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OK Rob whta's with the flaming 55 avatar.
cant be your age.... you are surely older than that  ;)

 Hi Kev

I Goggled Club 55 and it turned out to be a ladyboy bar in Tailand lol

I think 55 is a religious sect where cult members sell there souls to the Devil in return for spectacular detecting finds
One of they're many rituals involve using Plastic ducks in a kind of keith harrris and Orvil act and Blowing up Airbeds but ive yet to find what they do with them after they are inflated lol
Judging by Ray beautiful gold stater last year and Robs Temple ring they're both going to the "Gates of Hades"

This is my theory anyway
Maybe forum members have other ideas ??????

its probably the coffee inthe coke can ( 55 being the club motif )that taff uses instead of a kettle 

55 may be the investigative arm of DW, dedicated to exposing those people who take hammereds and Romans with them on rallies, and then claim to have found them there on the day.

You know who you are...

 ::)  ::)  ::)

i think he's aiming to get to route 66.

still some way to go!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_55 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_55)

55 is the amount of hours it would have taken me to put Tafflaff,s tent up at the rally . Did I say tent sorry I meant mansion.  ;D ;D

Did you notice, Paul, Taff's tent seemed to be bigger on the inside than on the outside?

(http://www.dixonschwabl.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tardis.jpg)

Nice one Leighton you are so right.  ;D ;D

the plot thickens.......secret  sects (or sex) on rallies, a forgotten cult , yes cult. more conspiracy theories....come on Rob 'fess up or these innuendo's will grow and grow.
 a bit like "the fishing trip" story from gavin and stacey.
over to you Rob me boy

Could it be the number of days Rob has been without his car  ???

55 , strong the unwoken forgotten
to strive upwards its journey begins.
Across the mists of time an energy awakens
the 55 strong its secret within.

how much off Benny's home brew have you had ?

This 55 sure rocks.  ;D ;D ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or8eZp3Koo0&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or8eZp3Koo0&feature=related)

Well i think thats explains everything

Thanks Rob  lol

Hi leighton
Im suprised its taken you so long to work that one out lol
I can tell you stories that,ll make your coil curl lol.

Why would anyone do that ? surely it would take the buzz out of detecting (nice pun )  I think that most would be able to tell if an item had just come out of a hole or not.

I've never been able to get my head around it, but it happens and yes there are times when it is obvious.
I think they must want the attention, sad really.

It must be hard for someone who is used to finding (the good stuff) to go through a dry spell.
I'm very secpitcal of anyone that finds the goodies on every trip
Detecting is a based mostly on luck i find it hard to believe someone can be lucky all the time.

I'm not a big believer in showing your finds i think it puts pressure on the people to always come up with the goods no mater where there from.
And i think it gives non detectorists and newbies the wrong impression about our hobby,maybe thats why newbies seem to come and go so regularly.
Like my Name sake  Phil said you can tell if an item had come from and hole that day so why bother  !

I must admit i am guilty of cheating myself,

I was Beach detecting with Des years ago, and a fella came up to me with his wife and said "Ive had one of them" and pointed to my Advantage, i said "ohhh yeah, did you find anything Nice?"
he said "NO "F''ck all they are rubbish you,ll never find nothing with a metal detector"!
I was shocked at his aggression.

Id only just got on the beach so only had a few coppers in my pocket.so not wanting this "Monkey boy"
to get the better of me, i pulled a load of loose change (about £10s worth) and my wedding ring and gold a braclet i took off for safe keeping lol
The look on his face was Priceless    ;Dlol

I think cheating in this case on totally justified lol

We gone a bit off topic here maybe the topic should be split or another thead started  ;0)


Is 55 the number of days Rob "hasnt" been detecting in the last 3 years ????

i think it's the  total number of minutes Rob spends actually detecting on a 2 day D.W rally.......photography and talking...and making coffee making up the other 15 hours 5 minutes. ;)
(as for people taking stuff to rallies to find in my opinion thats about as sad as it comes. never found a hammered at a D.W rally but love seeing other peoples. does that make me a "bad detectorist"...no just an unlucky one)


come on Rob ...whats the 55 for....

on the Number 55
1)   On the Oracle: Heaven is one, earth is two; heaven is three, earth four; heaven is five, earth six; heaven is seven, earth eight; heaven is nine, earth ten. There are five heavenly numbers. There are also five earthly numbers. When they are distributed among the five places, each finds its complement. The sum of the heavenly numbers is 25, that of the earthly numbers is 30. The sum total of heavenly numbers and earthly numbers is 55. It is this which completes the changes and transformations and sets demons and gods in movement.
— I Ching, Book II.9.1-2 (circa 1000 B.C.)

