A very rare clear night this evening so brought out the Vaonis Vespera II and imaged the Veil Nebula and also tried out the Covalens to get a wider view of this complex region. Only a 10 minute attempt on a target set that requires at least 60 minutes to gather more nebulosity and detail. But for testing this proved very capable.
It has been a good couple of years alongside amazing company and have discovered some lovely finds. From a Bronze age socketed axe head dating to 1000BC through to 2nd/3rd Century Roman, on to pre-medieval all the way up to present day. Coins, spindle whorl’s, musketballs, a Roman fibula, buttons galore (inc several livery buttons), pocket watch winders, a partial crotal bell, buckles dating back to Roman. It has been an absolutely amazing journey. The Roman collection …
An absolutely amazing Christmas function last night with the metal detecting group Wolds Detecting. Our main aim is the support of Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) and collectively raising monies together while having fun at the same time. I was totally surprised to receive a little trophy but I do need to emphasize this is a group effort as every single member chips in to support this worthy cause. The YAA rep who attended our event confirmed the amount we have…
George iii 1/3 guinea dated 1800, along with Wolds Detecting
Managed an id on one of the Romans. Emperor: Valens Date: 364~378 Coin: Nummus Coin has the legend “SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE” (Safety of the State)
Anglo Saxon Spindle Whorl (complete) 500~1000AD.
After about 6 weeks of testing and close on 100 acres, my custom program for the XP Deus 2 metal detector has been upgraded and revamped from 3 tones to 5 tones. Running well on software version 2.0, not tried it on 3.x as of yet. I have found it very good at recognising foil scrap which comes up between 40~49 VDI and has a separate tone (so you can hear and recognise knowing to avoid). Already found 3 hammys,…
The saying “a field is never done” is so true. Just covered one third of a 20 acre field (roughly) and in the past I had only ever found a few of bullets/casings, some buttons and a couple of toasted 19th century coins. Today, I only left the field as dinner time was calling but from buckles, to ornate buttons to a possible lead seal with Egginton Dairy stamped on and a broken silver hammered James I penny (1604~1619) Not…
Really pleased with the AWK Cobweb from Pawel, really well built and quality parts. While it did take almost a full day to build, the antenna was light enough to single handedly lift 6ft high (to fix onto the antenna mast). While not at the perfect height, I have made contacts on all bands from 6m~40m and all tuned perfectly with the rig ATU. Results on data modes are encouraging (even though only 8ft above the patio at the moment).
Using a housing from AllSkye Optics (brilliant) and an ASI178MC camera it has opened up an opportunity for remote captures of meteors, ISS and satellite flares.