David Villanueva

EL VOLCÁN MÚSICA y LIBRERÍA CÁLAMO presentan PLANETA MOJADO, una producción de David Villanueva. Un libro-disco con canciones compuestas e interpretadas por David Villanueva. ILUSTRADO POR: Jean Fran

Centro de distribución de heroína en los 80, cuna del botellón en los 90, arteria central del hipstersimo en la actualidad. Es la calle Pez, en el llamado barrio de Malasaña en Madrid. El Palentino, el teatro Alfil, la libreria Cervantes y cia, los Modlin, la escultura de Julia (la primera universitaria mujer en España), escenas de novelas de Marta Sanz, shows de Ignatius Farray, la editorial Demipage, Paginas de Espuma... son el ecosistema cultural de la zona. Este pliego, que es tambien un singular poster, reune sus voces para componer la historia de una calle unica.

Ellos en martes da cuenta de la fuerza que pueden tener la cobardía y los prejuicios frente al amor, al grado de anularlo. La novela se centra en cuatro días solamente (tres días de un lejano pasado, y un jueves mas reciente). El autor cuenta la historia de dos personajes que conocio en los años de preparatoria y como es que pudo ser testigo, quizas el unico, de un amor que se quedo esperando en todos los futuros. Durante la lectura se revela su relacion con ambos personajes, y la fortuna al descubrir un posible amor entre ellos, un amor que alcanzo para alimentar su sueño de ser escritor algun dia, pero no para hacer felices a los protagonistas.

Did your ancestor leave an heirloom? In Europe, for well over one thousand years many people from all walks of life have been putting their names and other personal details on a variety of metal objects, to identify or be identified and to advertise trades or professions. In addition the crown, the armed forces and civilian institutions increasingly awarded medals and badges for service and merit.There are many thousands of metal objects around engraved with personal details, any of which your ancestor, regardless of how humble, may have made, used or been awarded.In the United Kingdom (UK), there are some 30,000 metal detectorists busily unearthing this ancestral metalwork, which is not only bringing to light countless thousands of lost or discarded items but spawning new and revised literature on the history and ancestry behind these metal objects.This book will guide you every step of the way to discover:* The types of metal objects people in the past have made, used or been awarded.* Extensive sources of information on these artefacts and the people associated with them, many of which will be found by simply visiting your local library.* New lines of enquiry that can take family history research back into the mists of time.* How and where you may locate real antique items connected with your ancestors and experience the joy of owning and displaying tangible family history.* How to safely store metal objects so your heirlooms will survive for generations to come.* How to research family history in Britain.Contents include:* Introduction * Orders of Chivalry * Medals and Badges * Seal Matrices * Heraldic Mounts and Pendants * Buttons * Makers Marks and Plates * Spoons * Coins and Tokens * Locating Lost Metal Objects * Finding Books * Safe Storage of Metal Heirlooms * A Guide to British Family History Research * A Brief Introduction to Metal Detecting

THE SECRETS OF SITE RESEARCH FINALLY REVEALEDNow you can quickly learn how to put your metal detectors search-coil in the right place every time.Find productive sitesIf nothing much ever happened where you search, then all you can expect your finds bag to contain is nothing much. So to bring home the finds you need to search sites where human activity took place in the past. But how do you locate such sites? You could try your local library but you cant go into a library and ask the librarian to find you a productive detecting site. They just wouldnt know what to look for. You could employ an expensive professional researcher but I guess thats out of the question for most of us. So youll probably be taking the do-it-yourself approach. It can often be a daunting task, particularly if you are a novice, to find sources of data of direct use to you in amongst vast archives of material and it can take years to learn exactly what reference sources are out there. With one exception, I couldnt even recommend a comprehensive book on the subject as nearly every "How to Research" book I know of is either well out of date or so academic that you would probably struggle to get past the contents page. The exception is The Successful Treasure Hunters Essential Site Research Manual: How to Find Productive Metal Detecting Sites, which clearly explains easy research techniques to find sites for the recovery of coins and artifacts.Document & archive research simplifiedIf you are interested in improving your finds rate, you need this book, whether you are a beginner or an old-hand, even if you have no previous knowledge of research. It will tell you how to find essential records and how to carry out research in libraries, archives or on a computer whether you own one or not. You will be able to read "case studies" and see the results, so you can decide the best form of research to find the type of coins and relics, which interest you.Practical map reading and everything you need to know about maps, plans and chartsMaps are an important tool for site research so the main types of map since the 16th century are discussed in detail, including: county maps; Ordnance Survey; town plans; road maps; road, river, canal and railway construction maps; enclosure and tithe maps; estate maps; and sea charts.Working with aerial photographsStudying aerial photographs used to be an expensive pastime but now, with the advent of hi-tech digital aerial and satellite photography, you can study the Planet from the air for nothing. This opens up exciting avenues of research where not only can you spot crop-marks but also such features as Roman and medieval farming, ancient routes, or even the positions of unknown Roman villas. Some archaeologists believe that 95% of archaeological sites have yet to be discovered!Uncover local historyTo "flesh out the bones" of your research you should look, even if only briefly, at written local histories. I am sure you will find them fascinating and just one book could suggest hundreds of potential sites, confirm your map and/or aerial photograph research, and help you secure that permission.Save time and effortI know of no other book that will guide you swiftly to all the best sources for finding interesting and productive sites for metal detecting, with the added bonus of easily gained permission. It will serve you well for years to come.Contents include: * Using Archi...

