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on august 14th we are reviving the " henry axford shield " competition between ourselves and the cardiff scan club. there will be a bbq to help  make the day a pleasant experience for everyone...details will be available soon.......byron

Thanks for posting Byron, let us/me know where and what time and me and Des will pop down atb phil

good news Byron,i haven't been at the club for the last couple of times been trying to shake off a chest infection,


Ray.

Good post Byron _ I am looking froward to this a s a SCAN member. Bit of inter club competition is always healthy.

Good Luck to all at SCAN and RARE on the day

Neil

the details will be finalised at our next meeting, 3rd august.....i can say that we will be meeting at 9.30 for a 10o'clock start....lets hope plenty of the scan club members turn up to make the competition equal....this will be discussed at the next scan club meeting too........good luck to everyone.........byron

we should have more inter club competitions ,be a laugh :)

the meeting time is 9.30 am, either in the car park in the centre of cowbridge ...or at the new beupre farm for those who know where it is....the bbq is free for all participants and their families...... :D.....see you there.....byron

If i can borrow a detector i.ll be there for a swing,if not i,ll call in to see/annoy everyone lol.atb phil

I'll be there till 1.45pm and then I'll have to shoot of to see Cardiff City thrash Bristol City!  ;D

a great turnout of members from both clubs......50+....nice to see everyone mixing and socialising......we enjoyed a fantastic BBQ with an amazing choice of goodies for all tastes.....well done to the catering team..... ;)....the competition was won by the Cardiff Scan Club and they get the Henry Axford Shield for the next year.....many congratulations to them......we look forward to the return next year  ;D........byron

Thanks to RARE for putting on a great day. The token competition consisted of gold-coloured aluminium rings, plus there were 'instant win' gold-coloured pre-decimal pennies in little bags with a raffle ticket. The food was excellent and the organisation was first-class.

As well as the token field, we had a huge amount of land to detect on for the rest of the day. Find of the day was part of a Bronze Age dagger. I also saw a nice buckle for a RARE member and a silver clog clasp found by Stephen King of Cardiff. I didn't hear of any hammered coming up, and didn't see any milled silver either, which is a bit unusual.

My own finds consisted of two pennies, two halfpennies and a farthing, all Edward VII or George V, and metal labels off two Victorian rose varieties. Oh, and I had four of the token rings and an 'instant win' which was a stainless steel flask  :)

Once again, thanks to RARE for doing such a good job. It was nice to meet up with your members and families, and let's hope it's not too long before we can provide another return competition for the trophy.

 I Hope i can make it for that one Byron,  i had to have the grandchildren this weekend, had to take them to swimming lessons yesterday and do jobs back at their house or i would have brought them along,
Al.

Really good day, excellent food ,well done to all.