Thanks @maddogt I almost gave up a few times, the ground was rock hard! But I'm glad I stuck with it 👍

Another Ohio guy here. I sometimes dig copper nodes, big chunks of copper, real deep when detecting. When I get a big signal deep I go until I find it but like you said it's usually a pop can. Happy hunting to all. Great video.

I see what you did there.

There's only one thing worse than being witty and that's not being witty!

@@davidarnold9324 Toryboy was witty.

Well done!

HeH,

That's a shame Serge, so much history under the ground that needs saving for future generations. Maybe in the future a government may change the rules.🙏

@@StuartWoolger Nothing is freely given in this world. We will have to fight our way and impose our views about what our hobby can provide, just as you did in your country. First, we need to unite ourselves in such a number that we will not be ignored any longer by the politicians. A long way to go...

To buff one of these back up to its original bronze patina, fit a shaft on it and put it in the hands of a competent axe wielder would be interesting!

Having never found one in 40 years of detecting.I cast one out of copper pipe and pewter beer tankards ,it looks beautiful but not a patch on a steel axe for working with .!

@@andrewtrip8617 Yeah, I’m sure you’re right about that. I harvest my firewood from the middle of the woods sometimes, and when I split by hand I always go for a dull 8 pound maul. I probably have 50+ axes, Pulaski’s, hatchets etc. and my default go-to is always a standard splitting maul. I bet your cast replica would probably do pretty well with kindling,

The Equinox with the 15" coil can punch pretty deep, especially with a target that big. Hopefully the archeologists and the public will appreciate the find. 👍

Thanks Cheshire Lass Lani

I think you watch a show from Nova Scotia.

We play by the rules else we go to prison and our hobby will be banned 😔

Your welcome, glad you enjoyed the video.

Who exactly are the people who riot?

cortical1 Americans unfortunately.....signed Frank from the USA.

@@cortical1 lazy multi generational welfare recipients who believe everything is free. There are certain levels of evolution. You have people who build,create, and evolve to the next level teaching their next generation by example,. Then you have lazy fools who think ebt applies to everything. Some live in modest communities, some live in the older modest communities that were taken over by democrat exploited section 8er's who put bars on the windows and doors teaching the next generation that going to prison is considered to be going on vacation. All colors, who have the welfare privileged mentality

@@frickpoo6644 Remember all those Trumpers rioting trying to stop election certification? More than 650 of them have been arrested and indicted. You're right. Rioters are dolts and criminals. 🇺🇸

Cheers Steven, thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching the video Shaun

Many thanks 👍

Cheers Dave

Thank you Dylan

It was a good days detecting 😀

Thanks Libs, love the Rocky Mountains, pedalled through them in 2010 riding my bicycle east to west across your beautiful country 👍👍

Cheers and thanks for watching 👍

Thanks Rebecca 🙏

Thanks for watching. We are lucky in the UK and have some amazing history. I'm always on the look out for flints, I found a neolithic smooth axe, but yet to find an arrow heads. Congratulations on your finds.

Your welcome Thornwarbler, thanks for watching.

Cheers, I don't mind digging deep holes as long as there is something as beautiful as those at the bottom!!

@@StuartWoolger yep☝🍻

A quiet little whisper Rick. Luckily the ground is very quiet at the find site, so even the faintest signal can be heard.👍

I'm sure the bronze age folk who buried these 3500 years ago were pretty tribal 😀. Thanks for watching 👍

Thanks Jim, the county archeologist was informed within 24 hrs of the find. I don't believe they have been to investigate.

Many thanks DoD, rare that I video when I'm detecting, but something told me I was onto something good!!

Thanks John

Cheers Tommy

Amazing Steve, I've yet to find a socketed axe, rings inside too, what a fantastic find!👍

Many thanks CrazyCressy7 I think the positive comments far outweigh the negative, but there's always one or two 😀 Just looked up your hoard, truly amazing, well done for saving such a unique piece of history 👍

@@StuartWoolger happy hunting

If you go to @minelabequinox on Instagram you will see I have now got a beautiful replica axehead made 👍

@@StuartWoolger I see interesting pictures, but no replica axehead pictures. :(

It's the fourth post from the top... Or maybe fifth if I post later tonight!! @@carlericvonkleistiii2188

I'm still smiling months later 😀👍

Very true Grassy Pants! Settings were Beach 1, with a recovery speed of about 4 I think, I always have iron on and sensitivity 22. Recovery and sensitivity are usually the only things I alter.

@@StuartWoolger nice one cheers.👍

Indeed, you're certainly right with that assumption. The popularity of detecting has increased the number of treasure finds many times over and the Treasure system is moving very slowly. Vivid obviously hasn't helped either.