While I would never turn down the opportunity of metal detecting on any land, as nobody knows what might have been lost or buried anywhere in the past, if we habitually search sites where nothing much ever happened then usually our find bags will contain nothing much! Site research not only results in more and better quality finds but also provides some reasons as to why we find things where we do, which adds interest and a sense of history to our fascinating hobby and helps you to find more.In this book we will look at the Iron Age of British history to discover what our ancestors were doing and where they may have deposited metalwork either by accident or design, so that you can find a larger share from that era.If you would like to hone your skills in researching and searching Britains Iron Age land, then this book is for you.

THE PROVINCIAL TOKEN-COINAGECoins traditionally contained the value of the metal they were made from, less a nominal amount for the monarch and mint master and could only be produced by Royal decree. By the sixteenth century the penny and its fractions had been reduced in size by inflation becoming inconveniently small to manufacture and use. The general population resorted to using token coins containing less than their intrinsic value of metal until the monarch provided sufficient usable coinage for the needs of trade.Trade tokens were issued in three distinct periods, the first during the seventeenth century, 1648-1672. The second in the eighteenth century, 1787-1801 and finally the nineteenth century, 1811-15. As well as being collectable, like coins, tokens issued by tradesmen contain personal information such as name, location, trade and even spouses forename initial in many cases and will be of interest to genealogists as well as family and local historians. Metal detectorists are a large group of regular finders of these tokens, who will also be looking for a means of identifying their metal detecting finds.AVAILABLE SOURCESA number of eminent numismatists (including Atkins, Boyne, Conder, Dalton, Davis, Dickinson, Hamer, Pye and Williamson) have studied these tokens and produced extensive catalogues, generally covering the whole of a series. Until now the only solution to identification was to wade through these catalogues. The asking price for any of these catalogues, new or used, can be upwards of 50 per volume. These catalogues can be borrowed free from the Library but there are few copies in circulation and waiting times can be lengthy. Many of the catalogues were compiled in the 19th and early 20th centuries so some have been scanned and are available online. The problem with scanning old texts is that the scanner has no real comprehension of what is written and so records what it perceives and the result can be gobbledegook! A further problem is that genealogical information and full token details have been abandoned in more recent catalogues to keep the printing costs and cover price down. This serves the collector well but disadvantages not only the family and local historian but also the finder of excavated tokens where only parts of the detail may be visible.TOKENS AND TRADERS OF KENTThe nature of tokens is that they circulated very near to their place of issue so that the merchant concerned could exchange or redeem them for regal coins. While 18th and 19th century tokens did travel far and wide, especially those redeemable in several major cities, they remained common in their home county. Seventeenth century tokens, those of London excepted, generally only circulated within a seven mile radius of their place of issue. Seven miles was the typical distance between markets where the tokens would have been accepted.This book is written for the finder, family and local historian of Kent. It catalogues all Kent token details available including all genealogical and local information recorded in earlier books (details of some taverns, inns, and hotels have been updated). In all some 600 recorded seventeenth and around 50 eighteenth and nineteenth century Kent tokens are included, many of which are illustrated.An illustrated section on popular token designs aids identification but the great advantage of an electronic book of this type is that you can use your readers search facility. If ...

