DetectingWales.com

After a bit of a hiatus we are finally able to announce the next DetectingWales rally. This will take place on Sunday 22nd March in Rodney Stokes near the Cheddar Gorge. This land has been found for us by Mike and we really appreciate it.

The area has an Iron age, Roman, Saxon and Medieval history and the land consists of pasture and stubble/ploughed.


This will be a DetectingWales.com members only rally and I'm afraid everyone attending must be over 16 years of age. Usual terms and conditions apply. Everyone who attends does so at their own risk and we recommended that everyone has civil liability insurance. If you are a member of a club you will probably already have this. Please check.

The location of the rally will be sent by private message to everyone who has signed up the day before the rally and the rally fee is £7.00 as normal.

Please car share wherever possible, even if you have to meet in a lay bye and share from there as parking is rather limited.

Well done Mike, looking forward to it.
Geoff

^Ditto

Nice one mate  :)

nice one mike,  ;D

Well done mucker ;)

Hi what sort of time would kickoff be and what sort of time do these rallies end?
Only asking before I sign up to something I can't commit too

Sadly another one I can't make, family commitments.

usually a 9;30 start and finishes around 4ish lots of peole tend to go then put some stay on longer hope this helps troutmasterfunk

Cheers Mike !

Well done Mike, now where have I put my Detector?.....

Cheers deadlock... :D

hi guys can you add ozzy please  got no coms.

Nice one Mike, hope the weather holds up  well. AJ

Looking forward to it - as I'll be being sent to the states by work, it'll be my last detecting stint for a month afterwards.

Yep it says at the top... 100

I have put my name down, but it's the wife's birthday Saturday  :o if I do not get the ok I will remove my name in plenty of time so as not to stop any one else, should the list fill up to max.  ;)

Nice one Mike  :)

Just signed up - this will be my first rally, as I'm a total newbie...

If anyone wants to car-share from Bristol, I'm happy to drive (or be a passenger  ;D)

Having signed up, do we pay on the day?

Pay on the day.....or you can send me a cheque in the post  ;D

Add us please
Thanks
Rookypair

PARKING AT THIS RALLY IS LIMITED SO PLEASE SHARE TRANSPORT IF POSSIBLE  :) :)

C'mon Cheerry & Bob, I know its been a whhile since your last DW rally, but you have to add yourself !

Hi could u add me to the list please. :)

Alright slim
Click on the sign up tab at the bottom of the rally list next to your name

Thank you Mike, look forward to the 22nd.

Sorry
I have signed us up twice, I can see that nobby put our name down (I'd forgotten how to sign up and now we're on twice)

Apologies

Rookypair

Can you put Badger's name down please x

can you add my boy too please ,dances with crows ,cheers

My dad can't log in so please add him, waggis is his username on here. Cheers

Can you add me too please. Thanks.

Yes please

Please add Roughneck and Relicron to the list.  Thank You.

Roughneck and Relicron You need to add yourselves individually chaps.

Just follow the on screen instructions.

Cheers
Neil

Everyone can add members to the list if the option is ticked when the rally is set up. See if this makes a difference now Da Monkey

looking good now Taff :)

I've put something similar on my 'Introduce Yourself' post, but... March 22nd will be my first rally, and my first real detecting day...

I'm wondering whether anyone would be willing to look after me a bit on the day, give me a steer on what happens on rally outings,  and generally let me tag along and join the chat...not looking forwards to turning up on my own, and not knowing a soul. And if metal detectorists in general are a bit of a rare breed, I'm in that much smaller pot of female and new to detecting...



And more than happy to do the driving if anyone wants a lift from Bristol area...   :D

dont feel your on your own as i only been to 2 myself and everybody seems very helpfull and easy going.you will enjoy it.there are a few that will stop and chat

I look out for you if you like,  should be a great day

 You will be fine on the day, everyone is very helpfull and I'm sure you will have a great day out, (just look out for the Welsh guy's )  ;D
Geoff

Please can you take me off this one i`m unable to make hope to see you all on the next one
cheers TEZZA

done , hope to see you on the next one

Hi all, looking forward to this rally but bit confused as how many can attend as the number keeps raising, how many are actually allowed to attend?

It did say 100 but now says 130 ???

You'll love it detectingly, folk are really friendly and keen to chat mostly, in sure you'll enjoy yourself :)  watch out for that deadlock, he'll be ready to spot as the one carrying his bucket full of hammereds lol :)

Would love to go to this, but will not have any transport on the day.
If anyone has room it would very much be Appreciated. I live in Penderyn
Close to Aberdare and could try and get a lift to a pick up point.

