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I attended the Cardiff SCAN Rally this morning in Chepstow with a heavy head following an evening of eating Morrocan food and drinking Turkish Raki! Oh my head hurt and it was wise not to stand down wind of me!

Anyway I started off with a few buttons and a 191O halfpenny and headed down toward the furthest fields to try and improve my luck. On the way along the track I pulled up a tobacco jar lid from the 18th Century and yet more buttons and an Edward copper half penny.

I went into the bottom field that joins the foreshore with views across The River Severn to England. A beautiful setting and after deliberating the safest way down to the mudflats headed down and was pretty soon rewarded with 2 William III coppers of circa 165O-17O2 and a few more modern coins. I;ve never tried detecting the clay before and it was a real pleasure to dig after the sun hardened soil of the pastures. I also managed to find about six Devils Toenail fossil of a few million years old and another fossil - not sure what it is.

Next came a lovely find in the form of an Apothacry Weight used for weighing out medicinal powder. Unfortunately its had a bit of iron contamination laying next to the bronze by the look of it, which I am guessing at late medieval date wise. Part of a broken Georgian buckle and a few other bits of copper were soon followed by a spindal whorl. I left the mud flats vowing to to give the mud flats along the Severn a good going over at another date and headed back to the track I had followed down.

I headed up the track but about 4 foot into the grass this time and got a relatively faint signal. Dug it out and couldn't see it, when suddenly staring at me glowing in the sun in a lump of mud was what looks like the edge of a gold ring. Wooohooo! It was indeed a man's gold wedding band hallmarked for Birmingham and dates to 1917, weighing in at a whopping 9.6 grams! I was over the moon as it has been two years since my last piece of gold and it was well over due.

That was about it for the day - headed home to Rioja in the garden and a lamb dinner - lovely way to spend a Sunday.

Thanks go to Steve King for getting the Rally and the rest of the organisers.

Cheers
Neil

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well done neil,looks as if you had a great day out and a cracking bit of gold to go with it.viv

Well done fella , cracking find - the Goldie. Looks like the foreshore would be well worth a bash fella ,

I'm a little concerned that you went home to someone called Roja though........Something you not telling us fella ? ;D

great report on the day Neil,nice gold ring for sure like the fossils you found to photos as usual are great .well done Neil ;)

HI NEIL.
what a cracking ring .welldone butty.im so happy for you neil.
great find..great stuff my friend.
welldone again neil.
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Cheers lads for the comments- I got to admit it got the old heart pumping a bit quicker when I saw it sat there shining in the afternoon sun!

After the William's, Apothacry weight, Spindal whorl and fossils I will definately be heading back to the severn forshaw - well worth a visit and really easy to dig! Just got to keep an eye on the tide and depth of the mud! ::)


Neil

Well done Neil glad you had some luck..... 8)

Great write up Neil,nice photo's too. Well done on your ring (jammy git ;) ) It was a lovely day out but i dont enjoy digging concrete (i'm told the fields were in fact pasture but i recon it was concrete painted green :o )  :)
Stunning views and the weather treated us well, i found a few odds and bobs, Talking of Bob's, RJM found another hammered!, Well done mate.

Salty :)

Well done Neil and C scan !

That ring looks like a wopper ;0)

Some nice finds  :o there Neil ;) good days work I must have a gold allergy  ??? not lucky in that department myself ::)

Wow Neil that ring is gorgeous. Well done fella. Some interesting finds you made today, But the ground must have been unforgiving. The foreshore looks well dry as well so well done on your day mate.

Lovely finds and a great report Neil, but if I may give a word of advice........Rioja with lamb? in summer?no..no...no...Please Neil. A nice chilled Guyinachair New Zealand rose. ::)

Tut.......................... Philistine   :D

Great finds neil m8 :)

I forgot to add Geoff its lamb with roasted olives, potato, courgette, thyme and lemon - with feta added after - a recipe we learnt from the Cyclades.

A fine Rioja is more than adequate to wash it down.

Next you'll be telling me that Campari is vogue this month! ;D ;D ;D

Cheers
Neil

That's a classic Greek lamb stew by the sound of it...But there is no such thing as a "FINE" Rioja  ;D  Mind you it's better than Greek Domestica or Retsina.
Oh no Campari is soooo yeaterday, Pims in this weather.

well done neil on the ring and well deserved  8)

Many many congratulations on such a lovely find neil. well done indeed.

Mrs h says she lost one just like that --



but she's never been to the severn mud flats [though i have been tempted on several occasions!!!]  .... so i can safely say it's not hers!!

lovely find ... enjoy it.

cheers

nice ring find Neil, welld done, nice finds from the foreshore as well,  i like it along there too,   looks like the mud is not too deep at the mo

iv'e just been looking at your gold ring again Neil,  wow, i bet your heart missed a few beats when you saw that there lol,   a real heart stopper that mate.

wow fella thats quite a hefty ring you got there  :o well done im still hoping to get my first gold.... glad you put a pic of that coin up to , i found one not so long back that i couldnt tell what it was as its so worn but from your pic i can see its william so thanks fella  :)

Cracking find Neil, well done mate.

Nice find(s) Neil
Great photos and good reading :o
Glad you were able to dig,Me and Melonhead gave up after a hour or so....left it there for another day.

Again great article and great find....well done
farmer Phil 8) ;)

Super find Neil  ;) still waiting for my first gold

Cheers guys and gals.

Pipster - it will come mate - its all to do with the hours spent V land equation!

Cheers
Neil

Great finds guys  ;) & what a whopping great gold ring, thats the biggest gold wedding band Iv ever seen ;D

Nice finds there Neil!! ;) i bet the gold ring made your heart flutter when you dug it  :D