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After 25 glorious sun filled Detectingwales rallies, we were bound to hit the wet weather eventually, and today was that day!

A bright and early start for all of us in Chepstow saw about 50 DW regulars brave the elements. Following the usual go here and go there with a great overview by WBM and a few prizes from Rob and his glamorous assistant - Napoleon, we were off!

Wet pasture was the order of the day on a farm surrounded by Roman, Saxon and Medieval history. The first find of note I heard of belonged to Barney and was a modern ring with an unusal stamp/hallmark that requires more investigation.

The next find of note came from the front pasture and belonged to 16.5DD - otherwise known as Richard, and was a little hammered Edward penny. Rich was happy as always (if not a tad soggy} and remarked that he's on a 100% record on the hammered front this year!

He was accompanied by Melonhead who for the second rally running had a find in his hand of outstanding quality! That being a 22ct gold ladys posy ring with the inscription as crisp as the day it was lost. A beauty of a find and well deserved once again. I got a feeling Mark will be running away with the voting for the second week running! He was also sporting a Canadian silver three pence - an unusal find for these shores.

By now the rain was belting down and members were slipping and sliding in all directions! I spotted a soaking and plastered in mud DKCrooby in the distance, and a destined to fall in the mud Nomad and couldn't help but snap them for popsterity.

Back at "Basecamp Blue Portacabin" there was much showing of finds in the relative shelter that it provided. Lots more hammered had surfaced including a silver of James to JTalbot, a love token William III to Metalman, a hammered to Peter Halford, another to the chap in the Audi TT (sorry mate forget your user name} and a smattering of Roman grots. WBM also had a shilling and a lovely Georgian silver tag stating the word BRANDY. A strange neck on it for a decanter tag, so not sure its definate use, but it was silver and Paul was more than happy

Willowtree had a most unusual Maudy penny of a bun headed Vicky 1840's. What was unusual is that I had never seen one before today, and I ended up seeing two of them as someone had brought one to show me. Theres strange powers at work!

News was also floating about that two more silver rings had been found by different members, bringing the total so far to 4!

That was me for the day as my camera had stopped working due to the rain(excuse the lack of photos}, my machine was also playing up, my wellies were half full of rain and I was soaked through. I headed home to start cooking the Sunday lunch.

About half an hour ago though I got a call from Tafflaff to update me on the rest of the day.  

Nobby had part of a Roman enamelled trumpet brooch, Kaister had found a silver WIlliam IV shilling, Rambo a decorated spindal whorl, Rambos Dad a forged spade guinea (may be a gaming piece} and finally someone had found yet another ring. this one though was Roman and enamelled. Apparently its a beauty of a find.

Thats it - here come the photos!

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Last ones - feel free to add your finds guys as my camera it went Kaput!

Good write up and photos Neil as always.

Just gutted got nothing to show as usual!

About the the best I had today was 1932 silver six pence, musket ball, few buttons, strap end and a very corroded unidentified coin. Where was I when the rings were being pulled  :'(

a very wet day but not for Melonhead who is on a roll a lovely gold ring he found and withing five minutes found his nice little 1921 silver Canadian 5 cent, myself a musket ball i copper coin one button ,gave up at 12-15 foot playing up very wet and hungry so stayed in the car till Melonhead came back. ;) nice D.W.rally turnout despite the weather  ;) P.S. nice write up Neil m8. ;)

neil another great report and photos, well done everyone you deserved it for putting up with the weather, mark thats a nice ring are you fed up finding silver now  ;D.viv

im singing in the rain ...im singing the rain..  what  a glorious feelining im happy again just singing in the rain...... cheers dw ... another great rally ..regardless of the weather

Some fascinating finds there guys.  Good to see that spirits seemed high despite the rain.  Well done for sheer determination.

 :)

i didnt sing in the rain but i fall in the hole ::). glad i was behind that big tree so nobody can see me stuck in that mud superglue .

Thanks again to all committee and stewards for their devotion to all who attended today,although soaked to the skin you gave your time to take photos,study finds and most importantly have a chat and a laugh.  :-*

they have a fetish for the wet look........lol

Tintern 2 rally.

there were lots of good finds found today, well done to every body myself i found nowt but my mate welshbreed had a little roman coin well done to every body that found.

