Detectival 2023. Part 3 CELTIC GOLD & SILVER, Roman and hammered!

[@fethiboulkroune3674]

مرحبا ..VIDEO رائع. موجودات جميلة . حظ موفق لك

[@gustavogutierrez419]

Great day, fantastic founds and wonderfull partnership. Greetings from Cuba.

[@andreawashnak630]

Congratulations to all of you !!!!!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks, a pretty good weekend all in

[@Truesigma15]

Great videos of your time at Detectival John. Some outstanding finds 👍

[@WildwoodTV]

Great stuff - just goes to show - "slow and low" 👍 thanks everyone for showing their finds too, and love the red kite displays🐦

[@conken5623]

Alot of fun watching this video.. so many happy people

[@NeilSmithMetalDetecting]

Loved watching your experience at Detectival, I was in a B&B as I didn't fancy camping but it meant I missed meeting everyone in the evenings, so was lovely to catch you on Sunday, thanks for featuring my coin, I still can't believe I found it!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Well done Neil and thanks again for allowing me to film it. A real beauty and the one thing I keep coming to the south of England in the hope of finding!! Maybe one day! Until then best wishes and don’t be surprised if you turn up another in no time! Happy hunting John

[@AndyGraceMedia]

Huge congrats on the stater Neil - that Cunobeline is an astounding find almost exactly 2000 years old. Wow.

[@donreed417]

Fantastic Celtic coins

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Amen Don. Real beauties

[@lesleycannavan4149]

Brilliant videos so nice to see some faces and congratulations to Simon 👏👏well done you all on some great finds 😀

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated Lesley and Simòn is now hooked! Just bought his first machine

[@lesleycannavan4149]

@@thescottishdetectorist fantastic look forward to seeing what he finds out on your fields of wonder 🤩

[@paulhaynes3688]

Brilliant video again John congrats to everyone involved. Look forward to next vids

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated Paul

[@bdewar6837]

Those coins were amazing especially that gold one. If you ever have your own newsletter you could call it 'The bendy thumb' lol.😂

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Haha, great thinking 🤔

[@dyaneolafsmama5862]

A huge congratulations to Simon! Give him some time to learn the machine and he’ll make you proud John. I’ve never seen a Celtic coin or an old English Republic coin! Thank you for being the detectorist liaison and sharing those finds. Anyone would be happy for the 4 coin Roman find…that 14 year old is hooked for life now! Great video John, many thanks for sharing it all!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated Dyane. Some amazing finds and Celtic gold has to be top of everyone’s bucket list

[@dyaneolafsmama5862]

@@thescottishdetectorist I bet it is well treasured…since I live in a young country…(USA) I can appreciate the history over the pond. You sharing it with us actually made me speechless…

[@Flint-I]

Double Bendy thumbs up John👍👍 very nice to see you all enjoyed the weekend 💯

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated and you! Hopefully another time soon

[@johnfairley9116]

Thank you JOHN for allowing me and John to be in your video it was a great meeting the whole team down at detectival well done to Simon too on his hammerd was a great weekend😀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@thedoppelganger2665]

Some amazing finds,but memories that will last years,thanks for sharing john and all the best bud.

[@junco477]

Great fellowship.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks

[@terryt.1643]

Thanks for the great part 3 video of your time at the fields of Oxfortshire. Enjoyed it so much. 🥰💕❤️👍

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks Terry. Thanks for watching

[@russelldunbar2474]

As always it's always entertaining to watch your videos well done

[@mikepetrucha2774]

It looks like you had a fun and exhausting trip. Thanks for sharing.

[@sophieking7508]

Brilliant finds and looks like you all had good fun!

[@navek1]

As ever great video again nice you can show the land at Detectival nice Lizzy Hammy you got and the crotal bell

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks. It was a great weekend bar the damp cold tent ⛺️

[@navek1]

Forgot to mention you can't beat the good old trusty THUMB 😁👏

[@navek1]

@@thescottishdetectorist and that long journey 😂

[@chezaspup]

What a great weekend for the Scottish contingent at Detectival!! Another great video John! ¡Enhorabuena Simón! What a fabulous find for the newest Detectorist! Chez😘😘

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Great weekend and Simòn…. Just wow ! Delighted for him and now he’s already bought his own machine

[@chezaspup]

@@thescottishdetectorist awww no more silver penny rent then!! 🤣 😘

[@nrivera4380]

Wonderful finds this day! The stew looked delish!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

It was amazing, such good food for a festival type event. Really top quality delicious

[@Disasterina]

Whenever I’m watching your videos (which I do daily) and you say “beauty” my wife laughs. She’s so amused at how excited you get over these mini treasures! And that’s why I watch, because of your enthusiasm and all the great history!

