DETECTING a long lost TRACK to a MEDIEVAL CASTLE over 800 years old with the XP DEUS 2

Рет қаралды 16,600

6 ай бұрын

Another day on the fields of Perthshire and a return to the old medieval trackway leading to the 11th century fort.
Best of all the field has been deep ploughed for the first time in five or six years, but will it pull up any new finds?!?
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@AtTheLake91 6 ай бұрын

I’ve watched several detectorist channels. Yours is the only one I stick with. You’re no dummy, you’ve got great permissions and you’re funny! Your patience is remarkable

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words and support and I’m glad you’re enjoying . Best wishes and see you on the the next dig

@johncrouch1174 6 ай бұрын

I have to agree on that mate. There are many rubbish Videos doing the rounds, but these ones are some of the best, so keep them coming.

@helenallen4956 6 ай бұрын

Totally agree. He is the best! So informative with his history! 😀👍❤️

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

@@helenallen4956 aww thanks ☺️

@carolynmartin5336 5 ай бұрын

I feel bereft when the fields are frozen.😃

@maureenhovey4305 6 ай бұрын

Happy day! Loving the finds, even the "junk". Really appreciate how you edit the coins to show how they would have originally looked. 😊 Take care!❤

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks Maureen. Lots more work to edit but you and others really enjoy it so well worth doing!! Best wishes

@laurieleannie 6 ай бұрын

Agreed. I love the “junk”!

@womanatthewheel 6 ай бұрын

It just occurred to me when you found the Victorian penny that I could see Victoria's face and recognized it for what it was... Since I started watching your videos I've gotten vastly more familiar with your historical currency, so thank you for the interesting and painless education. Before, I only had a vague awareness of some coins I brought back after a visit to England and Scotland in the late 80s. It's kind of ironic too, that if I could find a coin of the same general age as your Victoria penny here in Oklahoma it would be a true oddity, as this part of the US wasn't really "settled" until the late 1870s and older coins are extremely rare. My own oldest is a 1879 Morgan silver dollar, and I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when I found that one.... anyway, thanks much for another good video.

@terryt.1643 6 ай бұрын

John found a Morgan once but then lost it in the field somehow. I hope he finds it again because our coins of course are rare over there and it was a fun find. I do enjoy watching him detect because they have a long history in Scotland and thus a greater range of finds.

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks for taking the time to comment!! Yes we are certainly blessed with even our ‘modern’ finds and any field could potentially produce a find of hundreds and even thousands of years old 😮 it certainly encourages me to keep going out!!! Glad you’ve been learning about our coinage. I got a Morgan Dollar last year. What a coin!! It was 19th century too and a rare mint mark but I forget which! Happy hunting!!

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Well remembered Terry! I did find it!! About a month later and after three or four attempts. First coin I’ve ever found twice 😝

@womanatthewheel 6 ай бұрын

They're so fun to find! I saw those episodes, pretty sure he did refind it! @@terryt.1643

@womanatthewheel 6 ай бұрын

I remember your Morgan well, and was properly horrified when you discovered you had lost it.😅I'm very glad you re-found it later. If I recall it may have been a Carson City mint mark. Looking forward to your future videos and more awesome finds, thanks very much! @@thescottishdetectorist

@dgb56bgd 6 ай бұрын

Blessings, my Scottish Detectorist friend, from this old man in Tennessee. Thanks for bringing a little joy into my day. Awesome coins, as always. This trackway seems like a grand permission.

@danielruiz9899 6 ай бұрын

Great Job John Thanks!

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind generosity! Much appreciated. I shall convert it to one point of beer 🍺 ASAP!! Isn’t inflation a killer…. From one penny a point to 500 pennies a pint!!🍺 cheers

@tanjamorris5647 6 ай бұрын

Not too shabby. I just know that silver is just around the corner. Keep at it, it’s too much fun watching you.

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Thanks tanja. Can’t believe how elusive silver is being given the run I was on before !! Better days ahead

@jeffbrown4382 6 ай бұрын

Great day. I quite liked the shoe buckle. Some farmer was big pimping in those shoes! LOL

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeff😂 Definitely a man trying to impress that’s for sure 🤣 style and fashion on the fields of Perthshire

@bonnerdebbie 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful finds, especially for only 2 1/2 hours. Thanks John, have an awesome day!

