<p><strong>A day off and an early start was needed for the days hunt as heavy rain was forecast for later on in the day.</strong> The very first signal and find of the day was the 1817 George 3rd silver shilling which set me up for the day nicely. A couple of worn Georgian coppers later and a brief stop due to some heavy rain and I found my first ever 'mini-hoard'. A good signal on the E-TRAC resulted in a £1 coin but the signals just kept on coming and I ended up with 5 x £1 coins, 1 x £2 coin and 26p in loose change all from one hole - just a shame they were all modern coins.</p> <p>The finds kept on coming, including a 1937 George 6th ship half-penny but they were mostly worn coins and buttons but one hole did have a clay pipe bowl in it which I normally only find in London on the River Thames foreshore whilst out mudlarking. The decorative buckle was next but I only managed to recover just over half which was a shame. The rain then started to move in and get heavy and so I had to call it a day. Not very old finds were discovered but I'll be back.</p>