Having been involved in the hobby of metal detecting or treasure hunting since the early 1970s I have a good idea of the problems metal detectorists face. A couple of years ago I asked a large group of detectorists what their biggest problem was with regards to the metal detecting hobby. I have to say the results didnt particularly surprise me. One quarter (25%) of respondents replied: obtaining search permission and almost as many (24%) said: research and finding sites. Archaeological and Establishment interference accounted for another 13%, while choosing a metal detector and overcoming detector limitations accounted for another 10% each. The remaining 18% of the group were fairly evenly split amongst a number of concerns, which included: identifying and preserving finds, ethics, coping with buried trash, choice of coil and techniques for locating finds and gold.Although I have written books on site research and obtaining permission, I was interested to read an article by Ryan Williams in Treasure Hunting, June 2009. In his article, Ryan said: "When I first started detecting, I thought that the most difficult thing about it must be listening to the sounds the detector makes interpreting them and walking around a huge field looking for a needle in a haystack. Ive since decided the hardest thing about metal detecting is finding out who owns that lovely ploughed field and actually gaining search permission!" Nothing new there then!I feel your pain, so I have compiled this guide with the purpose of offering solutions to your main concerns and, as a bonus, I have included a few other useful ideas to help you to get the best out of your hobby. To start you on your way, here are my four super tips for successful treasure hunting.Get out and search. Equip yourself with clothing and footwear to cope with all but the most hostile weather conditions and include a waterproof cover for your metal detector in your kit. Build yourself a portfolio of different types of sites so that you have sites available, which can be searched throughout the year. Metal detecting sites you can consider are: allotments, arable land, beaches, building sites, camp sites, footpaths, foreshores, gardens, meadows, orchards, parkland, pasture, set-a-side, watercourses and woodland. Arable land is often only available for a few weeks in autumn or spring, whereas beaches, foreshores and watercourses can be searched all year round. Orchards are generally searchable between autumn and spring, while pasture and woodland should be searchable most of the year.Research, research, research! If you habitually go metal detecting where nothing much happened in the past then all you are likely to find is nothing much. You need to concentrate on searching sites where there was human activity in the past and the more numerous and wealthy the humans the more you are likely to find with your metal detector. You can start by visiting your local library and reading about the local history of your neighbourhood.Learn to dowse. According to the British Society of Dowsers anyone can learn to dowse. Traditionally dowsing has been much used for finding water, however in essence dowsing can be used to find anything, unknown, lost, buried or hidden and so lends itself well to metal and mineral prospecting, treasure hunting and metal detecting. I personally have found dowsing invaluable in saving enormous amounts of time by avoiding areas barren of finds and by devel...

Dont miss this fantastic new opportunity to find a fortune. David Villanueva, shows how you can use modern cameras to quickly and easily locate buried and hidden treasure from a distanceThere is nothing new about the discovery that buried metals give off an aura that can be captured by certain cameras. Louis J Matacia has been promoting a certain Polaroid camera for years as a major tool for finding treasure, which was great; the author found a cache of gold coins using just such a tool. The problem now is that the camera is obsolete, although still readily available on the previously enjoyed market and competition from digital cameras forced Polaroid to stop making the film in 2005. The last original film pack the author bought was two years out of date and cost $60. And it will only get worse from here on in, eventually becoming unobtainable at any price! So is that the end of using auras to locate buried treasure?Not at all! The author set about trying to find a solution and came up with two! The first is that there is current Polaroid film readily available, at the time of writing that can easily be used in the camera. The second solution described in great detail is wait for it you can capture treasure auras with digital cameras! Not collectors items like the Polaroid, mind you, but recent models that you can buy anywhere tomorrow. And the digital camera works brilliantly. Auras can be obtained on gold down to a quarter of an ounce or less thats a single coin or nugget! The camera can even discriminate between different metals gold, silver, copper, etc. all from a distance and can be used anytime during daylight hours.By definition, instruments that can reveal hidden treasure from a distance are long-range locators. But you wont here about expensive commercial long-range locators that in use can be like searching a coal-bunker, in the middle of the night, trying to find a black cat that isnt there! This is long-range location at its best showing you precisely where treasure is hidden. You really can see the color of the money (providing its metallic or contained in metal) and whats more you can get started for less than $100 at present you may even already have most everything you need!Treasure auras are simply the appliance of science so you dont need any special gift to use these cameras there is none of this hairy-fairy stuff about ordinary instruments producing extraordinary results in the hands of someone with psychic awareness. Hands-on is not even needed hands-off is actually better! And, clearly, you have absolute discretion with this approach you can take a camera almost anywhere and no one will have any idea that you are not just taking snapshots.Of course, most cameras off the shelf do not photograph treasure auras if cameras naturally photographed auras, most folks would take them back to the store complaining about the photo quality. So you may need to do a few modifications. But dont worry, it isnt rocket science everything you need either plugs in, screws in or sticks on and all will be clearly explained. So for your modest investment in this manual and possibly some reasonable expenditure on equipment you will have the finest opportunity to find millions in buried and hidden wealth!Contents:Introduction * The Treasure Aura Secret * The Polaroid SX-70 SLR Camera * An Iron Age Gold Coin Cache * Some Possibilities * The Digital Solut...