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Debbie. Fingers crossed silver on the horizon one day!!

@grandmakellymcdonald 6 ай бұрын

Let’s go let’s go treasure and adventure 💕🇺🇸✌️🌺👵

@terryt.1643 6 ай бұрын

Always fun to see your videos pop up. A nice break for me from the tasks at hand. I do enjoy you coin fades in/out because it really helps me see the old currency. 🥰💕❤️👍

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks Terry. Lots of extra work to do the fades but seems well worth it!! Many thanks

@ouzalghost8411 6 ай бұрын

I know I may sound like a bit of an anorak but what I liked best today was to back style button in perfect condition and the shoe buckle. It certainly looks like an interesting permission you’ve found there John, an excellent video as usual cheers pal.

@thescottishdetectorist 5 ай бұрын

Many thanks Ouzal 👻 hopefully much more to come!!

@clairewall 5 ай бұрын

Just reading some comments, John. I have to agree re the coin fade in/out. I'm loving it. Sorry if it's extra work, but it really is worth it from a viewers perspective. Thank you so much. Still loving watching all of your digs. ❤

@AlterMann57 6 ай бұрын

Another decent day in the fields of Perthshire for you John. I'd like to see you get an upgrade, because if you don't, those jammy swines will be finding the great relics and coins while you continue finding aluminium!

@davidlewis9068 6 ай бұрын

Another nice hunt. Even your slow find days are awesome

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Much appreciated David. Hopefully some great days ahead

@Causemoi 6 ай бұрын

Always a pleasant surprise when I open up my KZfaq and see a new video from John! Tell your wife I thank her for letting you go out to play in the dirt, from Paul in Colorado!

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks Paul. Hope it was enjoyable! Thanks for watching

@seisobs1 6 ай бұрын

Nice finds John, as you say,' A field is never done ' keep going back, the gold gods are smiling on you.

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

I can’t believe how many targets there were. Just shows you !! Fingers crossed some silver would be nice, gold would be even better hahaha 🤣

@shortyrogers2244 6 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed for some silver. Just a matter of time, John. Love your channels.

@Magnet.M.A.D 6 ай бұрын

Hey John. Great video as usual. I love the half a shoe buckle. I’d love to hear an update on it at some time in the future. Jacobean, wouldn’t that be amazing 😊

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks! Would have been a phenomenal buckle. Maybe the other half will turn up at some point. I’ll report back what the museum says when I hear! Best wishes

@MichaelOrd 6 ай бұрын

Cracking video again and nearly at 40k now. Well deserved and 1 day il get an invite 😊

@jrod9560 6 ай бұрын

It would be so hard to walk away and not keep detecting! Great Video as always.

@matthewgrice6902 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video

@jahmellesherman8224 6 ай бұрын

There sure was a lot of Georgians dancing their buckles and buttons off in that trackway 😂

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

A busy old place!! Clearly they weren’t much use with a needle and thread!!

@Fred-tr8zg 5 ай бұрын

Not a bad hunt I enjoyed the video 🇺🇸

@donreed417 6 ай бұрын

Good hunt as always John. I was hoping you'd find a gold coin to make the other guys wish they'd went.

@patty4091 6 ай бұрын

Good to see you, some good finds.

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks for watching

@donaldrutter1738 6 ай бұрын

Howdy John. Those are some cool finds thanks for sharing.

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks Donald. Much appreciated

@happymack6605 6 ай бұрын

40k is getting so close! So happy for you! (Yes, I was off a bit with the date of 50k, but I don’t think by much) 😊🎉

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks, hard to believe what a difference a year can make!

@C.R.T.mountainhomestead 6 ай бұрын

Great video, as always. I really love the historical knowledge you share with the finds! I got my first detector a couple of weeks ago, and went on my first adventure yesterday. It was in the back yard of my house, and my very first ever find was a valve stem cap, circa 21st century!!! 😂

@davidstrother496 6 ай бұрын

That was a nice rainy day dig, John. 1600's era stuff would always be great in my book. Cheers from Texas.

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks David. Yes, quite something to be able to get those kinds of era of coins in just a few hours. Martyn went out on his own yesterday and got six!!

