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A loveley new farm for us to detect on in Nether Stowey, Somerset. This is a cracking area with a Norman Motte and bailey castle remains just a stones throw away. (No throwing stones on the farm)

We have 65 acres to detect which will be oat stubble, this will have been sprayed in a couple of days time so should be well dead and rotted.

The farmer is donating his fee to a local charity and as such I have said we will pass the bucket around during the rally talk. Loads of land on this farm for the future so here's hoping its a good one.

PS. I have asked the farmer if he has allowed any group detecting on this farm and his reply was 'I've not had anyone on this farm detecting to this day'  :)

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The location of the rally will be sent by private message to everyone who has signed up the day before the rally and the rally fee is £7.00 as normal.

Have a good time boys 'n' girls I will be far far away on my hol's.

Taunton again Doug ;You could pop over for an hour ;) ;) ;)

Nice one Rob, ;)

Well done rob can't wait

Thanks Rob.

Thanks also Ken [kencomet] for the lift offer. Also hoover-G for the same.

Much appreciated,  :)

MT

looking forward to this one , a civil war silver hoard was found there..if theres one there cold be more ;D

Take me of this rally list please, cant make it ,but good luck to all tommorow!!

Rally is next week Sunday 5th Oct !

Silly me getting the date wrong lol !

Not been out on a Dig with the Detecting Wales for a long time now, so looking forward to this one.

Could be in the highbridge area for the Fri/Sat, would parking suit 6mtr Motorhome.

Gutted, may have to cancel due to a broken rib, dont fancy a painful 2.5hr drive down just to find I cant swing the machine :(  then the drive back...  Will see if things improve...  

What have you been up to Andy ?

Weather looking OK for Sunday. A band of heavy rain - maybe an inch - will fall early Saturday in Somerset and once cleared will bring much cooler, fresher weather for the rest of the weekend. Sunday should be mainly dry but cloudy, with the chance of an odd shower. More rain expected later in the evening - hopefully by that time we'll all be back at home/in the pub.  :D

Apologies, please can you cancel Womble's slot as his back has gone again.  Thank you.

One of the hazards of that sort of job I guess just look at Uncle Bulgaria he had to use a stick from an early age ::)

Nothing exciting Dylan :(  Was trying to dismantle an Antenna base at work, knelt down, phone in shirt pocket, pulled up hard on the leg of the mount, forcing my knee into the phone in the pocket and there was a loud click and some pain. Was getting worse by the day, but starting to settle down now a bit thank god. Its painful to pull the handbrake on the car at the moment, but was agony just to change gear yesterday, I get a click and a pain each time. Just come back from the docs, he says there is cartilage holding the rib to the sternum and I've damaged this, so not a broken rib as I thought it seems, well at least that's a bonus...  Just needs time to heal hopefully.  May make Sunday yet perhaps...

OUCH , but at least the phones ok ;D ;D

get some tramadol in you they work wonders.

hi guys, can you please take my name off the list for tomorrows rally. ive just twisted an ankle building my garden pub. sorry guys and good luck to all for tomorrow.

Hi,  could you remove my name for this rally please.  I have tried to do it myself, but it won't let me cancel.  Got  loads of work to do.  Good luck to all.

Anyone need a lift to tomorrow's rallie. Travelling from gwent area and don't mind picking you up on the way.  ;)

Have the details of the rally been sent yet. If so could I have them again as I deleted all my messages. Just the postcode will do. Thanks x

not yet

Ah right. Brilliant. Thanks x

Hello all,

Does anyone know what time the dig will start in the morning?
I'm about to go offline - so won't be able to check for the address until morning - need to know what time to set the alarm.

Cheers,

Raven :)

Ravenrook check your inbox the directions have been sent.  Even if it says 0 are new 
it should be in the inbox

Yes Geoff it is

sorry for the short notice. myself and vix will not be able to make it, family duties. good luck to everyone

Because I kept deleting them :D :D lets just say that the secret service isn't for you ;D

lol

ah I see, a PM would have been better ?
Geoff

Good luck tomorrow everyone, hope you get some Roman Dylan, will wait for the piccies ;)

A mate of mine's on Tramadol Nonker, but he's just taken them all to Mexico with him...  Its still the ibuprofen for me lol...

Thanks Andy, shame you're not going mate, catch you on the next one ;)

Good luck boys & girls in Somerset on Sunday, will be thinking of you from a sun drenched beach in the Suneshine State of the USA.............. Doug

Thanks Doug, Couldn't you just pop on a plane  and come back for the day ;D

Would love to Dylan,not sure Mrs Turner would be that impressed.

I actually know the area that you will be at on Sunday, I had a gents gold ring from around there a lot of years ago.

I'm sure given the choice, your wife would rather be in sunny...... Somerrset ;D . Ah that gold ring, I'm glad you found it ,can I have it back now please ? ;D

What time's breakfast?  ;)

Great day today at the rally. Seven georgians coins and a Napolian. Weather was lovely when the sun came out and the scenery beautiful. Thanks for organising. This is my seventh weekend in a row going out on different rallies and I am loving it  :)

Thank you to D W for a  good  day, not much on the finds front but had a good walk about  and chat  with members.

thanks for a great day out

finds wise i did ok ,nothing special,the silvery coin is the worst hammered i have ever found lol

seen some lovely finds come up throughout the day,especially the lead vessica seal and the gold ring

Hello all,

Had a great day out yesterday - Thank you!

The setting was beautiful and full of history, the talk before hand was very informative and useful!
Great to catch up with my other club members in the SAS (Somerset Artifact Seekers) and meet all the other people - all very friendly!

I found one hammy, a lizzy sixpence or shilling? and part of a Roman Fibular brooch - plenty of George pennies, buttons and a few other interesting bits.
Will post photo's tonight.

Just wondering if there are any photo's of dig finds anywhere on here? If so, there is a pic of the fibular and I hear Chef Geoff is a bit of an expert on them! and might be kind enough to give me some info on it?

My first dig with DW, thoroughly enjoyed the day - here's to many more!

Raven :)

Glad you enjoyed yourself Raven - report and photos should come out later today as it takes a while to write.

Cheffy is indeed your man to ID the fibula's date range

Cheers
Neil