understand i have to apply for a permit beforehand (if i have time apply
> and receive it in time!) What am i likely to find? Roman? Prehistoric? Or
> just old supermarket trollies??!!! Should I bother?
>
> Cheers...Krusty

where on the thames ? in the city of london area you can find anything
from roman and celtic to present day.
recent find s include hammered silver ,and celtic coins and daggers .
all on the surface !regular searchers on the foreshore do very well
indeed .
the biggest find in recent years was a massive hoard of tudor silver
coins underneath blackfriars bridge .found by a detectorist at low tide.

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Krusty	Detecting on the Thames foreshore?? After being coerced into travelling to London with the wife for a day trip i'd like to know if it's worth taking the detector down to the Thames? I understand i have to apply for a permit beforehand (if i have time apply and receive it in time!) What am i likely to find? Roman? Prehistoric? Or just old supermarket trollies??!!! Should I bother? Cheers...Krusty

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Jim & Debbie	Re: Detecting on the Thames foreshore?? "Krusty" <nospam@please.com> wrote in message news:4jb1f.1877$1u1.1257@newsfe4-win.ntli.net... > After being coerced into travelling to London with the wife for a day trip > i'd like to know if it's worth taking the detector down to the Thames? I > understand i have to apply for a permit beforehand (if i have time apply > and receive it in time!) What am i likely to find? Roman? Prehistoric? Or > just old supermarket trollies??!!! Should I bother? > > Cheers...Krusty If you want to search the Thames at low tide, it's probably best to use nothing more than your hands as there's too much infestation with other metals down there to weed out anything good. A lot of guys use sieves from what I have learnt, they seem to do very well, most items being tudor onwards really.

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tarzan	Re: Detecting on the Thames foreshore?? Krusty wrote: > After being coerced into travelling to London with the wife for a day trip > i'd like to know if it's worth taking the detector down to the Thames? I > understand i have to apply for a permit beforehand (if i have time apply > and receive it in time!) What am i likely to find? Roman? Prehistoric? Or > just old supermarket trollies??!!! Should I bother? > > Cheers...Krusty where on the thames ? in the city of london area you can find anything from roman and celtic to present day. recent find s include hammered silver ,and celtic coins and daggers . all on the surface !regular searchers on the foreshore do very well indeed . the biggest find in recent years was a massive hoard of tudor silver coins underneath blackfriars bridge .found by a detectorist at low tide.