Research buddy required

[Toto]

Hi,

I'm new to the forum and stay in Edinburgh.

I'm enjoying reading up generally on the many facets of detecting but in order to actually get your hands dirty, you need to get a couple of permissions under your belt. ( pretty obvious ).

I have not bought anything as yet and dont intend to until I have some sites secured. As much as I could do beaches, I would rather have at least one or two land permissions sewn up as that is where my heart lies.

I could try the scattergun approach but again, if you have a certain interest on your radar then you may as well focus your search on areas where previous activity will reap a better chance of rewards.

So, for me my initial interest is military finds and coinage. I have started my research generally looking at historical events in Scotland through the ages and particular areas and will start to focus on more specific areas to search in order to identify particular parcels of land and owners through the land registry.

Libraries and museums will probably be my main sources of cannon fodder to assist my searches as well as books which I am starting to accumulate. ( I am a book fiend).

As I piece together the jigsaw of materials, I will be starting to consider my approach to the relevant owners etc. However, I do expect this to take time. ........ Is there anyone within a reasonable distance who would be interested in buddying up for the research element of things maybe sharing visits to the libraries / museums etc and enjoying the shared interest whilst they await there first permissions to take shape.

I know it may not be everyone's cup of tea ....... the research slog part but I think it's part of the bigger hobby. So in ths absence of having somewhere to detect, you can still enjoy participation and make a few friends/ contacts along the way.

I have had some research experience through my university studies years ago so hopefully the old grey matter has not completely seized since graduating some 20 years ago.

If anyone is of the slightest bit interested, feel free to respond or PM me and we can arrange something over a coffee somewhere.

The good thing about the above is that it can keep the enthusiasm alive whilst seeking out your permissions etc. Two heads are sometimes better than one and I am sure that I would be a contributor.

Cheers for now

Toto

[Duncanmagoo]

If I wasn’t so damned far away I’d give it a go……but alas.

There’s a plethora of stuff off the net that may help you. From LIDAR imaging, simple google earth photos and one I refer to a lot is Arch.

People on here are just so helpful…..I’m sure a few more suggestions will come your way.

Oh and before I forget there are quite often personal accounts of people throughout the various war. They tend to know where bombs dropped, where people amassed, and in the countryside, on of my favourites so far, where the planes flying in where damaged and didn’t know if their gear worked. There is an old man, now passed bless him, that retailed me with stories of when he was a young boy, the spits and bombers would be incoming and going, thousands in the air at any given time. But when they heard the old Bedford flat bead truck rush past the end of the street, they new that a plane was inbound to crash land. The flat bed was for any salvageable spare parts they could recover. He regailed me with a few stories over the years. Some I’ve managed to quantify and others not so lucky. Now I just need the permission. Next time I meet up with the farmer it’s gonna cost me a couple of beverages lol

[Toto]

Thanks for that Duncanmagoo.

The stories must have been fantastic to listen to. It's a shame that the witnesses to them are getting fewer and fewer. I suppose it champions the case for recording what is found and feeding into the bigger picture.

I'll certainly look into the online references. I think that is the way things are going due to the sheer volume of what's out there once you know where to look. Still cant beat a good book though.

Cheers

Toto

[DOGMAN]

My wife and I met in the Scottish Detecting Club as it was called back then in Edinburgh 1989.
Still together after all this time.

[Toto]

I met my other half at college before going onto University in 1994. Still together but never married. Mmmmm dont like rushing things.

Didn't take a detector to find her either.

Toto