Stogursey rally report

[relichunting]

Saturday I had a wedding to attend,the night reception went on to 12am I went the whole day without having an alcoholic drink,because I had booked to go on the Stogursey rally,and wanted a nice clear head.

I have been on holiday for the last two weeks and increasing my hammered count,but have also had a nasty cold which just does not want to go away.

My alarm went off at 6am just had time for a quick cup of tea and a fag,before Jonh (yoda) was banging on my front door 

After driving for around hour an half we found the meeting hall and queued up for are breakfast

After breakfast we rushed back to the car,to find are self's in a traffic jam,to get out of the field we were parked in.

The idea was to follow a red minibus to the detecting site,the problem was there was two large buses holding everyone up

Once on site I rushed off to the fields furthest away that I could see looked ploughed,they were rough disked and very wet and muddy,I managed half an hour on them,and came off with 2 foot of mud stuck to my boots.

After a few hours detecting on the pasture in rain showers,I thought is it me or are these fields rubbish all I had was a gold platted horse brooch.

By around 1pm I had had enough so went to look at the finds cabinet,the only decent find that was there was a George 111 crown funny thing was i had seen one posted on this site the day before,so I am not sure if it was found on the day or not.

After watching the raffle and winning nothing,myself John and are other mate Rob decided to go home getting stuck in another traffic jam though Bridgewater for over half an hour 

Did we  enjoy the day,yes we did although at £20 a head it was very expensive
 

[Jon1987]

I was very excited about this rally for a long time. 150 acres of undetected land in Somerset sounded pretty wonderful to me. Iv got to say though, I ended the day feeling a little disappointed.

It was a great day out as a social event and the company I travelled with was fantastic. It's a shame the detecting let us down. It just seemed the fields where pretty devoid of any finds which was surprising considering the area.

Not one of the eighteen on our bus ( yes it was probably us holding you up relic hunter  ) found anything of note at all.

So overall a great social day out, but shame about the detecting .

Jon

[Chef Geoff]

Yes that George crown had me scratching my head too
I didn't fair too much better and like you tried those far fields they were so quiet no rubbish, no iron and certainly no good targets, they shouted "RECLAIMED WOODLAND" to me and I wouldn't of been surprised that if 100 years ago it was forested quite away along that other side.
I did have a Eddy penny from the ploughed and rolled field as did Briggs1969.
The field that I thought would be good was the smaller one below the manor house and I did get a 14thC pendant which had been enamelled and a couple of mounts. the soil there was full of stones and so had been ploughed at some time in the recent past whereas most of the other pasture fields had no stones in the top soil. The fields running away from this one looked quite ancient with the small enclosure marks and ridge and furrow still quite clear and out of one of these Melonhead had a nice little Eddy? penny
Conductivity was excellent though as I was digging ridiculous depths just for shotty caps
The one thing I noticed with all the fields especially as conductivity wasn't a problem was the absence of larger targets, Georgian grots, pre decimal anything and buckles were all suspiciously absent, which is usually a sign of the land having been detected before, especially in a more 8" coil era.
But hey hoe that's the way it goes and the sun did come eventually. Oh and I have to say the hotdogs were worth going for on their own

[relichunting]

Never tried the hotdog's,the breakfast made a nice change. 

As to the George 111 crown I remember seeing one on here the night before,and thought wow,I bet not many of them were ever lost,so was a bit surprised to see one at the rally the very next day.

We enjoyed the day out,we never expect to find anything at rally's so when we do its a bonus

[Chef Geoff]

Yes same here RH on the George, I'm popping down to see Laura the FLO tomorrow so I'll ask her if it was found at the rally.
What did your horse brooch look like, as I did see one in the shape of the backside of a horse which was a nice little thing.

[Jon1987]

You didn't try the hot dogs?  they were the best part 

[relichunting]

More of a horse shoe brooch,thought it was gold when i seen it in the hole.

[Chef Geoff]

very nice RH and along with the other one I saw might point as you say to a horse show venue and may explain why all the ringpulls in the car park field. Some of the hedges in the fields below the house had cross country jumps in them.

[Soft top]

Regarding the george III crown, the one i found was 1819, the one at the rally was 1820, just a coincidence, i was at the rally but did,nt find anything of intrest, it would have freaked me out had i found the other crown as well! Thanks for the comments about the coin it was a special find.

[legio11augustus]

you win some you lose some

[stampy]

I have to agree it was a big let down, the fields were so quiet! I walked from top to bottom of one of he ploughed fields with just two signals that being an iron bar and a spent shotgun cartridge (my Favorite )

Fortunatly I did find a few coins, a 1956 shilling in the car field, two one penny's dated 1868 and 1936 and what I think is a George III Half Penny dated 177? 

Robbo won the whisky bottle with his 11th century artifact which I think the FLO said was part of a stirrup?

Stampy

[stampy]

Almost forgot, when we were leaving someone mentioned that two tokens had been found which were different colours to the ones which we were looking for, so perhaps the land wasn't undetected after all???

[welshjohn]

Almost forgot, when we were leaving someone mentioned that two tokens had been found which were different colours to the ones which we were looking for, so perhaps the land wasn't undetected after all???

I found different colour tokens but assumed that there were mixed colours.  3 sprayed red, one sprayed yellow?  Anyone else get any yellows?

Echo everyone sentiments; lack of decent targets and a real assortment of the targets I did find.  George 3rd halfpence through to an old style moder 10p.  No solver this time tho.

[Jon1987]

The tokens I found where yellow on one side and red on the other. I did find a two pence with hints of blue on it though. Maybe there was a rally there in the past?

Still a lot of junk came up though, if it had been detected before you would expect the junk to be dug up too?

[rjm]

I heard it was quiet too. Yes, £20 is expensive for a rally, and it does sound like it was detected before.
Surely this should have been advised before parting with hard earned dosh?

As for the George 111, who knows?  things are produced at rallies that haven't been found.......I don't
see the point myself as that person only cheats themself. It's probably the person who has doubts about
their detecting ability and wants to impress others..........