Observed arrival · 2026-11-03
Ploughsoil’s field-find reference
A UK metal-detecting reference with find-identification charts, practical guides, and guidance on reporting finds and getting permission.
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- UK metal detectorists identifying and recording finds
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- The homepage says guides draw on PAS records, museum catalogues, excavation reports, and legislation, with original line drawings.
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The homepage groups its listed 25 guides into four numbered sections, with Find ID as the largest. Its musket-ball example asks readers to weigh and measure an object, then compare those measurements against a chart. Ploughsoil says it traces figures to PAS records, museum catalogues, excavation reports, and legislation, and makes its own line drawings; the homepage also points readers to separate reporting routes for England and Wales and for Scotland.
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