SecretLeeds - History, culture and architecture in Leeds

does anybody know any interesting place in and around leeds to metal detect, would love to find new history about our great city. just like the our famous historian ralph thoresby

There was already a metal detecting thread on here from a couple of years ago. Not a great deal of stuff but it is at....http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... ighLight=1

ah yes thanks salt n pepper, not too much interest in the hobby on here which is a shame. im off this week somewhere but i need to do more research before setting off.

Remember there are no “UNOWNED “pieces of property! Whether it is owned by an individual, a town, city or county the property is owned by someone so make sure you know who owns it and who is responsible for granting permission before you attempt to detect it.

its ok chrism ive been detecting quite a few years now, i started on ilkley moor but didnt have a clue who owned it? maybe bcc? but i do always ask permission from the farmer nowadays. first find was an old 10p then what i thought were 3 axe heads but turned out to be wedges from the grainings quarry in the 50's still awesome though

Seem to recall Ilkley Moor was Yorkshire Water.For such an esteemed 'historian' I like the way Thoresby in 1702 'blagged' a load of Roman Stuff from Adel:-"...so great was the quantity of material recovered from the ground that Thoresby was able to take home two cartloads of it. Amongst the objects which he notes are inscribed tombstones, pottery, structural masonry, querns, coins and part of a large aqueduct. Perhaps the most striking find of all was the statue of a male figure which Thoresby believed to have been that of a soldier, rather than a representation of a deity. This was broken up by a workman believing that it would contain treasure..."

some of the adel finds are in leeds museum which are great, id love to have been an historian back in those days 'finders keepers' might be worth trying to ask to detect some land around that site but the farmers abit grumpy so another thread reads. whats the oldest find anyones found on here? doesnt have to be by a metal detector

i will try to upload some pics of my oldest finds so hope this works