tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post349203899296328221..comments2023-10-11T07:35:31.358-07:00Comments on Knights of Creativity Spirit & Ale: Seek And Ye Shall FinddkWellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036130304612683613noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-71131505727745869622008-11-24T04:57:00.000-08:002008-11-24T04:57:00.000-08:00Excellent Post Sir Dayvd! You had me walking the ...Excellent Post Sir Dayvd! You had me walking the fields with you in excited anticipation! I remember the feeling of connecting with the past when I unearthed an Indian arrowhead at the Garden of the Gods in Southern Illinois. England has so much more diversity of history to explore. There you are lucky indeed.<br><br>I'm sure I can speak for Sir Bowie and say that we must go hunting with you and share those fireside tails when we come visit!<br><br>Sir Hook the Jealous of WarrickSir Hook of Warrick aka "David K Wells"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14036130304612683613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-32547421515624128352008-11-24T05:44:00.000-08:002008-11-24T05:44:00.000-08:00Interesting indeed. I'm sure the thrill of the...Interesting indeed. I'm sure the thrill of the find is exhilarating. Except for the metal detector, I have heard of similar techniques when searching for arrowheads. Plowed fields, near rivers and streams, dark areas, etc.<br><br>However, I think you will find that geocaching is known among some in the UK. There are 690,239 active caches around the world as I write this. www.geocaching.com. There are some in Northern Scotland, Northeast England, South East England, South West England, North Wales, East Midlands, etc. There are 1,320 pages of listings. I'd not be surprised if you pass one everyday.<br><br>Sir James the geocacher TaylorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-44625030593195393492008-11-24T06:19:00.000-08:002008-11-24T06:19:00.000-08:00Yes! Something else that we can do while over for...Yes! Something else that we can do while over for a couple of years.<br><br>I friend of mine pitched in for a metal detector in high school (unfortunately, a very cheap one that couldn't tell the difference between gold and a gum wrapper). <br>We didn't find a pot of gold either, but we did find countless hours of adventure.<br><br>Great post.<br><br>Sir Bowie "thinking of Tim and digging up pop-tops" of GreenbriarSir Bowie of Greenbriar (a.k.a. David A. Kuhn)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11885858294354724520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-14058229116140935442008-11-24T07:16:00.000-08:002008-11-24T07:16:00.000-08:00Thanks for that Sir james.. I'd never heard of...Thanks for that Sir james.. I'd never heard of it here, but i went to your site and put in my PostCode ( zip ) and it shows me there is a Cache on Otmoor, which is a bird reserve, and marshy fenland just NNE of Oxford <br>(partly famous because Lewis Carrol had it in mind when he wrote about the Red Queen and the chess board landscape in "Through The Looking Glass" )<br>I will read up more later.<br><br>Yes Bowie.. Ring Pulls are the bane of the urban park detectorist.. thats why it is essential to get out into the ancient rural landscape as soon as possible. I can adjust mine a little so it ignores Aliuminium,<br> Metal chain is the bane of the rural detectorist.<br><br>I sometimes take a trip to the South Coast beaches in the winter after the tourists have gone... Ring pulls there too, but also modern money and jewellery, especially if you knew where the Ice Cream vendor stood :)<br><br>But locally i love the little tales we come across. <br><br>In the picture on the blog, we were scanning a field that was the closest field possible to the off-limits "Lost" Roman city of Alchester, 9 miles from Oxford. We figured it would have to be full of Roman stuff. But there was nothing, except at the top of the hill we each found a Victorian child's silver thimble, ( three in all ) and all in a small area, and we summized that a sizeable group of young village Girls came up that hill, a hundred years passed, and sat and sewed their embroidery in the sunshine, all bright and happy in their large white dresses, and a few of the girls lost their thimbles in the tightly matted stems of the grass.<br><br><br>Sir D of OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com