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After weeks of unreliable weather the day of the Pontypridd rally dawned bright and sunny. The location of the rally was on the side of a mountain overlooking Pontypridd and afforded spectacular views of the surrounding countryside.

Unfortunately the location seemed to play havoc with my satnav and I spent the best part of an hour trying to find the farm. This meant that most of the members who were coming actually arrived before I did. Since I was responsible for putting up the signs, some people experienced a little difficulty due to the lack of directions near to the location. Apologies for this.

After the usual pep talk and directions members dispersed over the land to start searching. In addition to whatever was naturally buried on the farm there was a scattering of tokens on one of the fields as we decided to hold a token hunt.

Finds was slow to appear during the morning although a smattering of Victorian and later coinage started to come up. One of the first interesting finds to appear was a jeton. I did not manage to get a picture of this so perhaps the person who found it could upload a picture.

As the day wore on some more interesting finds started to pop up. Stampy found what looks to me like a coin weight and Cardiffian came up with an interesting looking mount.

Silver started to make its appearance in the form of a miniature sporting trophy or prize and an interesting tiny rectangular silver object with engraving found by Seasider that, according to some members, is a bridesmaids gift.

Duggypuggy found a blank hammered that had been counter stamped perhaps someone could give us an idea what the markings on the coin mean?

The nicest coin found, in my opinion, came up at the end of the day and was a really nice William III sixpence in really good condition found by Zeus.

Thanks to Mike the fob who found this farm for us. We greatly appreciate this. Rally land seems particularly hard to find at the moment. Whilst we may have rallies that produce more hammered coins we’ll never have one at a more picturesque location.

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Well done all.

I don't think the square thing in the first picture is a coin weight - the wording at the bottom appears to include 'SOC. LTD'. At first I thought it said 'SHEEP SOC', but not sure now.

The blank silver disc with the stamped lettering is probably a William III shilling or sixpence. The stamping might indicate a silversmith's trial or initials for a love token.

The toy cannon is nice!

and here are more photos i took of other members finds...............

The very last picture looks very much like a royal marines cap badge.
more finds than we thought, there was a chinese whisper going around
that a seal was found - if the _owner^finder would like to step forward plse lol
Well done all and the winner was - THE WEATHER!!
Regards to all
Rookypair

well i'd like to thank everyone who came today , it was nice to see a few old faces and meet a few new ones .

a few nice finds were made , the weather was fantastic and the views even better , i hope everyone had a great day out , see you all again soon .

                                                                   :) :) :)    mikethefob  :) :) :)

Well done guys, gutted to miss the 1st rally in ages but I'm so busy at the moment I've no time to breathe. I'm working on the next rally as we speak, but land is really difficult at the moment.

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Nice pics arthurio, but are showing a bit on the large side on my screen.

well done everyone it looks like you all had a great day and some cracking finds.viv

Thanks for the rally Mike, good to meet you all again, just good to be out. ATB Tony

HI DIGGERS,,GREAT 2 CATCH UP WITH U ALL.GREAT DAY MIKE AND THANKS 2U AND PROCONCEL....CU ALL SOON...GI.JAN X ROLLINGSTONES,,ZEUS... ::) ::) ::)

Nice to get reacquainted  with some old friends and to meet some new.Had a great day out,calf muscles like balloons and went home with a bit of silver{Geo 111 shilling}
all in all a great day out.Thanks Mike for the land.Hope to see you all at the next DW Rally.
Al

Weldone all on the rally

Hi all,   Well this was my first DW Rally and, despite getting horribly lost on the way, it turned up my first "George". I had a bit of a heart-stopping moment when I thought the date read 1933!!! But alas not to be.
It was nice to meet a few people and put some faces to names.  Nice to meet up with Mr & Mrs Stampy!
See you all at the next one - providing Mrs Sat-nav doesn't let us down again.
BTW - just to rub it in a bit more, my coin beats anything FERRET found - victory is sweet..... ;)

 :D Well done Phoenix................eat your heart out Morley ;D

Thanks you Mike and every one for setting up the rally, it was worth going just to enjoy the fantastic views, didn't find much but was happy with my Victoria three pence 1895,and a bag seal and george V penny, like to say well done to Joel on finding his William 111 coin, nice condition
Geoff

fab find..... :o

Im still eating it mate ;D  that Damn Euro I knew I shouldn't have gave her it ;D
TF
BTW I had a buckle and a walking stick end  ;D

welldone to you all for the stunning finds . Happy hunting .Nap