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Once again the Clans were summoned to a location near the famous Roman town of Caerleon. We had DetcetingWales.com members present from Swansea, Llanelli, RARE, SCAN, Hereford and Bristol all attending under the one banner. Long may it last!

The day started early with a few arriving at the farm at 8.30am. Those lucky few were then treated to the pleasure of pushing Geoff Admin out of the parking field as he got stuck ;D (I somehow managed to get splattered by mud for the second Rally in a row - there's a theme building here! ;D)

Everyone parked up as directed and then formed an orderly registrating queue with a total of 50ish Detecting Wales users attending. Thanks for supporting the website go to one and all. Flags were placed in fields, and following a quick gathering to explain the fields, taking rubbish home and filling holes (2 Rallies in a row not a single problem - well done everyone!), we were off!

People headed in different directions as we had two huge stubble fields and a couple of big pastures dotted over a very large farm. The first find I came across of any note was The Hoover with a Candian 1850's penny in lovely condition, this was followed soon after by I think by Millsy with a george V shilling.

I then had an excited Borderfox summoning me from a distance with a Half Crown of Charles 1st in his hand. Problem was he thought that it may have been a contemporary forgery, as a core was showing through and it appeared to be plated! The weight didn't really feel correct either for such a large coin. Later on someone mentioned that it could have been an emergency tin & silver issue. The jurys out at the moment - it remains to be seen, but a lovely find all the same. Well done mate!

The next finds of note I saw was a couple of silver threepences belonging to Richard from Llanelli and our host TaffLaff (Rob). A sixpence found by Debbie and her hound dog, and a couple of post 1920 shillings.

My finds at this point amounted to a George II penny, a Vicky, spindle whorl and then an old piece of worked bronze that reminds me of a Roman key - any ideas anyone? I detected the morning headphoneless due to me losing the jack for my cheapies (I have 2 pairs being repaired). CasaDos kindly stepped in and lent me his backups - cheers mate - I appreciated it.

Heading back to the car I found a starving Digger (Stan - whos food was locked in my boot) in posession of a Henry (VII or VIII) hammered half groat that was a bit battered but a nice find and his second successive hammered on our rallies!

I also saw Phil Ynysboeth who had found a mini Roman hoard! Well two coins to be precise! ;) Well done mate - virtually the only Roman I saw all day.

Having duly overdosed on black coffee, I was next detecting alone on the stubble by the car park when Mickey Coin called me over to tell me that a cracking Mary Groat had been found! What a beauty it was - well done HedgeHog - the best profile I have seen on a coin found at any Rally. you must be really pleased with it. Congratulations.

As if that wasn't enough, rumour then got to me that Ancient Pat had found a gold ring! Not gold two rallies running surely? But, true enough Pat had found a beautiful 22ct band - looks late Victorian to me. A lovely find for a really nice guy - well done!

Just to complete the day - as I was packing away I heard that James2nd (his username) had also found a hammered groat - this time we think of James 1st and dated 1606 - how apt! 

The day was over and we drove home to the news that Wales were losing to Italy - I won't tell you the final score just in case you haven't seen it! ;D

Well Done Rob for getting the site and arranging the glorious weather for us! ;) In all seriousness without people like Rob and Altinkum (last month) we would struggle to have rallies. Two people (you know who you are) approached me about more proposed Rallies and it all sounds very promising. Geoff or I will be in touch lads - thanks for sorting that out, its what we need to keep progressing as we are.

Hope you all enjoyed the day.

Neil

Shilling, Charles 1st

Threepences, hound dog, stan hammered

Sorry Stan's hammered is in this one. The previous one has my bronze lopped bit.

Mary groat found by Hedgehog

Ancient Pats gold ring.

Janes2nd's James 1st Groat!

blimey,  that Kane is getting younger and younger,  how do he do it   ;D

some nice find's and the weather was lovely. well done to all the organiser's. how does boarder fox find anything every photo you see him in he's talking to someone?  mike

looks like you had some good finds  and a good day hope you have another soon please

Great report and photos neil .great rally very enjoyable even if i drew a blank,never mind maybe next time.All thanks go to the organizers for another well run affair! ;D ;)

Nice follow up and pics neil how do you find time to detect. :D ;D
Ian.

