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Alasdair McNeill's avatar

Really interesting, Rebecca. I had a Thames foreshore permit for years and never found one single Roman winged goddess or solid gold Saxon sword - mostly a few broken clay pipes and the odd rusty supermarket trolley. Maybe I should try the metal detecting. Or just give up?!

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Rebecca Darley's avatar

Congratulations on even having the permit. From what I hear, they are rarer than winged Roman goddesses!! Far be it from me to advise on the best way to spend a weekend, but I believe that mud is more optional with metal detecting. For me, I'll go find my antiquities in the museum after somebody else has done the back-breaking part :).

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Alasdair McNeill's avatar

To be honest I’m a bit like that these days - I lost my permit in last year’s reorganisation of the application process and am about 8 billionth in the queue for a new one so will have to just concentrate on other things. Like just going to a museum to see things 😂

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