Sum of 5 odd heavenly numbers = 1+3+5+7+9 = 25
Sum of 5 even earthly numbers = 2+4+6+8+10 = 30
Sum of the heavenly & earthly series (I Ching) = 25 + 30 = 55
2)   Platonic Lambda: The Soul of the Universe is the sum of the two series (Timaeus 35b):
Sum of the double interval series (powers of 2) = 20 + 21 + 22 + 23 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 = 15
Sum of the triple interval series (powers of 3) = 30 + 31 + 32 + 33 = 1 + 3 + 9 + 27 = 40
Sum of the double & triple interval series (Timaeus) = 15 + 40 = 55
“Now God did not make the soul after the body, although we are speaking of them in this order; for having brought them together he would never have allowed that the elder should be ruled by the younger... First of all, he took away one part of the whole [1], and then he separated a second part which was double the first [2], and then he took away a third part which was half as much again as the second and three times as much as the first [3], and then he took a fourth part which was twice as much as the second [4], and a fifth part which was three times the third [9], and a sixth part which was eight times the first [8], and a seventh part which was twenty-seven times the first [27]. After this he filled up the double intervals [i.e. between 1, 2, 4, 8] and the triple [i.e. between 1, 3, 9, 27] cutting off yet other portions from the mixture and placing them in the intervals” (Benjamin Jowett's translation of Plato's Timaeus 35b)
3)    In Pythagorean arithmetic, 2 is the first even number, 3 the first odd number. The even & odd tetractyes both radiate from the One, which is the source of all numbers. The sum of these two series is 55
4)    The 10th triangular number = 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55
Sum of the first 10 numbers: 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 = 55
5)    Sum of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th triangular numbers = 3 + 6 + 10 + 15 + 21 = 55
6)    The 10th Fibonacci number = 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 (Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci, 1170-1250)
7)    The 5th Pyramidal number = 1, 5, 14, 30, 55
8)    Sum of the first 5 square numbers = 1 + 4 + 9 + 16 + 25 = 55
9)    Sum of the 8 factors of 36 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 18 = 55
10)    The 55th digit of pi = 9
11)    The 130th & 131st digits of pi = 55
12)    The 55th digit of phi = 1
13)    Aristotle postulated a complex arrangement of 55 concentric spheres with varying differential speeds,
all of them constructed of a transparent crystal of infinite purity and perfection.
(Charles-Albert Reichen, A History of Astronomy, Hawthorn, NY, 1961, p. 15)
“Since, then, the spheres involved in the movement of the planets themselves are— eight for Saturn and Jupiter and twenty-five for the others, and of these only those involved in the movement of the lowest-situated planet need not be counteracted the spheres which counteract those of the outermost two planets will be six in number, and the spheres which counteract those of the next four planets will be sixteen; therefore the number of all the spheres— both those which move the planets and those which counteract these— will be 55.”
Aristotle, Metaphysics 1074a6 (Bk XII or Book Lambda),
translated by W. D. Ross, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1924
14)    Atomic Number of Cesium (Cs) = 55
The cesium clock is used as a standard in measuring time. Its accuracy is one second in 30,000 years.
The cesium atomic clock is based on the frequency corresponding to hyperfine structure transition
in the atoms of cesium nuclides Cs-133.
(K. Diem & C. Lentner, Scientific Tables, Ciba-Geigy, Basle, 1970, p. 207)
15)    The 55th day of the year = February 24
(birthday of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, 2/24/1463-11/17/1494, Italian philosopher)
16)    The 55th hexagram of the I Ching: Fêng / Abundance (Fullness)
17)    On February 9, 1986, Halley's Comet made its closest approach to the sun (perihelion)
"at a distance of only about 55 million miles."
[Science News, Vol. 129, (January 11, 1986), p. 20]
18)    The velocity of Halley's comet at perihelion is 55 kilometers per second.
(Donald K. Yeomans, The Comet Halley Handbook, NASA, May 15, 1983, p. 20]
19)    An Emerald wedding anniversary celebrates 55 years.
20)    Number of stars (29 stella + 26 stelle) Dante scattered in his Commedia = 55. (See Online Concordance)
(Ernest Hatch Wilkins, Thomas G. Bergin, & Anthony J. De Vito,
A Concordance to the Divine Commedy of Dante Alighieri, 1966)
21)    Thomas Taylor & Floyer Sydenham translated 55 Dialogues of Plato from Greek to English,
published in 5 volumes (R. Wilks, London, 1804). These translations influenced
the romantic poets Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Byron, and Blake.
(see Stanford Library copy; also Kane Antiquarian Auction, 10-5-1997, auction lot #320)
22)   55th word of the King James Version of the Bible's Old Testament Genesis = light
1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2: And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
    And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3: And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4: And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
— Genesis I.1-4 (1611)
23)    The number 55 is symbolised as "The Sword"—
signifying energy and triumph. It denotes mental penetration
which pierces the darkness of ignorance as a sharp sword pierces a dense body.
(Isidore Kozminsky, Numbers: Their Meaning and Magic, Rider, London, 1912, p. 51)
24)   55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (1787)
and 39 signed the United States Constitution.
25)    Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday Mr. President" dress
was assigned Lot #55 at the Christie's Auction on October 27, 1999.
It sold for a record price for a dress— $1,267,500.
The Christie's Catalog cover shows Marilyn in the Platonic Lambda pose.
26)    José Saramago's novel The Cave features the Center, a vast multistoried shopping mall whose catalog runs to 55 volumes of 1,500 pages each, an entertainment complex offering Disneyland versions of virtual reality, and apartments, a hospital, a crematory and administrative headquarters.
27)   EL is an ancient Semitic title for God.
In Assyrian-Babylonian mythology, the great trinity Anu (sky), Bel (light), and Ea (sea) emanated from EL.
EL was used by the Phoenicians for the high-one. Elohim is the plural form of EL.
The Hebrews associated EL or Elohim with a sun-deity absorbed by Yaw (Jah or Jehovah)
In Hebrew poetry EL appears as First Cause, God, Mighty One, principle or beginning of all things.
In Cabala, EL is a name of Chesed, the 4th Sephira. EL is Celtic for angel.
As a word root, EL appears in Bethel, Daniel, Eli, Elijah, eel, and electricity.
(Gertrude Jobes, Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore and Symbols, Scarecrow Press, NY, 1962, p. 497)