[@angrichardson2439]

Hiya from Canada, love what you and the guys do! Bottle digger and human tracker myself for over 30 years so love how the knowledge you share, so wonderful to those of us still learning. I find a bit of metal on accident and now thanks to you can begin to make sense of it. Congrats on the bull, I near p eed my pants on that find, all the way from over here!

[@Zinnia542]

Always good to see the bendy thump and the butter fingers. Have a nice Easter 🐣

[@Zinnia542]

Oops thumb 👍😊

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Haha thanks Kim much appreciated

[@maureenmounts14]

So much fun!

[@adrianadams832]

Great weekend young man, so pleased for you. I can hear the happiness of the weekend in your voice 😁.Re the George III Cartwheel penny, I think you will find it was the Matthew Bolton steam press at the (now defunct) Soho mint in Handsworth (Birmingham) and not James Watt. James Watt invented “anything connected to and worked by steam” so to speak, but Matthew Bolton developed the steam “press” that was used to mint coins. It was subject to a Time Team dig in the 90’s. The one penny coin was pressed into a one ounce blank of copper and the two penny coin from two ounces of copper. As you said they are all dated 1797 as he could not change the master die, so 3 years of these coins were all dated to 1797. I have a nearly mint two penny coin and it’s a monster😀. Hope that helps 👍

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks Adrian. A rush of blood to the head in the field of my proud Scottish patriotism 😂 best wishes and thanks

[@adrianadams832]

@@thescottishdetectorist and never ever let that patriotism leave you. As I’ve previously posted to you my wife is from Greenock so I know (painfully at times😁😁) how proud Scottish people are of their country and I cannot fault that. Again, I love your videos buddy, keep posting 👍

[@jerrygale1994]

Another fab video. The Celtic Gold and Silver coins are sensational. That meal at the end looked very tasty. You did look tired though so hoping you recover quickly. Thanks again for the update. Looking forward to the next one!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks Jerry. Three nights in a damp tent takes its toll!! Fingers crossed in a few days I’ll be back to my best 😆

[@erniecamhan]

Looks like you all had a fantastic time, well done Simon 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks 😊

[@TheMetalDetectingChannel]

Well done mate! We did keep an eye out for you but no joy! You must have been hiding from us hahaha, Rick also found a belting Crotal bell also! I'm yet to find one :-(

[@elymcdonald7141]

It blows me away the things y'all find. To find a 300 year old coin would put me on my arse, but 2000 year old I would lose my mind!! Great channel and even greater finds. Hell, I'd be happy with the little door knob

[@Jennifer.A1]

Wonderful video lots of laughs, and some terrific finds! Congrats on the 435 buttons 😂 Oh Simon 😂 he’s at it again

[@thescottishdetectorist]

He can’t help himself Jennifer. Great in short bursts but tough work over a full weekend 😂

[@dgb56bgd]

What an awesome event. Happy to see y’all having a great time metal detecting. Blessings y’all, from a fan in Tennessee.

[@kevinallen9009]

Thank you John for your interesting and hilarious video. Oh my when I think of my first hunts with my first detector and the horror I have now realizing how many amazing finds I’m certain I walked right over. Regardless I know it must not be easy to publish your video while you are on your trip so thanks again for sharing!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks Kevin. Much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed

[@ssnow3240]

Love the Celtic coins 😊

[@Logscaler]

I am impressed with your knowledge of all the different coins and tokens you and the other people are finding, totally impressed.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated. Years of detecting… 24 to be precise! And also years of study with being a historian and tour guide. Glad you enjoyed and I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Best wishes John

[@tracyhowarth2810]

Love your videos xxxTracy

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks Tracy. Much appreciated

[@jennyelliottbrown6680]

What a joyful way to spend a weekend, I'm a big fan of your regular digs in bonny Scotland and this was no less exciting. Such a great bunch of guys youve come across. Great channel ....Great content xxx

[@shaunhood2429]

Good weekend a button weekend but still good

[@jodychapple5351]

Looks like an absolutely amazing few days, I'm totally envious...oh except the cold. Lol We definitely don't have things like that in Australia. Congratulations on your finds, brilliant!

