I do it now and then in S Derbyshire, NE Staffordshire and S Nottinghamshire. Found some really interesting items recently including a few Japanese coins from the late 19th Century, a few mint silver sixpences and a few lead seals from the mid-19th Century (used on sacks of seeds/grain).
Japanese coins seem very unusual not seen or heard of those ,some good places there .Not a great deal near me usual copper coins 1hammered which was great but to my surprise real surprise a Hadrian Roman coin and 4 days ago on some new land about 7 miles away near Clitheroe a Roman fibula but no other finds
Ahh, but Spring is on the way digger, chin up mate.
What metal detector do you use? Mine is a Minelab Safari, but I'm thinking of getting an Equinox 600, or the 800.