Not only has Ian Millar been filmed in two of our ADAPT metal detecting club films on Ch5 ‘Brits in the Sun,’ showcasing our metal detecting club activities between south Alicante and south Murcia, but he recently joined a specialist Archaeological UK TV series on Ch4 ‘The Time Team,’ in Northern France.
This episode featured ‘The Archaeology of Operation Cobra in Normandy.’
Sam Wilson, Time Team’s conflict archaeologist, visits the site of an archaeological project exploring battlefields of Operation Cobra in Normandy led by Cameron Ross, the director of the Battlefield Archaeology Group. He meets the team of international archaeologists and volunteers for their 3rd season of exploring the archaeology of Operation Cobra.
Operation Cobra was a major allied operation that finally broke through the German defence in Normandy in 1944.
The project is the first time a World War Two battlefield in Normandy has been studied in its entirety. It involved intensive geophysics, to locate German positions in the first phase of the breakthrough, as well as strategic metal detecting.
Ian, our member from Los Alcázares, travelled to France with his Nokta Simplex + metal detector, and met up with the team of professionals from America, Europe, and other parts of the world.
It was a 10-day operation, completely professional, showing the work they do as they interface history with modern day technology.
Well done Ian Millar, we are proud that you were involved in this project, epitomising the fact that, not all Metal Detectorists are looters. Most of us want to source history beneath the ground, much of which has been forgotten, and share it with others.
Have a look and see what they did on the following link:
Notes on ADAPT
ADAPT metal detecting team sponsors the ADAPT Theatre Group, giving financial help to worthwhile causes.
The ADAPT metal detecting club promotes the hobby for responsible metal detecting on the sand and in the sea.
In Partnership with San Pedro Del Pinatar Museum
