Hi Homegrown.
All the moorland on Moleside and parts of Hambledon were regarded as common land, until one day I was up there a heck of a long time back and there were survey makers all over the place, turns out due to some old law that the land could be claimed by them in the know, and it was, but the present landowners live so far away that I doubt if they would ever know you'd been there. Try the area around what is known as the gambling caves. I used to go up there in the late 1940's and early 1950's with a dog and a gun, every weekend there would be blokes tossing coins, six blokes would be on lookout for the police and if they saw any one who looked suspicious they would all scatter. They never bothered about me being there. There must be loads of money and other stuff in the ground around there.
Retlaw
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Originally Posted by Home Grown
Wow that dating info is really interesting as it ties in with some historical research I have done regarding the site I detect on with my friend nr Haslingden - not that we have had any finds from there to coroberate our research yet.
The main problem with metal detecting is that there is not an inch of land in the country that isn't owned by someone, and it's illegal to detect without permission from the landowner - so it's not like you can just go to some old quarry or clough and start detecting - much as you can be tempted to do so. For instance, you are perfectly at liberty to swing your detector on a public footpath, but the minute you put your spade in the ground to dig up a likely signal you are breaking the law - unless the landowner has given you prior permission.
It's frustrating because there is so much land out there and so much history under our feet just waiting to be discovered.
Home Grown
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