and what a wonderful story the land has to tell!<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n I\u2019ve wanted a metal detector since I was a boy, reading comic books and dreaming of lost pirate treasure. When I finally received one for my birthday a few years ago, I couldn\u2019t wait to get started. Of course, you can\u2019t just run outside and start digging\u2014there are permissions, memberships, and national databases to navigate. But those necessary steps are simply the groundwork for a far more rewarding adventure.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n I should tell you right away that you won’t find Roman hoards, Spanish pieces of eight, or gold bullion on this blog. What you will find are the real treasures: the everyday bits and pieces of life from centuries gone by. A simple coin, a broken bit of pottery, a humble button\u2014each one is a fascinating artifact that hasn’t seen the light of day in a hundred years or more. My imagination runs rampant as I try to piece together the life of the person who once owned it, and how it came to rest just beneath my feet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n I hope you find these stories as interesting as I do.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n My detecting journey, “Every Find Tells a Story” is now available in the Dun Valley Magazine!<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" and what a wonderful story the land has to tell! I\u2019ve wanted a metal detector since I was a boy, reading comic books and dreaming of lost pirate treasure. When I finally received one for my birthday a few years ago, I couldn\u2019t wait to get started. Of course, you can\u2019t just run outside and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8539","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PDxlf-2dJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8539"}],"version-history":[{"count":192,"href":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15012,"href":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8539\/revisions\/15012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Find 1: Pewter school bell<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 2: A glimpse of Roman turmoil<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 3: The Bovine Barrier<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 4: The Glorious First of June<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 5: First Hole Silver!<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 6: The Highs and Lows of Metal Detecting<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 7: Laundry Day, 1936 <\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 8: The Dagger out of Time<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 9: The Weight of the Mystery<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 10: Nearly 3 grams, nearly 4 millennia<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 11: A scattering of Shot<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 12:\u00a0No Longer Child’s Play<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 13: Girl Guide Pixie Promise Badge<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 14: Thimbles of the Grimstead Oak<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 15: The Soho Survivor<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 16: The Great Recoinage of William III<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 17: The Thimble in my Palm<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 18: The Watchful Eye<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 19: A Florin’s a Florin!<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 20: A Chip off the Ol’ Flint<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 21: A Tiny Toggle<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 22: The Master’s Mark<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 23: Just a Jetton<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 24: The City in the Country<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 25: The Emerald in the Earth<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 26: The Clasp Maketh the Garb<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 27: The Purloined Purse Bar<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 28: Double Gilt Double Buttons<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 29: Found Ring, Found Wanting<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 30: The Master’s Silence<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 31: The Light-bearer’s Loss<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 32: The House of Constantine<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 33: A Storied Sixpence<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 34: A prefab plaque of Pratten & Co.<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Find 35: The Monastic Tinkerer<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 36: A Mouldy Mystery<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 37: Relic or Replica?<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 38: A Final Gift from a Grimstead Field<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 39: Off the Hook<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 40: Fit for a Bishop<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
FInd 41: The Lost Flight of GB96<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 42: A Simple Pattern of Pattens<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 43: Two Elizabeths and a Thruppence<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 44: A Wee Dram of History<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 45: Lead in Prayer<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 46: \u00a0A Matter of Scale<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 47: Fastened in Time<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 48: Sound of the Ages<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 49: Tokens of Faith<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
Find 50: The Healers of the Fields<\/a><\/h4>\r\n