The find of a lifetime starts with obtaining search permission or legally avoiding that obligation.Where can you legally search without permission? How do you find the landowner to ask for search permission? How do you persuade the landowner to give their permission? These are the questions on the lips of many participants in the hobby, be they beginner or old hand.In this groundbreaking best seller, expert metal detectorist, treasure hunter and internationally acclaimed author, David Villanueva, draws on his experience at successfully and painlessly gaining search permission on a wide range of sites both as an individual and club leader to reveal ALL in this fact-packed book.Feedback from readers has been absolutely phenomenal. Reports come in almost daily of detectorists securing permission on not only their first site but also one with great potential for making exciting finds. And, in less than a fortnight, one determined reader gained permission to search ten square miles of land can YOU beat that? Get your share now before all the land is gone!

The mystery of Patent and Design numbers is finally revealed.Metal detectorists, archaeologists, field walkers and collectors invariably come across items sporting Registered Design marks or numbers and Patent Numbers, which can date back to the Victorian period. Regardless of their lack of antiquity, these finds can be very interesting, reflecting the commercial protection of inventions, techniques, and designs in the Industrial Age.This book provides a concise and accurate summary of the system of registration codes and dates, together with sources, so that you may discover: what the object is who registered the item when it was registered what features or function enabled it to be registered

While I would never turn down the opportunity of metal detecting on any land, as nobody knows what might have been lost or buried anywhere in the past, if we habitually search sites where nothing much ever happened then usually our find bags will contain nothing much! Site research not only results in more and better quality finds but also provides some reasons as to why we find things where we do, which adds interest and a sense of history to our fascinating hobby and helps you to find more.In this book we will look at the Anglo-Saxon and Viking period of British history to discover what our ancestors were doing and where they may have deposited metalwork either by accident or design, so that you can find a larger share from that era. If you would like to hone your skills in researching and searching Britains Anglo-Saxon and Viking land, then this book is for you.

The purpose of this book is to not only provide a brief history of European coins but also to assist with identification. As an avid reader of the metal detecting press, time and again I see imported coins regularly dismissed as tokens. Whatever your interest in coins it is worthwhile getting to know about coins within and outside your own country or collecting interest. People all over the world collect coins and many are rare and valuable. The most valuable British coin, a metal detecting found Double-Florin of Edward III, is worth over a million US dollars! You wouldnt want to throw that in a draw or pass up the opportunity of purchasing one for a bargain price at a sale.Coins originally were worth their weight in the metal they were made from and were generally accepted anywhere that coins were used, regardless of their origin. Only the few educated and elite among the population might know they were from foreign lands.The number of different coins issued in Europe between 800 BC and 1900 is vast and it is impossible to include anywhere near all of them in a handy reference guide such as this. Catalogues of Roman coins alone take up five hefty volumes for instance. The aim here is to provide brief descriptions of issues and plenty of illustrations covering the main types.Once you have some idea of the origin of the coin, it should then be a relatively easy matter to thumb through the book and relate the coin to an issue and, if needed, a more accurate identification will be found online or in printed catalogues probably available through your local library. You will find a bibliography and sources list at the end of the book, which should guide you to further information.If you are ready to improve your knowledge of European coins, scroll over to the buy button.

