Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman Finds Metal Detecting for Artifacts 'More Interesting than the Next Rolling Stones Record'

"Metal detecting is more interesting to me than the new Rolling Stones record."  This is what Bill Wyman told a Japanese newspaper reporter in October 1991, shortly after he bought his first metal detector. Since then the hobby has ecome a passion for the former member of the greatest rock and roll band in the world and along the way he has become Britain’s most unexpected historian.

In a new book called Bill Wyman's Treasure Islands to be released this month, which Bill has spent almost a decade researching, he and his co-author Richard Havers celebrate the treasures that have been found in the British islands and reveal some of what they tell us about ancient British history.Bill Wyman’s Treasure Islands is a journey around Britain to many of the sites where all kinds of artefacts, coins, gold, silver, jewellery and what would have once been items in everyday use have been found. The book is the who, what, when, where, why and how of historical treasures found in Great Britain and Ireland. Much of what has been unearthed is of little or no monetary value but every find is a part of the treasury that is our past.

Since people first lived on British shores literally millions of objects have been lost, buried or simply thrown away. To date, just a fraction of them have been rediscovered. Lavishly illustrated,

The book is sure to be enjoyed by anyone interested in reading about the often exciting discoveries made by both amateur and professional archaeologists, as well as accidental finds by ordinary people going about their everyday lives.

"Metal detecting has revitalized my childhood interest in history, and taught me countless new things," said Wyman.

An indepth article on the book along with pictures of Wyman in the fields with his metal detector and a display case of some of his finds can be found at ThisisLondon.co.uk.

Comments

[Baz]

Bill Wyman's Book is a worthwhile addition to any detectorists library.
In 2006 I personally will have clocked up thirty years in the hobby,
and loved every minute of it. Have a look at my website.