Metal DETECTING on a WILLIAM WALLACE BATTLEFIELD site. Equinox 800

A new adventure in search of treasures and Scottish history on a field where William Wallace fought during Independence Wars of Scotland.
Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish independence.
A day of metal detecting also on the site of a long lost medieval abbey.
Will I find any medieval artifact this time!?
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[@AustrianDetectorist]

Amazing video Mate 😊 every time a pleasure to watch 😊 hope you are doing well in your Scottish fields 😁 greetings to john from your Austrian Colleague 💪🏾 hope to see you on my channel again 😊🖖🏽

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks! You too! Yes, hope to get more time soon to update in your digs out. All the best Baski, see you here or there 😅🤪

[@peggybaxter8480]

Thank you Simon for taking us along! It doesn't need to be a silver find to enjoy your videos!

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Glad you enjoyed it Peggy, yes silver is difficult for every time out 😅💪

[@colinmacdonald404]

Thanks Simon👍Great finds.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks Colin!!👍

[@Magnet.M.A.D]

Absolutely brilliant video Simon. I’m happy your channel is doing so very very well 🤗🤗🙏👊👍

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Glad you enjoy it! And great to have this support!👍🎉

[@grandmakellymcdonald]

let's go let's go treasure and adventure ✌👵

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Yes, thank you for the visit Grandma Kelly!🎉

[@tanithmessenger3581]

Some great finds again Simon! Beautiful place to detect - even if it was hard to in that long grass!

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thank you ! Yes it was!, every week is harder, hope stops growing at some point 😅

[@tanithmessenger3581]

@@thespanishdetectorist very welcome! Lol here's hoping! The crops here are struggling in the crazy heat.

[@charliepeers7825]

Great video, loved it!, 😊keep them coming! 😊

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thank you! Will do! Looking forward to the next day out!

[@johnwarren1445]

Nice video my friend. The "stirrup" looks very much like a rein guide from a cart/wagon.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks John, yes the suggestions looks this is the winner.

[@marioncurgenven4666]

Interesting finds Simon. Good work.👍

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Glad you enjoyed it! Better finds for the next one !!🎉

[@astridwenham3790]

some interesting finds, well done!

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks Astrid 👍

[@mikestanners23]

Nice finds Simon! The button is a tombac button. Probably late 1700's. Congrats and HH!

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks for the info Mike, Good to know!

[@TheOccasionalDetectorist]

5:12 Simon, tossed a little light on your bottle top, I thing I recognise it as the end cap of a wooden window blind. The small holes around its edge are screw holes to hold it in place. The centre spindle has rusted away. Keep up the good detecting, I enjoy the videos.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks for that info, It makes sense , great. Different style of bottle top 🤪😅

[@user-rn3dy8mr2x]

I believe the item you found is an enameled brooch that is badly bent and has the pin missing.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Yes I think so… even a missed stone in the middle 🤔

[@scottemery4737]

The roughness of the metal is to allow the enamel to better attached. Of course, they weren't counting on it being hit by a plow.

[@user-rm9zt7pg7h]

horse reins guide ,and military pin.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Perfect! Thank you!!☺️

[@mikepetrucha2774]

I would go with a horse bit. The curve doesn't look big enough for a stirrup (unless it was for a child). Thanks for the fun video.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks for watching Mike! Yes could be a reign too for other suggestions…

[@terrymeininger9491]

Hey, that looks like a piece of a spur. Worn on the heal of your boots to help your horse with the giddy-up. Yee-haw!

[@thespanishdetectorist]

😂exactly yee-haw ! I thought exactly in that piece when I saw it . Thank you ☺️

[@user-rd9xs5lr4s]

Simon a great video as always. The white piece of metal looks like it might’ve been on the top of a staff, which was used to study a rifle. Just a thought. Keep them coming.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Oh thank you, glad you enjoyed the video too. More finds for the next one!👍

[@tonilauge5786]

Gongraths with your Football Team Simon! You have something to reach Up to! 16 years old wonder boy👍 Hope Spain goes all the way 👍😜🔝❤️

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Yes, Yamal , great matches and is just a kid . Thank you, is going in good way !! 🍀

[@jeffreyjohnson7213]

Great video Simon. Being a retired prison guard, loved your find of the old hand cuffs! Keep digging,keep the videos coming

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thank you, will do! very nice. Hope you are enjoying that deserved retirement 👌💪

[@jositusthefirst]

Que chulo el bocado. Otra pieza para el museo, a ver qué te dicen, el sitio espectacular como siempre, aquí el suelo está como una piedra habrá que esperar a los arados o las lluvias.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Si , una pieza interesante la verdad, pena que no esté un poco más completa. Aquí si no llueve por varios días se pone muy dura de cavar , ahí ya será imposible claro 🤪

[@ouzalghost8411]

An interesting little brooch and bag seal there Simon, I would guess the stirrup like thing is a gun rest but it’s only a guess.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Good suggestion for that one. Yes, can’t complain, this field is producing good finds in general!👌

[@cocojo242]

Thank you Simon, not many good finds on this one but I still enjoyed watching the video. 👍

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks 👍 yes the next one will be better finds thankfully 😅💪🎉

[@paulinesalinas9443]

Thanks Simon, great video no matter what you find, but that amount of shotgun cartridges to find in one go has to be a record! Usually I can set a record with Moo tubes! 😂

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Moo tubes 😂that field was more peaceful than mine to animals then 🤪yes too many shotguns , I set a record this day 🤦‍♂️ Thanks for watching Pauline 👍

[@HighlandDiamond]

Good job Sir 😃

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks 🙂 . Looking forward for the next one!!

