April’s Best Finds…

April has been another month of fantastic finds on our social media pages, so once again here is our monthly round up of the best finds from the detecting community. If yours doesn’t feature here… fear not! Make sure you upload your best finds from May to our Facebook and Twitter pages and you may feature in next month’s edition…

On this day in history… 3rd May

Here at Joan Allen we frequently scour the history books and find out what happened on a particular date in history. So take a look below at some of the most interesting things that happened on the 3^rd May throughout human history…

The Best Bit of Advice for New Detectorists…

Last month we thought we would ask our Facebook community what their best piece of advice for new detectorists would be. Some of the suggestions were so good – we’ve blogged about it. Can you think of anymore? Comment underneath and share your knowledge.

Proculus – The “Unwanted” Usurper by Julian Evan-Hart

On Wednesday 10^th April 2013 I finally boarded a train to London in order to meet Colin and Mark -the detectorists who had recently found a very rare Roman coin up in Yorkshire. The reason for this venture was to attend the auction organised by Dix Noonan Webb that was to take place at the Washington Hotel in Mayfair in which this very coin was to be included. Of course this particular coin needs no announcement here as it is the well known and exceedingly rare Antoninianus issue of the Emperor Proculus that has drawn extensive media focus ever since its finding. Amazingly some six months have passed since the discovery in a windswept bleak and very cold Yorkshire field. So now here we all were in London’s West End.  Mark and Colin had earlier decided to visit the British Museum and I went along with them in the last few remaining hours before the auction was scheduled to take place. Whilst at the museum we joked that it was good to see some of “Britain’s Lesser Treasures” before the auction of their in credibly rare coin.  Returning to the hotel at last we were safely seated and the auction began. We sat through hundreds of Ancient Greek coin lots which always seem to be very popular with collectors these days. 

March’s Best Finds…

Another month has gone by in 2013 and yet another month of great finds from the detecting community. Once again, we’re sharing our favourite finds from the previous month from our Facebook and Twitter pages. Would you like to feature next month? Just send in your best finds and they might make our top five!

Vote for your favourite Metal Detecting Video

Back in February we ran a competition for the best metal detecting video. We offered up prizes of £400 (1^st), £200 (2^nd) and £100 (3^rd) to entrants. We had lots of entrants, and whittled the original contenders down to five, of which you can now vote for your favourite video to decide who wins the prizes. We’ve inserted the videos below for ease, and you can then vote via our Facebook competition app. Voting closes Monday 8^th April.

Easter Special Offer

Since Monday we’ve been offering 10% off at the Joan Allen Online Store. This discount applies to all products that we offer and all you need to do is quote the discount code “EASTER10”.

We currently have a variety of special offers available on a variety of detectors, which is in addition to our usual selection of Minelab, Bounty Hunter, Viking, Fisher, Laser detectors, as well as our own brand.

We have recently taken in quite a few second hand detectors and accessories that are available for purchase, although the list on the website is not always extensive so get in touch for what we currently have in stock.

We also offer a wide range of accessories including clothing, probes, digging tools and headphones. For more information on any of these products or this offer, please contact us on 01959 571 255.

My Favourite Metal Detecting Accessory…

Earlier this month we asked our Facebook community what was their favourite metal detecting accessory. Some of the answers we so good – we thought we’d blog about it. So here are our favourites…

On this day in history… March 14th

It’s that time of the month again where here at Joan Allen we take a look back through this particular day in history. Have we missed anything out? Make sure you let us know by commenting below, or contacting us through our Facebook and Twitter pages…

Advice for Metal Detectorists

In this weeks blog we offer our advice and best practice guidelines to those who may be new to the hobby to make sure they don’t end up in any difficulty with local and government authorities.

Protected Sites

Certain sites are protected due to their national and archaeological importance, and as such are protected by regulation. Ensure any site you detect on does not fall foul of any laws that prevent hobbyists from taking out activities on that particular area.