East stratton charity rally
15th april 2012
We set off from Nantgarw , on time at 7.00am , in a coach which resembled a silver bullet and had a seating arrangement like a Boeing 747 . Unfortunately the usual 30 seater coach had been booked out so we were given this 70 seater instead , so we had plenty of room to stretch out .
We were met by one of the organisers to guide us to the site and park the coach in a covenient
position near the entrance to the fields .The rally was in aid of the local church's restoration fund so we were asked if we would fill out a “gift aid” form so they could reclaim the tax on our donations, many of us did so.
There were huge fields available , they had been ploughed and seeded so the going was pretty good. Although the sun was out most of the day, the colour in our cheeks was from the pretty strong wind that blew all day .The rally was well attended, at least three hundred detectorists were there. The FLO's table had a queue waiting to record finds all day, even right up to 4.30 when were leaving.
As usual our members had differing luck on the finds front . Most had the usual buckles,musket.....read full report at
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