Everything submitted under the Treasure Act seems to be taking an age. I have four items of treasure dating back over three years and apart from a receipt from the FLO I've heard nothing. Time will tell if they are returned to me or not.

Too bad they don’t put tracking numbers on, so you can see what stage of discovery they are in.

They were taken by the government under the rules of the Treasure Act. If a museum wants them they give me and the land owner 50% of there value each. Otherwise I will get them back and will come to an agreement with the land owner.

Thanks Stu, they have been submitted as treasure so hopefully being well looked after by some government body! It will be a long time before they get through the system to know if I get to keep them or not. Watch this space!!

@@StuartWoolger Cool. Yes with it being a hoard they may like to display them at the local museum. If thats the case they will likely treat them with benzotriazole to stabilise them. Nice find by the way. Once in a lifetime find.

Thanks Farty Wood. Mine look like they were unused, so possibly buried soon after casting. They could of been buried by a travelling metal worker to use at a later date, or for safe keeping in troubled times, or maybe as an offering to the gods!

They get taken by the government under the Treasure Act, valued and then offered to local museums. If they don't want them I get the back, if they take them myself and the landowner get 50/50 of the valuation price.

As far as I'm aware they were buried by there original maker / user, for safe keeping or as an offering. Considering how they were neatly stacked together I wouldn't have thought they were an accidental drop.

@@StuartWoolger Thanks.

There were handed in under the Treasure Act Jimmy. It'll be a few years until I find out if I can keep them!

They're 3500 years 1500bc, not bad condition considering how long they've been in the ground.

3,500-3,000 years old Jeff

Probably not of a great financial value, but definitely valuable from a historic stand point. No more news, the government take ages to process treasure claims.

About 5 miles across the valley there are numerous tumuli and certainly some mounds and ditches on the headland above the find site. So yes bronze age activity all around.

@@StuartWoolger i think theres likely something alot closer, those axes look like a votive offering, so would often be at a site like a sacred spring, a barrow, a burial or perhaps something else similar. Divvy detectorists channel found an axe hoard, and there was also alot of roman broaches, coins, a gold stator blank, and when i asked if theres a spring close, he said theres 5 in that same field. So id be looking around that area for other stuff that could be relavent.

It most certainly is! If you use Instagram you can see lots of my other finds on @minelabequinox

It could Derek, it's now in the hands of the archeologists, hopefully they will investigate at some point and see what else is in the area.

I've seen some modern cast reproductions and the bronze looks amazing! I don't think the archeologists would have been too impressed if I handed them in after an hour on the grinding wheel. 😀

They are being taken care of by the local museum. I'm not sure what technique they use.

I'm not sure Leap Year. Mine look like they were unused, so possibly buried soon after casting. They could of been buried by a travelling metal worker to use at a later date, or for safe keeping in troubled times, or maybe as an offering to the gods!

@@StuartWoolger its so fascinating, congratulations on such an amazing discovery

Hard to know, depends if the local museum wants them or not. I'm not expecting them back, if I do it will be a nice suprise.

It was a private link until 2 months ago and then I made it public. I guess that what it means 👍

Sorry about that Show Cat. Here's an image after the mud was washed off, enjoy👍 photos.app.goo.gl/5EfVAPZwBSBRjKUz7

I'll head back up there in the spring and after lockdown, it's quite a remote spot, but definately worth another visit.

I haven't got a definative answer to that Philby, but I'm sure I read they were the swiss army knife of their time, used for clearing undergrowth for planting crops, digging and clubbing the enemy if need be!! Hopefully someone might have a more scientific answer!!

@@StuartWoolger stands to reason I guess ,they would have been designed that way ,one per man if you could afford it

They've been handed in to our regional Finds Liaison Officer FLO. I doubt I'll hear anything for a few years, the service is backlogged. I have three other treasure finds submitted, one I've been waiting over two years to hear back from.

@@StuartWoolger So you take all the time and trouble to dig them up, and they hide them away again in some archaeology lab?? Do you get paid for them, or at least get your name recognized for it??

@@chancethompson8686 if the local museum decides they want them I will get half their value and the land owner will get half. The value is determined by a government valuation committee at the British Museum in London. If no one wants them myself and the landowner decide what we should do with them.

@@StuartWoolger Cool, thank you for explaining that.. ✌

No idea cash wise Floyd, historical they have a massive value. A 3500 year old piece of history. The government will value them at some point.

Yes Christopher, they are 3500 years old.

I'm not sure Boyd. Mine look like they were unused, so possibly buried soon after casting. They could of been buried by a travelling metal worker to use at a later date, or for safe keeping in troubled times, or maybe as an offering to the gods!

I don't Joseph, a valuation committee will decide on that, it's usually less than if they were sold at a private auction.