@peterholloway7894 6 ай бұрын

Really love your channel and energy, your our first port of call for detecting. We would love to see how it’s done superimposing a coins original markings over one just dug, I’m sure it would make an interesting video. Thanks for all your hard work John. Pete.

@DigginitwestofEngland 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant video again, you've inspired us, always welcome to come to bristol detecting with us.❤

@alanthomson97 6 ай бұрын

Looks like a field of plenty. There's so many little places & little old monk monasteries I've had the pleasure to roam around when slating farm house all around Sutherland, Strathy, Helmsdale & Betty hill. My dad would always get invited bk for wee family holidays by land owners & I've always wanted to go bk to ask if I can detect there land since picking up the metal detecting. Just something that's always stuck in my mind when meeting & seeing the land owners and fields. Farm friends all around Drymen that I will be on this yr & will be documenting.

@glendamears3618 6 ай бұрын

The turner is lovely 😊

@kimberlymolitor354 6 ай бұрын

Silver next time ?? Hoping so! Great couple hours worth of goodies though! Stay well❤❤❤

@delsmith7725 6 ай бұрын

Not bad at all John. Living the dream. I was hoping to get on my 1st dig with my club Saturday but they're fully booked up 🙄. Been a couple of months out the game now as working nights. 2 weeks off but I have a wee field to finish on my own permission so will be turning my clock around and getting out there. Always a pleasure to watch you and the guys in the magical fields of Perthshire. All the best 😉

@shooterjohn7163 6 ай бұрын

John I wish we had coins as old as you do. My part of the country became a state in 1848 though I find the occasional older coin that made its way out here. I do enjoy your narrations as you go. We don’t even find many buttons. They must have used toggles instead. 😂Thank you for taking us along on your hunts… John

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks John. Glad you enjoyed. We are certainly blessed when it comes to history that’s for sure!! Any field could potentially yield an object three or four thousand years old…. So every dig…. You just never know 😮

@sjohnson1776 6 ай бұрын

Great finds! I had surgery on my left knee just today so I'm now expecting to be back out with the nox900 soon....just in time for some warmer weather. Thanks for bringing us along!

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Speedy recovery and happy hunting!!!

@rv646 6 ай бұрын

Here from Texas USA enjoy you show a lot. Watch it all the time. You make some nice finds. Keep swinging and be safe from the great state of Texas.

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks! Glad you’re enjoying and see you on the next dig

@paulinesalinas9443 6 ай бұрын

I’d be well pleased finding that lot in 2.5hrs! Great selection John with knowledgeable info too - even with the buttons! Thanks for the readings - we like to see what number your finds are on and try to guess what it might be too 😂. Still not tried the 2.0 yet so waiting to see how you find it? 👍

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Pauline. I think I’ll go for the 2.0 and see what happens. I know Pete struggles but Albert is on fire with his with over 50 silvers and Martyn with just three outings seems to be going great with it!

@AlbertD711 6 ай бұрын

Some interesting finds. I really appreciate that you tell us the buying power of the coins you found find.

@calliecooke1817 6 ай бұрын

Two William III's. Brilliant!!

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Turns out they are both Charles II! So even older by 3 to 23 years versus William III 😮

@PrimalVarietyYTC 6 ай бұрын

I just stumbled across your channel and it’s absolutely brilliant!! I really like how you superimpose what the coin would look like on top of the coin that you find. I never thought about doing that. I just don’t know how to track it like you do. I don’t know how you can keep the coin picture on top of the one that you found when they’re moving around but oh well I think it’s awesome. Definitely going to subscribe. Can’t wait to watch more.

@48thstateprospecting 6 ай бұрын

Not bad at all for sure it makes me wonder what could be found if 12 inches of soil were removed and you could get down to where all the artifacts have settled🤩 thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

I’d love to get a digger on the Roman field and skim some land off…. Farmer wouldn’t have it though!! But I can dream

@user-su7ho1db5j 6 ай бұрын

The penny you found, we used to call them Honolulu pennies as the trident is resting on her (wait for it) lulu😅

@iainlilly3277 6 ай бұрын

I saw you in the filed on sunday... i should have popped over to say hello

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Now I can’t even remember if i was detecting on Sunday 🤣 old age coming to me gracefully

@davewilson9738 6 ай бұрын

Great buttons again John! Any news on the history of that love token you dug last year?

