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I attended my first Scan Rally of this year this morning and had a great time. I am sure The Doc or Salty will write a full and fitting report later. For the meantime heres a few of my finds, that include:

A silver Vicky joey dated 1859
A silver Joan The Wad pendent. I had no idea what it was Peter filled me in on her so to speak. She turns out to be the Cornish JackO'Lanterns, pixie consort. Just did the foil test and whoop, whoop - shes silver.
A barrel tap of some kind.
A nice patina Vicky 1870 penny
A Johnny Foreigner or Token copper coin - any ideas?
Couple of pewter buttons and a broken Late Tudorish buckle.

Nice day out in lovely surroundings and laid back people. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Thanks go to the organisers for a well run event!

Neil

More finds . . .

Here's a naked Joan The Wad! ::)

HI NEIL.
welldone butty.
what a cracking day mate.
i like the tuder buckle.and joan the wad.she.s a lovely artefact.lol.
you.ve had a good day with the coin.s to mate.
lovely joey to neil.
you must be well pleased with the day out you.ve had.
great day.s detecting.
welldone done neil.
ray.

Nice finds Neil nice to see a few getting out and about well done

Cheers lads - I was gutted with the buckle as it came out sticking from the soil looking intact. You know what I am like for buckles! :P Can't win them all though.

Joan is certainly a different one to find and she has a nice bum as well! ;D

Neil

Nice buckle Neil - I also like to find interesting buckles - gives a good indication of the age of the area, and an idea of what else you might find.
Let's see what the others found when they get back :)
I couldn't make it today - doc has diagnosed a trapped nerve in my neck, and digging will not do it the power of good! Can't wait for whatever has moved out of place to move back again!
Deb

Hope you are feeling better soon Debs. I did ask today if you were around as I hadn't seen you.

Radox baths and Tai Chi twice a week used to do it for me when I had the back issue. I did the Tai Chi for about 6 months and learnt a 60 pattern - not had a back problem since. That was 8 years ago!

Only a thought!

Neil

Thanks Neil - not sure about the Tai Chi, but the Company pay for 6 physio, so I'll give that a go!

Very nice finds Neil, well done fella
Ace  ;)

Nice Finds Neil, i think i'll leave Peter to do his bit, all i'll say is, Lovely weather, albeit a bit chilly at the start, Found the usual buttons (including a sliver one  :) ) bullets and tinfoil, had a Georgian farthing in fair condition but this one made my day, an angels wing, for reasons i wont go in to, this has personal sentiment for me, but that aside, i don't think its a bad find from a field  8).
Its 9.7 Grams and marked 925 as can be seen, how you see it is how it came out apart from the dirt washed off.  ;D

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Very nice silver angel wing Karl - lovely find and in great condition.
Can you put a photo of your silver button on too?

How did Bob's Deus perform?

Yup, i haven't cleaned it yet, i'll pop it on with the farthing later ;), I'm quite impressed with it (the Deus) very fast recovery, weighs about the same as my E-trac battery pack :o
But what else can i say, E-trac 1 Deus 0  ;D ;D ;)
(wait for it :D)

As I have said before Karl - to a large extent, you have to go over it to find it  ;D

some nice finds there guys well done. ;)

When you said you'd found a pixie, I was hoping for Pixie Lott ;D ;)

Well done everyone involved  ;0)
I would have loved to have joined you lot today
But i had the mother of all hangovers this morning i wouldn't have wanted to inflict myself on anyone lol


all the best
Phil

Here's my report on the rally:

http://www.cardiffscanclub.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1268003240 (http://www.cardiffscanclub.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1268003240)

Unfortunately, the only pics I managed to get were of Neil's finds which he's already posted :(

Thanks Pete, I've got a couple more to add later once i 've cleaned them a bit ;)

some great finds there  well done all of you  mickycoin  mick ;D ;D