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I set off nice and early for todays Rally at 7.45am and got there at 9.05am! For once I had no hangover so I can't even blame that! A 20 minute journey from home to the site took me 1 hour and 20 minutes! When you consider I live in Cardiff and a young lady called Jade managed to find the site no problem all the way from York - it really puts my Sat Nav and map reading skills in perspective! ;D

Anyway enough of that I found the site thanks to Rob talking me in, which was most amusing. The usual shenaigans started the day with Phil leaving most people in awe at his amazing buckle,registration, polo short & badge sales and then on to the briefing. I personally though it was a very apt and a tremendously observed minutes silence for Meshak who recently passed away. Thank you all for the contributions you made as well, which Phil Ynysboeth will deliver to his wife.

Onto the finds! We had several pasture fields to play with and the day started quite slow for most. The first find of note came from Richy and caused much excitement and amusement as it was in the form of a stair rod holder! " Millsy's face was a picture" - how coincidental. ;D  Richy was also the proud new owner of a George III silver sixpence.

I ventured off towards the old Mill site with The Stig, both of us narrowly dodging The Wild Horses - who had a real paddy on about something! The Mill site didn't produce anything of interest bar for a few coppers and to cap it all I nearly broke my ankle traversing up and down the hill. Stig's machine packed in on him, so I sent him to my car to use my spare X-Terra 30 for the rest of the day. That was it in that field for me a dodgy ankle and a broken machine - the field was cursed in my opinion!

On returning to the main fields I found Adie with a lovely Lizzie three pence, a vicky six pence and a really nice sweetheart brooch. This was quickly followed by Stig with a snake buckle. These things are increadibly hard to date they from Roman to Medieval to now - I even wore one in the 1970's!

Next finds I saw was Coleggwent with a silver Joey and he proceeded to tell me about a ring he found which got him all excited, until he saw inside it said "Made in Hong Kong" on the front it had Santa as well. Christmas Cracker anyone? ;D

Then there was a quiet period for sometime until news reached me that Ancient Pat had struck again. Rumour had it he had found a Groat, then Geoff appeared and said it was a Groat and a Half Groat. Then I saw Gadget who informed me it was a Groat, a Half Groat and a Hammered Gold coin! Surely someone was pulling my leg here, after all very little else had come up in the way of hammereds! ??? I wondered if they were just from Pats astonishing coin collection he had brought to show us, but sure enough Ancient Pat had struck again! The coins were outstanding and he looked pleased as punch (If only he was a young as Punch! ;)). Well done Pat on yet another amazing day.

I think thats makes Pat's haul off Detectingwales rallies to date at 7 hammered, 1 gold hammered and a gold ring! Way to go mate! Theres a lot to be said for slowing down and knowing your machine well. I have no idea on what the gold coin is, but I am confident an experienced jeweller would be able to straighten it.

Onto other not quite so important but interesting finds. Jeff Stock had a 1 Ore coin from Denmark and a Jubilee Head Joey that didn't feel or look quite right -possibly an India issue.

Someone {I forget who} had a battered Roman. Steven King (him of the metal detecting fame and not horror movies fame) had a nice Half Crown and sixpence. The final find of the day was my old mate Jaydogg with a William III sixpence - well done buddy.

All in all an excellent day out. Thanks go to Digga for arranging the land - cheers mate - much appreciated. Thanks as always to Geoff for organising. Rob for being Rob! And everyone else for turning up!

Until the next time my friends
Neil

Finds

More finds

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Nearly at the end!

Last find of the day - Jaydogg's William III - looks almost like they have made it into a love token.

Cheers for now - time for wine!  ;)

Neil

Great report , and thanks for the pictures , some crackin' finds , well done

thanks for the great day meet loads of new people  thanks digga and admin only thing i found was this any one know what it is???????

Thanks for writing that up Neil well done. I know quite a few people took pics of their finds , this thread would be ideal to upload them onto. Cracking day all round thanks Digga for the land , much appreciated fella.