@naztubes 6 ай бұрын

Got to be more in that vast area, deep ploughed with all the history. Just got to walk over it I guess!

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Pete and Martyn have both been out on their own for a few hours. Martyn got 9 coins in two hours including 6 from the 1600’s and Pete got ten coins including double silver and two 1600’s coins …. So there should be plenty more to come!

@naztubes 6 ай бұрын

@@thescottishdetectoristSounds juicy. Can't wait to see what you can find on your next visit mate 👍

@cincyjohn69 6 ай бұрын

I love getting this notification!

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks Hope you enjoy

@marilyngianadda1661 6 ай бұрын

John there was a second target in that clod!!!??? The first one!

@TheBlueMoo 6 ай бұрын

When you upgrade your detector, you should keep the old one in your car. That way the next time you forget the new one, you'll have a spare! 😄

@sniddley 6 ай бұрын

Great finds again John. Any suggestions for books on early UK buttons?, Thanks! Kevin

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks. I don’t actually have one, just do most of it online

@bryanb1259 6 ай бұрын

👍👍❤️

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@andyc750 6 ай бұрын

just for info Tombac is the material the buttons are made from, a copper alloy pretty much similar to brass

@cook13doodle16 6 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed

@alanlucas2886 6 ай бұрын

ho dear john you saying we got the good the bad and you haha

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Hahaha 🤣

@alanlucas2886 6 ай бұрын

due due john dont feel bad you had gold gilged tho thanks for another good video

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Alan

@alanlucas2886 6 ай бұрын

@@thescottishdetectorist always john

@erinmcgrathejm4985 6 ай бұрын

Great day! (Except for not finding silver)

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Erin. Yes, alas silver eludes me! 😢but I’ll keep on trying

@spodbw1 6 ай бұрын

I go detecting and usually come back dejected and question my hobby, then i watch one of vlogs get my hunger back and cant wait to get back out.

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Where do you detect? And what machine do you have? You’ve just got to stick at it and try and get good historical land!! Keep at it

@spodbw1 6 ай бұрын

@thescottishdetectorist I'm in west cumbria, loads of history but I must be the most unlucky detecterist ever 🙈

@thescottishdetectorist 5 ай бұрын

You have to stick at it! You’ll get there eventually!! Happy hunting

@johnkallanainsworth41 6 ай бұрын

Love the vids. How do you find your information on the land your detecting on? Would love to research more into my local area/ land I have permission but can only find limited information

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks John. Old maps and the local library. In Scotland we have lots of old editions of Ecclesiastical Accounts and whilst they often have to be taken with a pinch of salt it’s possible to glean some great info from them. Online resources such as past map and Canmore are invaluable, study crop marks on bing maps and google maps. Old roads and boundaries are often very clear in barley or wheat fields, the main crop here. Local knowledge too! Happy hunting

@laurieleannie 6 ай бұрын

As always, really enjoyed your video! I wonder if the shoe buckle is something else from the medieval period? I’m obviously just guessing. The Charles II appears that it could have been a love token? My imagination goes crazy watching you! 😂 I don’t know how to detect but the custom settings you were using seemed to work for some nice deeper targets. Does the program you use depend on the ground you are on? Or how wet the soil is? Thanks again! ❤

@invisiblegypsy1328 6 ай бұрын

Was it Albert that found the 'bullock's 'ead 'andle? I just remembered my Dad, Albert used to tell us the ditty of 'the 'osses 'ead 'andle" . Funny in my mind.

@tonyat8663 6 ай бұрын

I’m not sure it’s a shoe buckle frame. I haven’t seen one that is split or separated like that on the one end (it seems intentional), plus the back seems weird? It’s an old something fancy. Nice video!

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

I’ll report it to the museum and then will report back if I hear anything! Many thanks

@ukaszkaczmarek1341 5 ай бұрын

Pozdrowienia z Polski 😊

@user-myDeus24ever 6 ай бұрын

Love your videos, I’m pretty new to the xp deus 2 just wondering if I should update to 2.0 I’m using the 1.1 now

@alanlucas2886 6 ай бұрын

hi john boy im here lol

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Nice to see you Alan

@alanlucas2886 6 ай бұрын

@@thescottishdetectorist im still here john lol love your videos tho

@guyj3025 6 ай бұрын

17thC for the shoe buckle I would say

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Excellent!! Thought it looked a bit older than the usual Georgian

@HighlandDiamond 6 ай бұрын

Not bad for 2.5 hrs work 👍

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Amen!! I just wish Scotland hadn’t debased their hammered coins …. Every turned would be hammered silver…. I’d be in heaven!