[@DavidDrummond-mu3ur]

Good Luck Simon it's been searched many times before in the past by various clubs and myself and friends and a couple of artefacts I found were handed over to the local Museum Services - you should try searching the flat ground near the old horse coach road where the ground is flatter the ancient wood is thought to have covered all the hills and Wallace may have had his camp further up 👍 You are a wee bit away from where you need to be searching though in your video 👍

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks David! Oh so you had good finds then! Well, I ll be back in my permission next time. 👍

[@DavidDrummond-mu3ur]

@@thespanishdetectorist we did a few years ago now I conducted a search specifically to hunt for iron and steel objects that might relate to the battle and we ended up with bucket loads of iron horse shoes and stirrup fragments and strange pieces any one of which might have been related to the battle fragments of armour etc and I still have photos of some pieces - what you need to do is get a copy of the old maps that show the likely battle spot and head in the direction of that - there are maps that do show this - there are also a number of strange mounds near the lower flat fields and the farmer should be able to tell you their medieval connection to the Abbey those strange humps and bumps lie directly below the hill of the battle site which was fought on flatter ground above 👍

[@Cathydavidson061]

Well done Simon....that does look like a badge and maybe near the clip a ribbon was attached? Its very interesting...oh my, wonder if those were legal hunters or poachers? LOL...Cathy

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thank you Cathy, yes, given the small size perhaps was included a stone/gem missed 🤔

[@robinsmith5442]

❤❤ it's beautiful landscape! I guess the shotgun casings didn't help!

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thank you, yes they were a bit annoying 😅

[@bingobutler9656]

Keep up the great work bro.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks, will do mate! More videos and better finds 💪

[@terrymeininger9491]

You are getting so much better! That bag clasp with PERTH embossed was definitely quality trash.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Yes it was! Good to have this collection of places. It’s a good sign too!

[@DavidDrummond-mu3ur]

The brooch has a fairly modern pin setting and it looks Victorian to Edwardian in date 👍

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Yes, perhaps with a stone/gem missed in the middle

[@tanjamorris5647]

Nice variety of items. No doubt you will find some gold before too long. Keep at it.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Oh thank you! It’s being difficult, but hopefully sooner or later 👍 💪

[@Gloria-qy3dd]

Hi Simon, (buena suerte ),Good luck,te veo pronto)see you soon

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Gracias Gloria, great to see you watching it ! 👍

[@johnnyhiett]

The big brass item is not a horse Snafle Bit....it is a brass Key. Similar to a Skeleton Key. The tapered 4 sided end doesnt fit in a lock. It fits in a mated socket. Things like this in modern times would fit a natural gas valve for example. The silver looking button is a Tombaq 1770-1820. The thin flat "button" may be a small Scottish coin. I dont recall the name.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Oh thank you John. Good points 👌👍 yes that thin button I think is a coin eventually but unidentified

[@donreed417]

Great job Simon. Quite good to pull so many items out of a place gone over many times.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks Don, yes it’s surprising, I think there are much more to come, I might detected 10 % of that field

[@DavidDrummond-mu3ur]

The battlefield was 13th century and as such you have to remember weapons, armour all things worn by knights would be steel and iron if things were broken or lost or discarded remember your detector should be in All Metal if your looking for relics the non ferrous artefacts will be smaller personal items - I once found an enamelled stud over nearby fields that had a cross design on it but I found there was lots of iron targets in the ground 👍

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Yes, was in all metal , but good to remember that point as I used to ignore iron. Thank you David👍

[@DavidDrummond-mu3ur]

@@thespanishdetectorist good luck Simon 👍

[@synw3llth0rn32]

What you have there is a rein guide I think.

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Yes, can be that too, thank you 👍

[@SheilaLS]

That thumbnail for the video is so funny. 😃

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thank you Sheila, glad you liked it. 🎉👌

[@BobbyjoeJr559]

HI Simon! could the big forked item be an oarlock for a rowboat?

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thank you. I didn’t think in that, but who knows …😅

[@gilleslacroix4255]

Quality trash 😅 love that ….i do dig out lots of that too …keep it up Simon !

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks, will do! With more quality trash to come !😅

[@gilleslacroix4255]

@@thespanishdetectorist well here in Quebec we have high quality trash too …what we don’t have is hammered coins or gold stater ….but still loads of fun anyway 😉

[@rfbftp123]

18:00 key

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thanks for the suggestion and your visit! ☺️

[@aumetalmental8403]

Broach 🤔

[@roddymcniven8734]

Brooch 😊

[@thespanishdetectorist]

Thank you, yes I think so 👍

[@cherigraham9117]

[@thespanishdetectorist]

💙🎉