While I would never turn down the opportunity of metal detecting on any land, as nobody knows what might have been lost or buried anywhere in the past, if we habitually search sites where nothing much ever happened then usually our find bags will contain nothing much! Site research not only results in more and better quality finds but also provides some reasons as to why we find things where we do, which adds interest and a sense of history to our fascinating hobby.In this book we will look at the Bronze Age of British history to discover what our ancestors were doing and where they may have deposited metalwork either by accident or design, so that you can find a larger share from that era.If you would like to hone your skills in researching and searching Britains Bronze Age land, then this book is for you.

While I would never turn down the opportunity of metal detecting on any land, as nobody knows what might have been lost or buried anywhere in the past, if we habitually search sites where nothing much ever happened then usually our find bags will contain nothing much! Site research not only results in more and better quality finds but also provides some reasons as to why we find things where we do, which adds interest and a sense of history to our fascinating hobby and helps you to find more.In this book we will look at the Roman period of British history to discover what our ancestors were doing and where they may have deposited metalwork either by accident or design, so that you can find a larger share from that era. If you would like to hone your skills in researching and searching Britains Roman land, then this book is for you.

Treasure hunting is one of the few hobbies that can actually cost you nothing to take part but potentially bring you a fortune. Terry Herbert, the finder of the Staffordshire Saxon hoard received half of 3.28 million for basically a few hours enjoyable work with an old metal detector he bought for 2.50. But money is not the only reward; this fascinating pursuit breathes life into history and archaeology and offers healthy exercise to boot.This manual describes in detail how and where in Britain you can profitably: Use a metal detector Beachcomb for lost valuables Find Gold, Minerals, Gemstones & Meteorites Search for Fossils Hunt for treasure in innumerable placesIf you dream of finding buried treasure, improving your finds rate or exploring new avenues for fun and profit, this book is for you.About the AuthorDavid Villanueva has been profitably treasure hunting for over 40 years. While metal detecting is his first love he has also been involved in dump digging, gold panning and fossil hunting. He has found thousands of old and interesting collectibles and over a dozen treasure finds including caches of ancient tools and gold coins as well as gold and silver jewelry. David has written over fifteen books, and more than two dozen articles for British metal detecting magazines.

Whether they ever functioned as a Manor, Bedfordshire boasts an impressive display of Mansions, homes of nobility and gentry, built at vast expense, presenting a rich variety of architecture, most previously surrounded by landscaped gardens. Not so many Manor Houses these days are the homes of a single aristocratic family, but many have survived through the National Trust, as corporate or organizational buildings or redesigned as residential apartments. Sadly, a few no longer exist. Independent local history researcher and author, David Villanueva takes you on a county-wide tour of some 35 Manor Houses. Accompanying photographs or antique engravings capture the scene while the text concentrates on the owners from the earliest records to the present day.

Metal detecting is easy -- you only need to put the search head in the right place to make great treasure findsThe less easy part is deciding where to put the search head! Research will help the decision but even then you will probably be detecting a very large area of land with a pitifully small search head. Conventional wisdom says that you would have to cover every square inch of a site with a metal detector to be sure of finding all treasure within detection range. This takes a lot of time. Now and again sites are available long enough to be able to complete a thorough search but in most cases they are not. The plough comes along, turns the ground over and you are back to square one! Or the tide comes in, turns the beach over and you are back to square one!But how do you put the search head in the right place?Savvy treasure hunters know that there are natural attractive forces anyone can tap into that will drive you and your metal detector to where treasure lies buried. The basically free technology you can use to exploit these attractive forces is given several names but most commonly it is called dowsing. Once you add dowsing to your treasure hunting arsenal youll wonder how you ever managed without it. As you quickly learn to apply the technology discussed in this manual, your finds rate will rapidly increase beyond recognition...Faithful Attraction: How to Drive Your Metal Detector to Find TreasureWith over 40 years experience in metal detecting and treasure hunting, the author, David Villanueva, recognized the problem many years ago. Most of the time there is only a small window of opportunity in which to recover treasure. To be consistently successful you need to get in there fast, dig the treasure up and move on to the next site. Rinse and repeat! More than 20 years ago, David discovered part of the answer, when he met British dowser and treasure hunter Jim Longton. Since then practice in the field and exchanges with other successful treasure hunters have resulted in refined technology to the point that David is regularly finding treasure. This book shows you clearly and concisely how, for almost no cost, you too can easily develop your own faithful attraction to treasure.Contents include:1. Introduction2. How Does Dowsing Work3. Give Us The Tools And We Will Start The Job4. Selecting a Metal Detector5. To Bait or Not to Bait6. Building a Better Gold Trap7. To Look For or to Unlook For8. Buying a Better Gold Trap9. All That Glitters10. Conclusion11. Bibliography and Resources