From left to right . Bymatt666 (Byron) , George (Jenks) , Ian , Tafflaff (Rob), Phil_ynysboeth , Saxon , Viking.

many thanks for another well organised and social rally !!

if the devil could cast his net :P ::)above picture

i could'nt agree with you more alan !! heehee.....and calling us the ugly buglys !! what a liberty !! :o

thanks to everyone who organized such a great day out. blessed with the weather, put some faces to usernames, saw some lovely finds and left having made some new friends. I can honestly say it had the best atmosphere of any rally i have ever been to. i saw no holes left and no trash laying on the surface. the organizers of this rally and this web site should feel very proud of what they have started.
long may it reign. :)

Could not agree with you more Zorro. ;D

I really enjoyed today , great to do a days detecting with friends, and make new friends in the process. I got to say, the way everyone interacted with each other and treated the land was great. I think we can all be proud of ourselves. We've all done this forum , and in turn this hobby a great service. I'm new to this hobby, and learning as I go, what I have learnt today is that groups of people from different clubs, can and do get along. Well done everyone!

Thanks to the organisers for a really good days detecting and socialising.Us Pembrokeshire lot had a really good day meeting some of the faces behind the names,and a really friendly lot they were to.Hope to come again  on the next outing,
Regards to all.
Al(the onehorse variety.) :) :)

Thanks to the organisers, who without them none of this would have happened. Brilliant to speak to so many people, putting faces to usernames. Well done to all on the finds front, I must try harder !!

All the best   Nick

PS  How do you manage to sort the weather out ?

Admin (Geoff)  with one of the Field Flags

Thats my secret  ;)

A big thank you to Geoff, Neil and Rob, really enjoyed the day, great photos and report Neil.

A big thanks to you all. Organisers for a great site. All the people i met that put faces to names and what a great bunch of people you are. Found some nice coins which i will clean and post later. Vicky shilling,George sixpence among the better ones and what a pleasure to see the Mary Groat and the Gold Ring. Would like to have seen the Charles forgery in the flesh. Anyway thanks for a great day and i cannot wait for the next one. Even the weather shined on us.  :) :) :).    Wanted to meet CASA - DOS but somehow our paths did not cross. How did i miss him cos you cant miss me (six foot tall, six foot wide ). Tee Hee  ;D

Yet another great rally 8) Thanks again to all the organisers for the effort you put in, I think we all appreciated it.
Great rally report Neil and some nice photos of the finds. Although I didn't find much at all I thoroughly enjoyed the day and the company  :)

hi every one,  had a great day meet some great people, no finds for myself  but held the mary groat and the gold ring what more could one ask for, all made possilbe  by robert for finding the land, geoff , last but not least neil for organising the rally thank"s to all of you  micky  coin         MICK

hi everyone had a lovely day on the rally yesterday,i would like to thank every  one for organinsing the rally. robert for the land. meet some realy nice people hope to see you all again  steve 

im so glad the rally went well for the guys who put the great effort in to get it  ROB, GEOFF ,NEIL. great that everybody mingled and got on lets hope that the next rally in the future go the same and the weather of course ,even tho i did not find nothing still enjoyed my day .................. round of applause to everybody who went.................................. bring on the next rally  ;D by the way i nearly talked to people as much as boarderfox ..nearly  ;D

Had a good day, best of my finds were a livery button, spindle whorl and half of what would have been a nice tudor buckle. Was nice to meet some of you, thanks to all who organised the day, looking forward to the next!

Thanks to all involved for a well-organised day out. Personally,most interesting find was a fairly corroded Guernsey 2 Doubles of 1858 (I think!) plus a small lead weight,buckles and a couple of buttons.However,the large area did provide plenty of useful exercise!

Had a really good day out,thanks to all the efforts ofthe organizer,not only did I make new friends I found my second hammered a James 1st 6d.Really chuffed with that!

Thanks again to all concerned and am looking forward to the next event.
Jim(James2nd.)