Fantastic, what a detectorist! Should be Amazing Pat not Ancient Pat, well done to you, ;D Great report again Neil  :) Looks like another great day was had. Well done to all the finders. :)

just to say thankyou to digga for letting us have your fields for the day,and a thankyou to the folks who helped organise the day ,Had a great time the sun shone the views were great and the company wasnt bad either  :).cant wait until the next one . :) :) :) :)

Did anyone pick up my spade which I stupidly left propped up against the wall in
the lane? I hurried to see Pat,s finds, then we drove off.Senior moment again. If
you picked it up, please bring it to the Scan Club meeting. If you,re not a member,
could you bring it to the next D.W rally. Much obliged, STAN

I think your name sake Digga mentioned it and said he was going to pick it up as we had no idea who it belonged to. He's not a SCAN member so I'm guessing you may have to collect it at the next DetecingWales rally which is probably in a couple or weeks Stan

Drop Digga a PM - he's on here quite a lot!

Hope that helps
Neil

Great day out and many thanks to Digga. I knew I should have followed Pat when I saw him heading past me down the  track! Just to add that my strange Joey is in fact a normal one but someone (I can't believe it occurred naturally) has had a right go on the reverse practically obliterating the value and date with small cuts making it look almost patterned.

a greta day out, great finds shown here, all i got was a 1955 shilling and a 1975 shilling which i duly gave to Phil Ynysyboeth.

we did 292 miles and met some great people, who made us very welcome. thanks to all who stopped to chat. i raise my glasss of cabernet sauvignon and toast your good fortune.

particular thanks to digga who save me gonads from disaster!!

cheers

mr & mrs handyman

HAHA   THAT  BARBED WIRE  WAS A BIT  ON THE  NASTY SIDE ,,,,,    GLAD YOU  HAD A NICE DAY  AND  RETIRED   WITH  YOUR  LOVESPUDS  INTACT      ;D ;D ;D

Superb write-up Neil (as always) and a great day out.

Special thanks to Digga for the land, Geoff for the organisation, colleggwent(Phil) for the lift to the rally, Phil Ynysboeth for the Roman CD and Phil again along with Borderfox(John) for their excellent company.  :) :)

I hope you all enjoyed the day as much as I did.

Richy.

Well done folks it looks like you had great day with great finds :) :) :) :)

WELL DONE ALL WHO HAD GREAT FINDS IT WAS A GOOD DAY AND THE SUN WAS OUT FOR ONCE............. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Great report Neil. Thanks to Digga and the team for amother great rally. Like all of us, I'm in awe of Pat's detecting skill  8)

Didn't get a lot myself - a few pennies and a 1967 sixpence, couple of buttons, bit of hallmarked scrap silver and the biggest jew's harp I've seen. Had a good time though - can't wait for the next one ;D

Thanks for the rally Digga I'm sure that it's possible that a few more could be still in the spot we searched and worth another look when you next visit the site. Good write up again from Neil and thanks to Geoff for organisation, I'm sure his legs must be an inch shorter the number of times he walked up and down the hill!!
I don't know what to say about my finds it's becoming embarrasing !!!
Roll on the next one !!

                                       Pat. :-[ :-[ :-[

NICE WRITE UP THERE NEIL  WELL DONE BUD ,,,, STAN  I GOT  YOUR  SHOVEL  AND IM  HOLDING IT FOR RANSOM  TILL YA TELL ME HOW TO FIND HAMMIES   ;D ;D ;D   NO I WILL POP IT TO THE NEXT RALLY FOR YA BUD  OR PM ME WHERE YOU LIVE  AND  I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET IT TO YA  ;) ;)

Thanks to Digga for donating such a good site. The scenery alone made the trip up the hill worthwhile and lots of interesting finds came up. We're considering whether we should put up the rally entry fee for ancient pat or just demand a cut of his finds... ;D

Thanks to everyone for turning up. As usual there was a great atmosphere at the rally. Thanks also to everyone who donated to the Derek Jones Memorial Fund. I will let Phil tell you how much was raised. As usual thanks to Neil for helping out at the rally and for writing another great report.

We're already planning the next DW rally. I'll post details as soon as arrangements are finalised.

Geoff

Sounds like a great day, didn't anyone walk in front of Pat, he is a gold magnet , well done Pat!