@The-skillschool 5 ай бұрын

Where's your MI-6 man 😀

@alanlucas2886 6 ай бұрын

question john whats happing with the new dells deep scan you was on onabout last year please

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Good question Alan. December I couldn’t do it because of work commitments and a bad knee. January cancelled because of frozen ground. Might get lucky for March but apparently turning cold again in February but I’ll get it when I’ve a 10-14day weather window to use it. Best wishes

@alanlucas2886 6 ай бұрын

@@thescottishdetectorist yes john i was just wondering about it tho you not said thanks

@alanlucas2886 6 ай бұрын

see i remember john lol old age lol

@kevinallen9009 6 ай бұрын

I am amazed how close you rest your detector to the hole you dig. I have to have at least twice that distance or either my pinpointer will go off from my detector, or my detector will sound off. I don’t understand how you can do that. Do you have your Garrett pinpointer very desensitized? Even so, why isn’t your detector sounding off. I have a whites TRX pinpointer and a minlab exquinox 800. Great video as always. I noticed most of your finds looked to be fairly shallow which is really nice as the digger👍

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Hi Kevin. I’ve got the pinpointer on it’s lowest setting from being on a heavily mineralised field before Christmas but also when I’m on my knees the microphone is much further away and I’m wearing headphones, it does often beep, but you just won’t hear it! Most of these targets were pretty shallow, but I can assure you as is often the way, the deep iron and tin cans that don’t make the video usually come out at 10 inches plus!! 🤣

@kevinallen9009 6 ай бұрын

@@thescottishdetectorist thanks so much for your explanation , makes sense now

@thescottishdetectorist 5 ай бұрын

My pleasure

@kimjameson7979 6 ай бұрын

Do you GPS record your finds, John? Just curious.

@Jennifer.A1 6 ай бұрын

Everyday is a good day on the fields of Perthshire! Silver is coming…😂

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Jennifer…. I’m dreaming of silver in my sleep and not finding it on the fields haha 😜

@90jb11 6 ай бұрын

How are you finding all this history? Ive got a fair amount of permission but the only maps i can find or writen information goes back to 1800 thats as far as i can get.😢 love your videos

@davidlewis9068 6 ай бұрын

He is a tour guide too, so he is very knowledgeable.

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Lots of research. Local hearsay. Old maps both online and at the museum. The road was there on a map from 1810 and vanishes on the 1900/1920 map and it goes right to medieval fort, and I mean to the front door! and that fort dates to the late 11th, early 12th century Stick at it and happy hunting

@90jb11 6 ай бұрын

@thescottishdetectorist thanks for your reply. I will keep researching. I found a Henry 5th full noble on one of my fields, so when harvest comes back around, I will be smashing it.

@lawrencescott7014 6 ай бұрын

Ach well!

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

🤣

@borc013 6 ай бұрын

Goog hunting!

@borc013 6 ай бұрын

Good😅

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed

@Jean.Feigion 6 ай бұрын

Do you ever dig the 40’s? I’ve heard that’s the gold range?

@user-cw9qn1nb2n 6 ай бұрын

An 1862 penny - if that is what it is - is quite a rare animal. But maybe not worth a fortune in this condition.

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Oh that would be nice!! I’ve often wondered if I have a rare coin in amongst the stacks of coins in my containers 😜

@cincyjohn69 6 ай бұрын

So for a haul like this how many trash targets do you come across

@thescottishdetectorist 6 ай бұрын

Hi John. I think I detected about 2.5hrs and dug about 35-40 targets. Quite easy digging soil in this field and most targets fairly shallow but a very good returns rate!

@cincyjohn69 6 ай бұрын

@@thescottishdetectorist it’s so awesome your videos have gotten me into the fields but it’s always so much garbage here in the USA

@thescottishdetectorist 5 ай бұрын

Trust me we have plenty of garbage here too!! Yesterday I set a new world record for bottle tops in a day 😛