That ring is an absolute cracker Metalman. I knew there would be some Roman turn up! A great feeling to hold something thats not seen the light of day since its last owner about 1800 years ago!

I would enquire from your FLO or on here how to preserve the enamel to stop it cracking as it drys out. I personally don't know how to.

Congratulations on a lovely find mate.

Neil

I'm afraid I chickened out after lunch with nothing of interest to show. many thanks to admin for NOT arranging parking in the field! Would probably be worth another trip there if we could manage less water above,on and in the ground!

My highlight of the day was getting home to find a bath ready for me,roast dinner cooked and a coffee waiting  :). Detecting was poor for me, lots of finds mostly lead, couple of roman grots and a big gold plated button that caused a few moments of elation ! Congratulations to everyone that found something good, weather was terrible but I still enjoyed it

Congratulations on all who attended the rally in those atrocious conditions

The finds today are mind boggling, well done all, i don't know where to start, so i won't !!!!!

I'm a bit lost for words ,that makes a change,

But all those finds will help me with my new project, research

Again well done all.

welldone neil on yet another great report my friend.thanks for all the time you take writeing these reports and takeing the photos out on the field your a great asset mucker..another great dw ralley.a wet one but still a great one.
uuuummmm i wont be entering this months coin and artefact comp.but welldone to everyone who has found today there where some real good finds today welldone all.
until nextweek all the best everyone.
raymondoo

Great Rally shame about the weather tho. Had 11 buttons 10 coins the oldest being a 1876 5 Centimes.A couple of bullets, 1 buckle and the ring. And this not sure what it is , can anyone identify?

Hello
Great day out even tho a bit wet.I managed to winkle out some coins ,most unrecognisable, after cleaning i discoverd a george 111 halfpenny well worn and was happy with my Willie 3rd love token.
Thanks to all that organised the event.
cheers Andrew

Thanks Neil, will do.

soaked through,but battled on found a few grotty coins ,and 2 things i havent  a clue what they are,the coin shaped is approx same size and weight as a cartwheel penny 34mm wide,other object 35  mm long 10mm wide......well done to the organisers ,and some cracking finds made

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obverse of coin ?

Many Thanks for a great day!! Just a shame the weather wasn't better, but considering it was hammering it down nearly all day, there were some great finds! Loving the gold rings, still can't wait to find my first one! And today I actually manged to put some faces to names so now I know who some of you are which is good! I had a picture of one of my finds taken and posted already, but I have taken it again, since there was so much mud on it. It was mentioned I found a James Hammered, this is incorrect and I was right in thinking it was a King Charles Ist Hammered, and there are two pics of the reverse and obverse , unfortunately I can't quite tell the Mint Mark. I found this 10 minutes into the start of the rally, so was pleased. I ended my day by finding a Silver Cufflink, Georgian I presume? There is a copper alloy artifact which I haven't a clue about, so if somebody could tell me what it is I would be grateful! Therer is a small tack still in place, so pleased it never came out when I found it, so I assume it was mounted into something? I originally thought it was a piece of post medieval pottery, but obviously this is not the case I think. Thanks Again, Jon

I would like to say a big thanks to all you welsh and others for making us Brummies so welcome, I would also like to say how nice it was to meet up with badger,napolean (hope next time he will cook lol) , Roman Ray and Tafflaff and sorry if I missed anyone out.I would like to say a big tnakyou to Steve for borrowing me his poncho I will have to clean it now for you, the rain never put me off infact I really really enjoyed it I came away with roman but worn,a silver 1892 ring, and two halfpennies yes fab and to finish it off my lovely wife had a chicken dinner ready for me for when I got in she must be after something, ho yes just remembered it's valentine day tomorrow.
Anyway great site cheers Neil your a star and im looking forward to meeting you all agin next week.

Well done to you all that braved the rain today shows true commitment to your brilliant hobby.

Nice write up neil

Some really nice finds turned up today and i have never seen so many rings found anybody think we were on a beach.
Well done Steve(Metalman) with that crackin roman ring its a stunner mate.
here is my little contrubution for my day not much but i did enjoy.

thanks again to the orgarnisers of these rallies keep them coming

Wayno

A very damp but good day out. I spent half the day detecting and the other half sheltering in the blue trailer  :D 
Buttons were the order of the day, with my best one being a decorated pewter one.
Well done to the organisers - looking forward to next weekend  :D
Deb

3 rings for me all copper and probably no more than draw string rings.

