This article was first shown ten years ago and it has been suggested – by my mate Dave – that it is worth publishing again for the benefit of new detectorists and those who don’t know. My thanks go to Tim Hollamby and his wife for permission to tell his tale . . . again. The main pictures we’re taken by his wife and detecting partner, Carol.
We learn something new everyday is a trite, often quoted, but undeniably true expression. If, like me, you baulk and make an unnecessary fuss every time you have to take another pill, then you might just enjoy this story sent in my Tim and Carol Hollamby, detectorists from East Sussex. Tim started his unusual and remarkable story by saying, Let me tell you what happened today …
Tim works with farmers on the National Sprayer Testing Scheme (NSTS), so when his mobile phone rang late in the afternoon he wasn’t too surprised to see the name of a farmer who owns land on which he detects. He initially thought that he might want spares for his crop sprayer or had some sprayer-related problem…but the call proved to be more interesting than that!
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