Cheers digga for a great day.well done pat on your amazing finds again.hope you can get into the container i gave you for the coin of the day ;).jadestar hope you got home ok nice to meet you.looking forward to the next rally.
digga has thrown down the gauntlet this time.it will take some beating well done all a very enjoyable day. ;D ;D ;D  

Thanks to all concerned for another smashing day out with the Gang.Great scenery,lovely sunshine and good company.Looking forward to the next one.
Al :) :) :)

Cheers digga, i had a great day....First ever coin which is a silver viccy three pence 1893,nice button and what i think, and a few others thought could be is a spear head. I will try to put photos on soon.
Bats ;D ;D ;D

Bats the pic i took of your Joey came out blurred fella , post it up if you can. Oh aye , I totally forgot about your Iron 'spearhead' ?  interesting to find out what that is.

thanks digga for the loan of your land...great views...fab weather... ;D..i did'nt have too many finds...but i did bring a souvenior home with me.....an injured thumb :'(..i've included a pic of it with my finds of an1872 viccy penny, what might be a george farthing and two cigarette lighters......one modern and an older ronson ladies lighter and some odds and sods... ;)...byron

hi digga, thanks for cuppa, nice to meet you hate your snakes ugh, well done on a great day out well done neil and geoff, on organising and well done ancient pat on your great finds nice to meet new faces, millsey, don t forget every dog has his day your revenge will come ;D regards john i hope?

well said allan i like that a ELEPHANT never forgets ho and allan ill teach you how to grid if you put me on your bike blues and two fullon  :D :D :D :D :D

Millsy mate you're leaving yourself wide open comparing yourself to an elephant, just pray that Digga misses this thread. (no chance.lol)

i gess that will do mate better than a poke in eye with a sharp stick  :D :D :D :D :D see you soon  ;)

What a great day!  Everyone I spoke to seemed to be enjoying themselfs and some good finds came up!  Didn't find much of note myself but it was an interesting place and It was nice to meet some of you all.  Thanks to Digga for the use of his land and to Geoff and Neil for their usual efforts.   ;D :)

FLIPPER   IN  MY  PROFESSIONAL OPINION  BUD   ;) ;)   I THINK  YA  FOUND A DINASOURS  TOENAIL BUD  WAAAA

At last managed to get to the computer,been waiting to see the goodies,well done some good finds there plenty too,looked at some photies turned out a great day for you all nice one Dave ;D

Well done everyone, it looks like there were some fantastic finds made at the rally.

Hope to maybe make the nest one, some brilliant pictures too.

Burp  :)

Hi Digga

Thanks for a great day and thanks you everyone for you kind donations.
I went over to see Dereks widow Chris soon after i got back home ,it was funny not to see Derek with his usual..."What did you find then !" lol,
She was overwelmed with the contrubutions and asked me to thanks everyone that attended the Rally (£82.88 was raised)
She was amazed that everyone went to so much effort,

Thanks to everyone that made yesterdays rally special for me personaly

all the best
Phil Jones

Tina,s find any Ideas ????

Some of Alan,s AKA Handymans finds from Sunday !

thats defo vicky phil a silver brooch i think what a day mate all in respect for derick its good we all donated a good sum for him and the respect at the start was brill well done everyone a touching minute of silence best wishes phil (coleggwent)

A big thanks to all in making it a good day out, and well pleased in meeting and talking with all in person rather than typing to em!!...
The Roman was mine ,no idea what it is yet though I'm sure time will tell.
Stig the rock cakes were lovely ..hope theres more for the next rally.
Cheers Ian

Well done everyone, some good finds there. Pat, you've done it again, how do you do it !!!
Hope to make the next rally.

Nick in Portugal

What a lovely write up, brilliant day and will definately come to another one  :) well done to all you finders too  :) :)

Another successful D.W rally thanks to Digga Geoff and Neil  ::) made a few finds the usual aluminium tubes no golf balls for a change though ;D 4 musket balls 1 twenty pence 1pound and 1 five pence etc :D nice to meet and speak to Jadestars Ozzyhead Radnor Bandit Mr /Mrs Handyman  ParkiJohn /Mrs ParkiJohn Silky and Benny hope the headphones don,nt make you deaf  but bring you luck bud   ;) and all others who,s names elude me could,nt be with a nicer group of people wishing you good health and plenty of finds regards  :)molel

Had a great day weather fab and excellent views .Found a coin dont know what it is,a bit corroded,julie found a silver 1919 threepence.Musket balls old hinge and an old toy tractor.Hi to mole nice to have met you.Enjoyed the whole day.Im glad it didnt rain.legs are suffering today mind..Thanks

Hey,thanks for the day out Digga,Neil,Rob and whoever else made it happen! Never found a lot myself but it was a stunning location,weather was good(for once)and met some sound people! Not a bad day in all! Thanks for the new phones mole they're gonna keep my ears warm in the winter and hopefully help me listen out for them hammereds!
Cheers!
Ben.