Over more than two thousand years, literally many millions of coins and metal artifacts have been lost, mislaid, or buried on land and in water. Armed with a metal detector you can find your share and armed with this book you can make your share much larger.All places you might search are not equal and if you habitually search places where nothing much happened in the past, then your finds bag will contain nothing much. A good site for metal detecting is one that has seen use by at least a few people over a long period of time or has been used briefly by many. But there are other important factors such as the user being of a time and wealthy enough to have metal items to lose, as well as virtually unused places being littered with finds through waste disposal. Everywhere there have been areas of human activity and natural events significant enough to bury or sink metal artifacts and offer great potential rewards.This is a book of leads to the type of site that will likely produce worthwhile results, together with resources for you to follow up to find such sites in your own area. You may have to carry out a little research but in many cases, it will require nothing more than looking at a map. Whatever places you choose to search you should endeavor to build a portfolio of different types of sites that will potentially allow you to metal detect throughout the year. And again, this book will lead you to those sites.Buy today and start making more and better finds.

How to Clean, Conserve, Repair, Restore, Replicate, Store, Photograph and Display Metal Detecting Finds For Fun And ProfitYou have worked hard to recover your finds, the last thing you want to do is to throw them in a drawer and leave them to corrode to dust, for if you dont take a few basic precautions that is what could happen. I know the problem; I searched high and low for simple practical information on cleaning and conserving coins and relics only to be told to take them to a conservator. Thats great advice if the find is rare, valuable or historically important but most dug metal objects are not worth the cost of employing an expert. Now you dont have to! This book shows you how you can quickly and easily learn simple, low cost techniques to turn your dirty old coins and artefacts into stable and great-looking art works you can proudly display and so much moreYou will become the expert!In the FieldManaging coins and artifacts starts as soon as you get a metal detector signal, so heres how to dig up your find without damage and get it safely home.Safe StorageA very easy way of safely preserving your coins and artefacts forever.Identification and AssessmentYou need to know what your find is and if it is valuable before you undertake any cleaning. You will learn how to identify and value your coins and artifacts and distinguish Aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, cupronickel, gold, iron, lead, nickel, pewter, platinum, silver, steel, tin, zinc and other metals.Introduction to Cleaning FindsHealth and safety advice you need to know before cleaning coins and artefacts at home.Mechanical CleaningEverything you need to know about mechanical cleaning from simple hand tools to oscillating engravers, ultrasonic cleaners and barrelling machines.ElectrolysisThe black arts of the electrolysis kit clearly explained.Chemical Cleaning and ConservationTried and tested solutions for cleaning, finishing, conserving and preserving just about all metal detecting finds, from ancient coins to modern relics. Not just your own coins and artefacts either, some people buy uncleaned Roman coins for pennies and using the information in this book, clean them up and sell them for pounds or dollars.Repair, Restoration & ReplicationTo enhance your damaged coins and artifacts heres how to join, repair, reshape and restore in short order. And you can keep your finds, while sharing them or selling them, at the same time, by making replicas. You wont believe how easy metal casting is until you read this chapter.Photographing Your FindsClose-up photography of small metal objects is difficult to masterunless you have The Coin and Relic Manager to guide you every step of the way. As well as raising top dollar on auction sites if you sell your coins and relics, you can profit by selling the photographs to treasure hunting magazines.Storage and DisplayEverything you need to know about storing and displaying coins and artefacts is here. And you wont believe how simple it is to make great low-cost vertical displays for your own pleasure or as a gift that really keeps landowners happy.Treasure LawAvoid losing rewards through cleaning treasure.Bibliography and SuppliersWhere to get products and supplies.Corrosion waits for no one, so dont delay, get your copy o...