The mother-of-two wanted to find a hobby to fill her time now that her children are older 🎖️
A GLASGOW metal detectorist who only took up the hobby a year ago has made it through the semi-finals of a national competition.
She had always had a keen interest in history, an old box of penny coins – which her father had accumulated – and a desire to get out into the great outdoors. One year on, she has made a fantastic group of friends, improved her fitness and mentalMary Wilson, from Glasgow, is a novice metal detectorist
“My first six months were spent digging up lots of nails, pieces of machinery with the odd old ‘toasted’ coin too. A toasted item means it’s in poor condition. However, slowly but surely I began to find the odd genuine ‘silver’ coin and loved researching the age andof each. Two of my best finds include a King William silver coin from the 1700s and a 1860 Queen Victoria gold sovereign coin in Perthshire that had been hidden for 180 years.
Launched in May, the competition aims to find Britain’s greatest hobbyist and help them share their pastime with others in an effort to get the nation connected again.
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