[@stephenfinnegan3776]

Super

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks

[@greenspiritarts]

Fabulous videos! Thanks for bringing us along! I’m wondering if the crescent shaped iron shoe might have been for an ox. It looked a bit small for a plow horse’s hoof. Wonderful to see all the finds! Did they make a video of the finds person doing the evaluations? That would have been interesting. Thanks again…so wonderful to see so many happy people having fun together!

[@lisacrandall409]

OMG those Celtic coins!!! 😍 Wow, wow, Wow! Thanks for taking us along and sharing your knowledge with us. And please be gentle with the worms… they do such a good job 😊

[@jameslusco6653]

Just amazing. The last shot must have been were you was eating that fine meal 😆. I had fun watching this years trip. Keep doin what you do and I'll be seeing you on the next bro

[@hazel3564]

So many amazing coins, it just boggles the mind that they have survived through the ages lying in the mud!

[@nickharmer3049]

Thanks for all your posts, buddy. I'm glad the weather held out & hope you had a great time. Bless up bro 👊

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated Nick, it was a bit rough in the tents but great fun and some cracking finds

[@glendamears3618]

I love Celtic coins they look like contemporary art, though they are so old. Can't wait to hear about them from your knowledge.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks Glenda. My dream find would be a Celtic gold stater 🤩 one day maybe

[@Tseringlhatso]

Oh my giddy aunt those Celtic coins are beautiful! And so glad for Simon, finding that Eddie, way to go!

[@rosemaryfleming7120]

Love your detecting and great historical knowledge, thank you x

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated and I hope I see you on the next video!

[@thelancashirecarper]

Them bloody buttons!! I will never forget how many I found 😂 bloody things, see you in September John 👍

[@leonardjackman354]

Great video thank you for showing those fantastic finds. Len

[@regularjoe621]

I would love to see you guys let loose on oak island Your episodes are excellent and informative I like how you share your knowledge ❤️👍😎🇺🇸from VEGAS

[@ConiferElements]

The bell was a great find.

[@delsmith7725]

Great coverage John. Was good to see some of the finds by the other folks too. Big thank you for all the hard work you put into the channel buddy. We very much enjoy it.

[@CasterBlah]

Loved seeing all the amazing finds. Thanks for bringing us with you! Makes me want to fly over there and give it a go next year!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks Peter. I think there were a few from America this year and about 100 French too!

[@tanjamorris5647]

Oxen shoe? Perhaps? Great video SIMON! 🎉🎉

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks and yes Simòn. What a star!

[@raymondcarroll306]

Well done lads the long drive from Dundee and back put me off going but well done again

[@barbaraleatunisonlindell9249]

I missed you guys so much while you were having such fun at Detectorville. I am so addicated to your site. Even my cat relaxes into a good nap on my lap while I watch. Thank you for explaining all the different values of the coins for the Americans in Texas like me!

[@andyc750]

looks like you all had a great weekend and some good finds, the iron piece looks like a part of a tool or something, and incidentally it would be worth your while to collect up decent sized pieces of wrought iron and then selling them as it hasn't been made in decades and is hard come by for blacksmiths, bladesmiths etc

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated Andy. Great suggestion

[@donnyg187]

Love seeing your channel grow! Keep the videos coming.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated Donny and thanks for the support

[@mysongs740]

WTG Simon! Good job to you all! Any gold finds amongst you all?

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Yes we’ll done Simon. No gold for us but still a great day!

[@garysmith1178]

Great video John. Looks like you guys are having a great time. Those celtic coins are amazing. I've never been lucky enough to find one, but, my first hammered coin find was a nice condition, commonwealth half groat. 👍

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Me neither with the Celtic but we’ll done on the hammered! I live in the hope Celtic one day!

[@thomasbauerle2366]

That must have been a very exiting and cool event 👍🏻 Especially in unknown area, where you never can expect, what you could find there! However, you made it 👏🍀🍻

[@lesaldridge2197]

As always a cracking video, good camera work, very informative , thanks for sharing i know there goes a lot of work into the making of these videos.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Les thanks as ever for the kind words. Glad you’re on the mend and I’m glad you appreciated the hard work! Best wishes John

[@alanlucas2886]

well done simon nice find and thanks boys for a cracking video and john well done on 23.7 subs

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated Alan. Great success for Simon… a hammered coin and a feather and a button! What a boy

[@suecrane3987]

Great finds! It was fun watching and nice to see the camaraderie amongst the detectorist community.

