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WWW.KENT-TREASUREHUNTERS.CO.UK
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TRY
THIS LINK TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE FOUND AND SEE OUR
FIELD TESTS CLICK here.
We are no
longer a members club, just a few friends who have a search together
now and then.
The World's Most environment friendly
and rewarding
Hobby
WHY?
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here.
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| This site is now dedicated
to the memory of our best friend and most well loved member
,Alan Petley who sadly passed away in October 2002.We miss
you.
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WELCOME
TO the OLD
Folkestone
metal detector club Web site.
THE CLUB WAS
FORMED OVER 20 YEARS AGO AND HAS HAD MANY INTERESTING AND
HISTORICAL FINDS, INCLUDING THOSE WHICH ARE PICTURED HERE.
ALTHOUGH THE CLUB AS SUCH, NO LONGER EXISTS. THE 3 MAIN
MEMBERS CONTINUE TO SEARCH LOCAL FARMLAND AND BEACHES WITH
VARYING SUCCESS. WE HAVE HAD SOME OF OUR PAST FINDS RECORDED
WITH THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND ALSO HELPED THE LOCAL
ARCHAEOLOGISTS DURING THE BUILDING OF THE CHANNEL TUNNEL A FEW
YEARS AGO.
THE CLUB ENTERED MANY RALLY COMPETITIONS OVER
THE YEARS WINNING A NUMBER OF MAJOR PRIZES, INCLUDING IN 1985
THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB PRIZE.
THE CLUB HAS ALSO FOUND MANY
LOST ITEMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT NO CHARGE.
WE HAVE
A TRIP ONCE A YEAR TO CERTAIN BEACHES IN EUROPE AND ALWAYS
RETURN WITH A LARGE AND INTERESTING BAG OF
FINDS (sites and
techniques used here are our secret and only available to
ourselves due to years of searching and travelling to hundreds
of different sites around Europe)
The club is always
looking for new sites to search, so if you think you may have
treasure buried on your land, near Folkestone or Dover or
anywhere in Kent, we'll have a look for it.
With a 50X50
split on anything valuable, and all finds reported to the land
owner .
E-MAIL:Folkestone
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ALAN
PETLEY,on the right of this picture is
co author of the very funny cartoon book ''the
perils of metal detecting''.
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Sadly Alan Passed away in October 2002
and he will be very much missed by us all. He was a true
ambassador for the hobby, not only did he draw the
cartoons in his book "the perils of metal detecting he
also had many articles in the 2 monthly magazines
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We now dedicate
this site to his memory.
Save
some gold for us old friend !
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The detectors we use are mainly
Minelab and
Whites machines as we find these ideal for
the
areas we search.
Minelab for the
simplicity of use and outstanding
depth and
performance inland and on beaches in and out of
the
water . Whites
for underwater working and
programmable
machines such as the XLT for
more specialist
sites. Please use the links to find
out more
about these machines and other
manufacturers. We have used a number of
different manufacturers machines over the years
all with
their own good points such as the
Compass XP PRO
for working on sites with very
high amounts of junk
but the we found the depth
of finds was not as good
as other
machines. C-Scope probably the most popular
British detector's are also good all-rounder
with a great
selection of detectors to choose
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FREESEARCH
SERVICE
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free recovery service to look for your lost
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Celtic coins
Roman and Celtic Wilf ,the unlucky Minlab . Fisher.
Detector rallys,
Bronze age spear
coins and artefacts. worm ! Compass.
club outings.
medieval weap
Gold jewellery
 
Other Clubs,
Some other finds
Dealers,
to look at.
This site,
More.
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COMMENTS.
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NOTE:
All the finds shown
on these pages are those from the private collections of
present and previous members, all are found in or near
the Folkestone area .I do not know if they are still
owned by the finders or have been subject to any
treasure trove inquests although it is club policy to
abide by all local laws and country side and metal
detector codes of conduct. They are shown here to
represent an interesting variety of what lays beneath
our feet and with a little luck and patience could be
found by anyone with the right knowledge and
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| for more information about anything
shown here please send email toGrahame
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