Back To Pertenhall With Central Searchers
15th July 2012 Pertenhall, Bedford
Well firstly, I must warn you that I have no pictures of stunning finds to show you. Unfortunately it wasn't my turn. Although I did have a great day out once again with a great bunch of friends.
I arrived at QM's house at 6:40am (ten minuets late) and we made our way over to Bishop Storford, to our friend John's house. John had kindly offered to drive us to the dig site. We made good time and got to Pertenhall at about 8:15am. I was surprised to see so many cars and people there already, and knew that after last weeks amazing finds surfacing, it would attract more people to the dig.
Richard and Gill Evans who run Central Searchers had managed to secure the field from last week and also the 35 acre field next to it for us to search.
Once we had parked up and paid our monies, we made our way to the snack wagon for breakfast and tea. After chatting with friends we got all our gear ready and made our way out to the field ready for the off. 278 people had made it to the dig today. An amazing amount of people, and as last weeks field had took a bit of a hammering, about 200 made their way to the 35 acre field. So as you can imagine, it looked a bit cramped.
Seeing this, me and QM decided to take a walk up the edge of the field, to get out of the throng of people and find some space. Soon it was time for the off and we made our way across the field.
I arrived at QM's house at 6:40am (ten minuets late) and we made our way over to Bishop Storford, to our friend John's house. John had kindly offered to drive us to the dig site. We made good time and got to Pertenhall at about 8:15am. I was surprised to see so many cars and people there already, and knew that after last weeks amazing finds surfacing, it would attract more people to the dig.
Richard and Gill Evans who run Central Searchers had managed to secure the field from last week and also the 35 acre field next to it for us to search.
Once we had parked up and paid our monies, we made our way to the snack wagon for breakfast and tea. After chatting with friends we got all our gear ready and made our way out to the field ready for the off. 278 people had made it to the dig today. An amazing amount of people, and as last weeks field had took a bit of a hammering, about 200 made their way to the 35 acre field. So as you can imagine, it looked a bit cramped.
Seeing this, me and QM decided to take a walk up the edge of the field, to get out of the throng of people and find some space. Soon it was time for the off and we made our way across the field.
It took quite some time for my GMP to register a signal for me to dig and unfortunately it turned out to be a piece of foil, a signal that repeated for much of the morning. Throughout the day I did manage to find a broken button, a small pewter ball button, a lead token of some sort and a lot of lead dross. You cant win them all I suppose but I did see some beautiful finds and have had a very enjoyable day out with some great people. I took the time to have a play with my new camera and took some pictures of the day.
I hope you enjoy reading the report and the pictures. Until next time, Happy Hunting