[@1124mdburke]

I miss seeing your videos! It’s been 7 days…..too long!……really just saying how much I enjoy them. Hope you are well

[@paulinesalinas9443]

😂 Muy bueno Simon! 🎉 That’s a great find 👏👏 The item Sneaky Pete found at 32.52, the little decorative thing… I think I found the other half to it somewhere else?! Brilliant video and so good to see the fun had at Detectival.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks Pauline. Maybe you and Pete can reunite the two parts at a later Detectival 😆 thanks for watching

[@paulinesalinas9443]

Yes I’ll keep safe!

[@brenda1378]

Shame you did not find the Stater, so beautiful. Another time we were field walking, using detectorist, the field was L shaped the detectorist were working the lower part of the L. Several Staters were found that day, just beautiful. Wish its was me 🙃😝

[@wmarian5027]

You got quite good at digging plugs efficiently! A great outing altogether! Appreciate your sharing with us, i know we slow you down. Stagger home to your own fioelds: bet it will be good to see them!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed! See you on the next dig!

[@AndyGraceMedia]

Oh my goodness! Tasciovanus silver and in amazingly good condition. That's breathtaking to add to all the other amazing finds - including Simon's Canterbury Edward penny... what a ripper! Well done John - loved this series :)

[@guyj3025]

Just seen the bronze age bull made the front page of The Searcher, I see a few more thousand subs coming your way 🙂

[@silvernutoutdoors8892]

Great weekend dig mate and amazing finds,, and that tickled me when you said they calles in sick 🤣🤣 im gonna heas up and cut off that bendy thumb i need that for alot of the crap ive found the last 2 days 😅

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Haha 😂 many thanks whispy

[@markjohnnojohnson5352]

😊😊😊😊 love the videos buddy!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks Mark. Glad to hear it

[@YorkistRaven]

Great detectin' adventure! If I were to find a Celtic coin, especially one with a boar or horse, I think they might find me passed out beside the hole. Fantastic ancient treasure! So tiny, but these items are findable, which is amazing! My dream find is a gold Angel of Richard III 👑!I also would not mind finding a whopping Celtic, Anglo-Saxon or Viking hoard full of gold torcs, enameled gold brooches and sword pommels! It does make one dream large to see these cracking finds!🐗 I wish you the very best of luck John!

[@johnvanzandt2040]

Almost 24k subs, your channel is doing great and still growing.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated John. I appreciate the huge support from all!

[@rfbftp123]

Good guys feeding the neighborhood dogs 😆

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Haha 😂 we won’t be invited back 😆

[@davidlewis9068]

Wish the plugs were like that here ALL is a sandy mess here in Florida. A very nice big hunt.

[@davidlewis9068]

You are using a better detector than those others were and you were more methodical and that makes your hunts better.

[@glendamears3618]

COOL bell

[@michaelclarke-rn7eo]

Enjoyed every moment some great finds Made my 5 hour at me local beach in Perth Western Australia , my find where not so exciting as over there , I found an Irish 1 cent euro and a 925 sterling silver toe ring but there find and got a buss from finding them, enjoyed all that fresh air I’m sure someone could write a poem about John and his bendy thumb, or a song, I may try to pen to paper Happy hunting Mike

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks Mike. Some good hunting. Look forward to hearing the bendy thumb sonnet 😂

[@michaelclarke-rn7eo]

Hi John It’s almost like a miracle to see John’s bendy thumb bring out all the images where there was none To be continued ?

[@michaelclarke-rn7eo]

@@thescottishdetectorist Hi John you should have fund I sent you through buy me a coffee, if not please let me no

[@kasie680]

I am related to the black Douglas!! 😊

[@jaystrongbow6111]

Great vid as always, loved it. Let me offer a different take on buttons. They were FANTASTIC at sewing. Say an average of 10 people working that land lost only 2 buttons a year for 300 years......... 6,000 buttons, Great sewing man !!!!!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Much appreciated Jay. Amazing the amount of buttons but as you say it doesn’t take long to mount up!

[@gregorybarr6112]

I really enjoy your videos! It is true that great signals are missed…. Low and Slow finds the target. I would love to be part of a group hunt like Detectival 2023. Unfortunately I am not vaccinated and am banned from public transit. Great video! 🇨🇦

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Well another time hopefully!