Good report as normal Neil.
Shame about the weather, I called it a day at around 12.30, I was beginning to get wet legs as my waterproof trousers were soaking inside, even before I had put them on, my bloody flask leaked over them ;D during the journey down :-\

Thanks to the organisers, job well done, great site, would love to go back there when drier ;)

Congratulations to all who found, well done.

Johnus, no problem fella, it kept you dry hope ??? :o

Another great rally, well done to the team.

Here is my hammered, another ring (unfortunately cheap silver plated) and a 19th century apothecaries' weight for 2 drams.

I also had a load of buttons, a watch winder, a key, a few halfpennies and a farthing, a broken lead toy soldier and a broken lead toy horse.

Dripping, drenched, filthy, muddy, absolutely knackered when I got home. Last to leave I think.

Good time really and I found a few interesting things. A ring or circular brooch? Military or police button with 22 on centre, a knurled ferrul or fragment of a thimble. Still cleaning a pointy iron thingy which might be an arrow-head

Peter - well done on the hammered  :). Really pleased for you.

A certain person we both know enjoyed the rally but also wanted one to put it mildly!!

I hear Steve was disappointed as well  :P

Can't win all of the time eh ???  But it's good when you do!

 ;)

Yet another super report Neil thankyou, and from the looks of it a fruitful day some super finds ( well done to you all ) Sorry I missed the the fun   

Hi

Here are my finds from yesterday.  A button (any ideas on a date?), a couple of coins, a silver thingy and an iron goody which has an interesting shape. Does anyone know what the bit is with the hole in the middle?  Nobby found one too, although not yesterday, and we're interested to know what it is. 

Thanks!
Shianne

well done Shianne the two coins look like love tokens ! there is a link to your button there are a few on there for you to see which could be yours . ;)
http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/navy%20buttons.htm (http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/navy%20buttons.htm)

Well done Shianne - was nice to meet you.

I like that naval button!

The bit with a hole in is part of a ball-cock arm assembly. Possibly from a toilet cistern or a cattle trough.

Thanks Peter.  And nice to have met you too!
Kev sent me a link of Navy buttons but I can't find this particular one on there.  There are very similar ones but not the same.  I'm really interested to know more about it.   :)

just one coin for me.

i put it larger

Well done guys and girls some great finds there,despite all the bad weather  ;)

You should have seen the muck that came off my clothes after the rally. Looked like the washing machine was churning out hot chocolate!

Anyway, my button with the 22 is from the 22nd regiment of foot, the cheshire regiment, from 1850-1865.

The pointy iron thing was a well corroded nail, and I think the ring thingy is probably a single hook strap buckle, but I will let the FLO see that one, see what he thinks.

Just getting warm after 2 days!

Eric

my hammered found on rally Edward iv penny durham mint  ;)

lovey find you should have got that into the poll before.well done very nice

A little late I know but I only had my computer back yesterday but here are a few of my finds. Though it was cut short due to the weather I had a great day so thanks to the DW team. Only detected in the field down by the main road and as usual I hit the lead straight away. As I made my way across to the far side of the field I started finding other stuff. Found my usual ointment tube and cartridge case as well but after a two rally drought I got back into the coins so am well happy even though it was a weather shortened day.
Here is my George V shilling.

Found the George V shilling about two paces away from where Melonhead found his George V 5 cents. Maybe lost at the same time. Here are the two coins together.

And for the Rally of the Rings here is my entry. Though not a Ring as we know it I was still pleased with this piece of silver.

This is according to my search a suspender buckle dated to the mid 1920,s. Found it on the surface and if I am honest I think it might of fell out of someones finds bag.

Dating to around the same period is this cuff link. Another first so well happy again.

WELLDONE ON FINDS SIR PAUL.THE ONLY SILVER I COME HOME WITH WAS FOIL.LOL.
RAYMONDO

nice little assortment there Paul well done ;)

well done everyone some great finds on a very wet day and thanks dw team for a good day