Note: Epsilon is the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet, E
Lambda is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet, L
Product of the 3rd & 5th prime numbers: 5 x 11 = 55 = EL
28)   Numerology: words whose letters add up to 55
Hemoglobin = 8 + 5 + 4 + 6 + 7 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 9 + 5 = 55

Universal Self = (3 + 5 + 9 + 4 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 1 + 3) + (1 + 5 + 3 + 6) = 40 + 15 = 55

Christ-Logos = (3 + 8 + 9 + 9 + 1 + 2) + (3 + 6 + 7 + 6 + 1) = 32 + 23 = 55

Hope that explains everything.

Bloody Hell Chef way over my head. Way over  :o :o :o ???

Chef's post makes perfect sense...

If you look at it backwards in a mirror, whilst hanging upside-down from the ceiling!

 ???  :)  ;D

as clear as mud !!...... ???......but where do the flames come from?.....byron

IV'E GOT IT........The average age of the 55 club is 55 :o ???

Hay! hang on there grill monkey, that would make me over 100.

I thought that would get a response lol ;D ;D ;D

Hang on.....a quick recalculation, no that would make me over 80

Is it the most amount of McChicken sandwiches he's eaten in one go?

Goodness gracious NO!    It's was a lot more...... ;D

Are they sponsered by Britvic

Is it Roman numeral sign language:

AA

the 3 rd rescue service!!

it must be robs waist size  !!!!!!!!!;D ;D ;D ;D or his IQ  !!!! - ouch that hurt :D :D :D :D  LOL LOL ......and before you ask thats double my IQ so I'll have to form the 27.5 club .... ;) ;)  or is that the 23.5 club.. ??? ??? lol

the secreat number refers to britvic 55 :)  

Whats with the FREEMASONS EMBLEM,,,,,,,, societies and all,   funny signs an handshakes,,,, don't like the the sound of this,,,, have you got a special way of swinging your detectors as well......lol

This is how the National Socialist German Workers' Party  Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei started

A select few members and strange Letters and symbols

Europe be aware !  :P

I cant be the 1st to have noticed 55 looks a lot like .....SS (Schutzstaffel)  :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

"Nurse i think i need my medication now "  :P

ha ha ha   you lot are soo funny,,

   Right thats it , i'm gonna be checking for little moustaches and members goose stepping around the rallies,,, and if anybody comes near me wearing jackboots instead of wellies,,,,, i'll have my Garret probe ready,,, they don't like it up em , i said they don't like it up em,,, DON'T PANIC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8nyBr9_-8

The secret's out...

http://www.scotrail.co.uk/club55 (http://www.scotrail.co.uk/club55)

who really cares what 55 is about, could be a group of religious fruitcakes or a secreat homosexual cult that sacrifices goats on a monday evening,,, really dont care an we aint privy to the info,,, id rather not know,,,curiosity killed the cat an all that. ;D ;D ;D

I care what 55 is all about but im also very afraid

Once i have the knowlege will it be like Pandoras Box ?
Will i have released all the evils of mankind into the world.

"Nurse I think i need the stronger pills im loosing it again  "  :P

techony you really think Rob is an anorak train spotter then.........interesting. The mystery continues  ???