Weapons sweep with London’s Metropolitan Police
Like many in the detectorist community who are always ready to lend a hand, we at the DIF were delighted to assist when asked to help with a weapons sweep. Though in the back of our minds, who’s to say what we might find on these historic lands?
Flanders – A Detectorist and Archaeologist Collaboration
Across many countries, examples are growing of partnerships between archaeologists and detectorists. Leuven, with its history as the site of a Viking defeat by a Frankish king in 891 and its status as a university city since 1425, is an ideal venue to host such a collaborative event.
A Coin Conundrum…
One of the real values for detectorists often lies in uncovering the personalised stories behind their finds, connecting them to historical events and people, enriching their understanding of the past
Alix Smith – Roman Sorviodunum (Old Sarum)
Alix an Advisory Board Member of The DIF, joined Salisbury Museum as a volunteer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme 2019 and is now Finds Liaison Assistant for Wiltshire
A Detectorists Definition…
While metal detectorists focus primarily on locating metal objects, detectorists broadly search for artifacts of any material to gather comprehensive dating evidence and historical context.
Time Team’s Keith Westcott welcomes the NCMD to Sutton Hoo
In a departure from the traditional three-day format, a future episode of Time Team TV will feature a month-long dig at Sutton Hoo. Keith, as the Detecting Team Manager, scheduled the detecting survey team and invited the NCMD Executive Team to participate in the project.
The DIF’s Advisory Board Member – Tom Redmayne
Tom is the UK’s most prolific self-recorder having currently produced over 1100 records: An invitation to key representatives of the UK metal detecting organisations to attend a “Finds recording day” at the British Museum.
Funditores: Roman Sling Bearers
Coming Soon… The distinct whistle of some types of Roman slingshots certainly stirs the imagination, but how many detectorists would recognise these uniquely shaped lead bullets.
Denmark’s Arne Hertz – introducing the DIME app
Coming soon… The majority of danish medieval artefacts are treasure. To facilitate recording finds we have the app DIME and webpage metaldetektorfund.dk. The is app is also the detectorists Swiss army knife including maps etc.
Utilising Artefacts as Chronological Markers in Geophysical Surveys
Coming Soon… This is a tale of two sites. They have both had metal detecting and magnetometry surveys. The question is the extent to which metal detecting has assisted locating and understanding these sites