Had a great day out - well organised (especially the weather - now, that is having friends in high places !!). It was nice to talk with people from other clubs.  Brew had a fun day out, meeting and greeting everyone as we walked around.  Just need to teach him to sniff out the hammered!  :o

thanks everyone for the atmosphere, friendship,and welcome,very well organist,and not having to fill holes in after someone brilliant.viv

Thanks Rob,Geoff and Neil for a great rally and thank you up there for the weather. All in all a brilliant day.Roll on the next one. Thanks again.

Richy.

Another excellent rally,Good report Neil,well done Rob,Geoff,Neil and everyone else involved in organising such a great day. ;D

Thanks everyone for the positive comments.

More finds photos from the day.

Neil

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 Hi Folks thanks for a great day, as a new member was made to feel welcome, and spent the day in very pleasant friendly company, Great Rally well organised.  ;D

hi everybody many thanks for a great day. met lots of interesting folks. just like to say a special thank you to trigger.
 still missed out on some roman :'(, better luck next time hopefully.  ;) ;)

re my charles 1st ha;fcrown, i showed it  to lloyd benett coin dealer and helps value spinks coin book, he told me that he had recently purchased an identical one for  £100 with plating in perfect condition,  and was very interested to compare mint marks with his he id mine ascharles the first cotempory halfcrown tower mint markR the court is out on wether the tower mint nowingly made this coin, maybe charlie run out of silver and made these  like james and the irish gunmoney or did some one else make them, i will see what edward besley says,  thanks richard you where spot on silver plated and made in charles time ps it was kev doing all the talking i was just listning ::) ::)

Well organised rally ... great day out and Hip hip hooray.. I did not find a single pull ring.

I have uploaded 2 pictures onto Gallery of 1900 Victoria 1 sixpence found on this rally by Derek from Llanelli.

What a lovely day, really enjoyed! Seen some nice finds :) did'nt get any myself. Thanks Neil, Geoff and Tafflaff, did'nt get to meet you  :( Also thanks to Richard (16.5DD) for the spade  :-*

My mate Barrie( The Jinx) broke the head of his machine at the rally and straight off several members close by offered the loan of a  machine which was great and I thank those that offered on his behalf, sorry I forgot to mention it before. As it happened he did have a spare but it showed a great camaraderie among the members.
                                        Pat. :-[ :-[

Bugger.

I knew I should of gone sick for the day!

Some brilliant finds, well done to all.

Hopefully I can make the next Rally, it would be nice to put faces to names  :)

Burp

what else can i had to that only thanks rob and neil .jeff and( the farmer) injoyed it alot thanks see you all at next one (phil)

Just got me camera from Hedgehogs car so here are my finds from Caerleon. The coin with the cut was not a rally find so i do apologise. Still had a great day and what nice people. Surely got to be a two dayer somewhere in the future as i bet a camp-site with you fine people would be a most enlightening weekend.

Here is Hedgehog. I think he smells a Mary Groat. Tee Hee.   :D :D :D :D

A finer bunch of men you will not see.

Geoff or Neil or anybody in the admin team. How about giving the rallies from Caerleon and Llansannor and any future rallies a section of their own with perhaps a link from the home page where they can all be archived in together.

We are just a small step ahead of you Paul - great minds think alike!

Geoff is going to do an article section for the DetectingWales Rallies and give it some prominence so that new members can see straight away what to expect from a DetectingWales rally and the complimentary feedback we keep receiving from you lot! Which is appreciated I might add ;D

Geoff - is it also worth making the members finds on our rallies an icon in the Gallery?

Cheers
Neil

Hi Guys,Resorting my finds bag from the Caerleon Rally what I thought wasa lump of lead turned out to be a bit of a statue.Roman do you tthink?It weighs 78 gms.
Jim

That is exactly what i was trying to say Neil. That is excellent as the point i was trying to make was for new members to have easy access to see what we are about and what we are achieving.

Good rally and flags posted in the fields we could detect in was an excellent idea.

Picture of the Victoria sixpence 1900 that I fould on the rally and posted  previously in the Gallery on my behalf.

lovely location, great weather, friendly people and some interesting finds, thanks to those involved in organising the rally, looking forward to the next one, thanks again,

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