Well said Phil !

I think it would be good to Dedicate every DW rally to special occasions Weddings Deaths Births ect as i think we are now a Detecting Cummunity and would add to the Day.
I dont think Dereks memorial put a downer on the rally i think it made us all think How lucky we are to be together and able to get out and Detect
Well done everyone for making it a great rally !

Another great site and a nice day, enjoyed very much although no good finds for me this time, many thanks to all those who made it possible.

Photos too big,here goes again

Al :) :)

tina;s find is a perfume brooch the little basket is missing off the front
of it i got one exactly like it

Is pats gold hammy a edward 111 quarter noble by any chance. ;D

My thanks go to everyone for yet again another good rally.

Besides a few modern and lots of deep junk that gave the right signals that you could not refuse to dig I actually found my first "Cartwheel Penny" so that made my day.

 

Thanks Digga,was a great rally,well done all involved,and thanks to Borderfox for the crotalbell. ;D

Thanks for a good day out.
 well done pat.
and thanks to digga for the land

With hindsight I am sure Pats 3 coins are a purse loss as I am led to believe they were all found in close proximity - look like they would circulate at about the same period {depending on the goldie} and are all of high denomination. Well done Pat

Digga - I personally think there are more from that purse loss there. Don't take offence but you may need to upgrade your machine to find them though or you can always loan one of my spares, if I get to join you!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

Cheers
Neil

Sorry its taken so long and the quality is poor but heres my first coin, a vicky silver three pence, a small button and the other is up for suggestions. possibly a spear head???

Thanks to digger again for a great day out ;D

Hi Stig.
Sorry to hear that didn't have any success with Neil and Digga in the area that was productive on Sunday, I did say to Digga that it would be well worth another search in that area as I felt I could not have found them all. I don't think I agree with Neil that they could have been a purse loss as they were too well spread apart and at the moment I have no idea what period the gold item is from, but it looks about the diameter of a half angel but is only a guess of course. If Digga has permission on the other side of the srteam over the little bridge I would certainly give that a go.

                                                Pat. ::) ::)

YES  PAT  I HAVE PERMISSION FOR THE  WHULE  VALLEY  MATE   ON BOTH  SIDES OF THE RIVER ,,,, I  WILL   DEFINATLY BE GOING BACK  TO GRID THE AREA  MATE  ;) ;) ;)

JUST READ YOUR POST NEIL ,,,,  I DID  TEST  THE GARRETT 250  ON A HAMMERED,, I PUT IT IN A PLASTIC BAG ,,, BURRIED IT IN THE GARDEN TO TEST IT  AND IT  FOUND IT  UPTO  6 INCHES ,,,,,,,,,,,  I TOO  AM POSSITIVE  THERE  ARE  LOTS  MORE IN THE AREA WHERE PAT GOT HIS FROM  AS THRE WAS  A MEDIEVAL  VILLAGE  ON THAT VERY SITE,  I HAVE  SOUL  PERMISSION  FOR THAT  ENTIRE  AREA   ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,   TELL YA  WHAT I CAN  DO  BUD ,,,,, YOU  BUY ME AN   E TRAC   AND I WILL SHARE  THE  SOUL  USE OF THE LAND    ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  WAAAAAAAAAAA ;) ;) ;)

Good luck Digga, I wait to hear of some good finds.

                           Pat. ;) ;)

I AM  TRYING MATE  THEY ARE    THERE SOMEWHERE   ;) ;) ;) ;)

keep hunting, Digga mate. they are waiting for you to find them.



a little handy tip for you........

don't climb barbed wire fences -- unless you got a cricket box on!

That is definitely a Arrow head mate. Medieval I would say and a great little find.

Hi All,Sorry I'm a bit late saying thank you for a great day,but better late than never!Some really nice finds on the day,I had two viccy 3ds and some coppers.Fabulous to see Pats gold!
Jim :) :)

Thanks for that Paul....its still got a hell of a sharp point on it ;D

Well done bats , told you to hang on to it  ;)

Thanks for the advice mate... ;D if it had not been for the advice that you had given me then i would not have found the coin either....Thats what this site is all about...listen and ye shall learn ;)