Each year there’s a annual hunt in England; they call them “Rallies”, where relic hunters gather to join in the fun of digging relics and swapping stories. This year, because of such a large expected turnout, only selected members of MLO were invited to attend. MLO is a web based forum that is worldwide in its’ membership and also shares knowledge of detecting while showing finds from all over the world. It’s primarily dedicated to people who own Minelab detectors but there aren’t any restrictions as to your choice of metal detecting machine you can own. As the American Site Administrator for this forum, which has a large group of member, I couldn’t resist attending this years fantastic event...
...On the first day I walked to a close-by field and hunted for about three hours. Didn’t find much in the way of treasure so I returned back to the camping field to see if others had located any relics. Later that afternoon I climbed up the steep ridge that overlooks the Corfe Castle ruins and made my first find, a pulled musket ball. Then hunting along the ridge I found another musket ball, dropped and in perfect shape. This area was used by troops during the English Civil war, that were attacking Corfe Castle.