New Posts For Thread: Metal detecting around Stone Hengehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-hengeare there any rules against this? TIAI didn't think Gold had been invented when Stonehenge was builthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-henge?post_id=541516933#541516933I didn't think Gold had been invented when Stonehenge was builtThu, 18 Sep 2014 23:30:18 -0500This was the best find in recent years...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_Hoard''Gold artefacts were discovered by Terry Herbert on 5 July 2009, when he was searching an area of recently ploughed farmland near Hammerwich, Staffordshire withhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-henge?post_id=541516585#541516585This was the best find in recent years...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_Hoard''Gold artefacts were discovered by Terry Herbert on 5 July 2009, when he was searching an area of recently ploughed farmland near Hammerwich, Staffordshire withThu, 18 Sep 2014 22:38:00 -0500Stonehenge would be about the last place in the world worth doing any metal detecting. It's essentially a stone age site , and the arrival of the bronze age in Britain seems to coincide with people no longer bothering with the place .Also unlikely thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-henge?post_id=541516553#541516553Stonehenge would be about the last place in the world worth doing any metal detecting. It's essentially a stone age site , and the arrival of the bronze age in Britain seems to coincide with people no longer bothering with the place .Also unlikely tThu, 18 Sep 2014 22:33:51 -0500Suppose they had to stop people crawling all over the stones as they are crumbling without help from joe public...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-henge?post_id=541510663#541510663Suppose they had to stop people crawling all over the stones as they are crumbling without help from joe public...Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:57:29 -0500Was only born 74. Last time I went was about ten years ago and was as you described.A metal detector was all I wanted aged 10 or so. Not sure about the rules on farm land in general. Will check that site out.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-henge?post_id=541510621#541510621Was only born 74. Last time I went was about ten years ago and was as you described.A metal detector was all I wanted aged 10 or so. Not sure about the rules on farm land in general. Will check that site out.Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:55:04 -0500https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/This lot will give you the full run down about what you can and can't do,all belongs to the crown does it not....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-henge?post_id=541510411#541510411https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/This lot will give you the full run down about what you can and can't do,all belongs to the crown does it not....Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:46:12 -0500Went with the school in the 70's climbed all over them all day ,now you are only allowed to look from a distancehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-henge?post_id=541510371#541510371Went with the school in the 70's climbed all over them all day ,now you are only allowed to look from a distanceThu, 18 Sep 2014 14:44:15 -0500thanks 11kv. ten years it took to move the stones to site.And ten more years for 10 masons to craft them to shape and into the white stone that was seen at the time. great stuff.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-henge?post_id=541510337#541510337thanks 11kv. ten years it took to move the stones to site.And ten more years for 10 masons to craft them to shape and into the white stone that was seen at the time. great stuff.Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:42:33 -0500Illicit metal detecting, also known as 'nighthawking'is a form of thefthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-henge?post_id=541510225#541510225Illicit metal detecting, also known as 'nighthawking'is a form of theftThu, 18 Sep 2014 14:36:39 -0500no as long as your ten miles awayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30351221/metal-detecting-around-stone-henge?post_id=541510191#541510191no as long as your ten miles awayThu, 18 Sep 2014 14:35:35 -0500