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

We in the USA are always thankful for Scotland. But mostly for Whiskey and Ale.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Haha 😂 yes, it’s another example of our skills 😆

[@cherylstonebridge1666]

Stonehenge was a badge which given out as part of a scheme to encourage children to walk to school. It is the shape (roughly) of a foot . I think the scheme was called "walk on Wednesday".

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Wow great info. Thanks Cheryl

[@markkus1134]

Nice finds everyone I envy the history you have we have some old coins but nothing like that here in Connecticut USA cheers! Though I found my gold $2.60 in avatar that was incredible my first year detecting

[@andrewjones8942]

The reason we find so many buttons is becouse when we had clothing made of wool or silk or natural fibers when finished with they were bought by a merchant who tore them into strips and bundled them up he would then sell them to the farmers who ploughed them into the ground for 2 reasons the first was the strips hrld moisture wich waterd the crops and the second as they decayed they fertalised the ground , but neither the merchant or farmer removed the buttons or buckles . It also tells you that the field has been ploghed .

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Andrew what amazing info, I never heard of that before. Many thanks

[@tonilauge5786]

🤣🤣🤣 Hilarius even a blind hen or Simon can with supervision from John Find a hammered! No gold but a nice Trip anyway 4 hammered😜🔝❤️

[@thescottishdetectorist]

He’s some boy, and he’s just bought a machine all on his own…. Let’s see if it’s in a cupboard getting dusty in two weeks 😂

[@jaynehorn151]

Love crotal bells

[@wolfdog7265]

It’s official! Metal detecting is a disease. 😂 Some great finds amongst the buttons. 🤩

[@thescottishdetectorist]

100% proof being Simon has now bought a machine!! It’s very addictive

[@wolfdog7265]

@@thescottishdetectorist I really gave it some thought John. Been a history buff all my life and even my wife wanted to buy me a kit for my birthday and reminded me several times afterwards. But helaas, I think I’m not able anymore physically. Bad joints, back, ruptured Achilles heel, deteriorating rheumatic arthritis. I wear braces to stabilise my joints, got pain meds. After 33 years I had to call in sick for the rest of my career. That’s also a reason why I like to watch you digging and getting out so much.

[@tonydalton6756]

What I'd love to see is somebody filming your technique from a distance John. It seems like you have it just right.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks Tony. If I can find someone who can capture my best angle 📐 and remove my bulging stomach I’ll make that happen! 😆

[@JW-kh9bm]

@@thescottishdetectorist Were those diet pints of beer you drank all weekend?

[@tonydalton6756]

@@thescottishdetectorist Hahaha

[@janiskar7892]

👍👍👍👍👍👌

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks as ever Janis

[@jillianfortuna2348]

👍

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks

[@funnyriverred2501]

33:44 looks like a belt tip/end decoration

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Ahhh! That’s exactly what it is. I knew what it was but just couldn’t place it until now! Many thanks

[@AlterMann57]

So Simon was the official "Jammy Swine" at Spring Detectival, what a beauty he almost didn't find. It looked like a load of fun, even though there were so many buttons. Now it's time to head North to glorious Scotland! On to the Roman field?

[@JoanLeigh-fp7zs]

I am a new subscriber from Canada. I was watching your detecting in Oxfordshire when you mentioned the Scots inventing the telephone. Not so it was a Canadian Sir Alexander Graham Bell

[@andyc750]

he was Scottish but moved to Canada at the age of 23

[@kevinallen9009]

Canada is like the US , a melting pot of cultures. But still I think Bell was a Scottish Canadian, was he not? Both countries get some credit.

[@andyc750]

@@kevinallen9009 think that about sums it up yes

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Hi Joan. Welcome to the channel. I hope you enjoy it and you have a big back catalogue to work through! Alexander Graham Bell does have a Canadian connection however he was born in Edinburgh on South Charlotte Street spending his life in Edinburgh until he was about 15 then jumping around the UK, eventually off the Canada in his mid-20’s so he’s very much ours though we’ll let you claim his big toe 😂 😉

[@kathharper]

The silver stonehengy thingy looks like a gauge for some craft purpose... similar to metal gauges used in sewing to measure seams/hem widths. However it appears someone else actually identifies it below as a badge. Selective perception at work with my guess, yup.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks Kath. Good shout

[@sawboneiomc8809]

Love the channels....you ever see a channel called “The Castle Girl?”