Thanks

Steve

top of rally page says 122 people signed up   out of 130 does that mean there is 130 spaces on the rally or are some of them reserves in case people drop out?

Maximum of 130 spaces, 122 have signed up......8 spaces left

thanks nobby that makes things clear for everyone.

someones maths are wrong there are 130 already as some have to 2 names to a signing, it looks like there are over 130  already ;)

thats a good point

Ooooh....quite correct bristol..... Looks like im going to have to take some off.......what number are you?..... ;D ;D

 sorry boys and girls me and mrs digwell having to pull out due to ill health hope to meet you all on next one

Sorry Lads,
whosyouruncle and Beanz wont be there this time due to family comitments :o
Hope to see you on the next dig. ;D
HAVE A GOOD ONE ALL. :)

Sorry cant make it too much work  :-\. Hh all

Sorry I can't join you all,however I want to wish you a very successful rally and hope you all have a great day and you all get good finds.
 

Cheers ding dong... ;D

PLEASE AD  ME TO THE LIST FOR SUNDAY AT RODNEY STOKES

No 116 ITS JUST TEZZA I DON`T KNOW WHERE DA MONKEY BIT COMES FROM

lol that's just andy doing his job , don't worry nobodies gonna call u a monkey , see u sunday  :)

I'm afraid Mikes got it wrong Tezza. Being no. 116 on the list, you have won Andy aka De Monkey  as first prize and you get to keep him as your own personal slave FOREVER  ;D ;D

RookyPair's won nobby  ;D ;D ;D

That did cross my mind hahaha 😁

Can't make it Sunday sorry, so someone else can have my place. Hope you have some good finds and I'll look forward to seeing the report. Cheers.

Apologies for late hour but too busy at work, somebody else can have my place.

Can't believe I'm saying this but will have to take my name of rally, wife's birthday weekend , Im sure it will be a good day for all and hope the finds are plenty and varied, especially as many of you are travelling a long way. I will look forward to find posts. ;)

If he`s willing i`ll do the finding and Da Monkey can do the digging I better bring some bananas see you all Sunday

Hi. If someone going has a Deus, can you give me some guidence with it please. It's going to be my first time out with it.

Just make sure your targets aren't too deep because anything over 10" or so he'll need a step ladder to get in and out of the hole :D

Looking at the list there are quite a few Deus "old timers" going who I'm sure will be available to give advice ;)
If they don't volunteer just ask, you can usually spot them by their severe muscle wastage and handbags ;D

Brilliant Geof, lol, I had a few days swinging the CTX  that builds the muscles back up nicely, and at least my handbag is a camouflaged one I find it a bit more manly lol.  ;) ;)

 ;D ;D ;D ;D Geoff you'll soon see the light

Been there Dylan got the T-shirt and certainly saw the light that's why I sold the Deus and kept the Minelab :D

As a wise man once said  " I'll be back " ;D ;D

Good hunting everyone for tomorrows dig, hope it is many hammies etc. ATB AJ

Hi sorry pls can u take my name off as I have to work

Looks a great dig but cant make it now so please take me off the list, hope you all have a good day  ;)

Sorry didn't make it. Woke up to a sickly child.

Sorry for not being able to make todays Rally.  :( Hope you have had some good finds.

Left within first hour just way too much waste for me!! Like too thank Mike for the effort in going out his way too find land ;) Theres always a chance on any land if it's bad or good and wasn't our time today good effort though mate  ;)

Well me Mark Dylan had a cracking start of the day as we were driving to Cheddar caves you come across some unusual animals  on the cliff edgeas we were driving into the rally we come across a bra on the road then we went for a fantastic breakfast started off in the cows Field found a Love token nice one to and the 16th 17th century tokenThe ground was a bit trashy but a nice day out all in all like to thank Mike for finding the fields know someone found a silver Roman and a gold ring

the area looked good but unfurtunatly there was green waste all over,some nice finds came up though but were few and far between,cant all be good ones or be boring

Well done mikey gud day had

Myself and hammered got our self's 300 acres+ just down the road and that was quiet as a mouse.

Yes that sort of land if there is something it will be very old sure there is few axe head somewhere in this fields

thanks mike for arranging the rally.i had a nice william 3rd sixpence dated 1697.not much else as was a lot of trash spread.look forward to next one

A good day.. Was great to put faces to names..
Shame about the waste but I have got idea fixings to put s bookshelf together lol ;D

Will defo try to get to next rally.. ;)

Was my first rally, so good practice even if I didnt find anything interesting...had a great day and keen to go on another rally!

And for me, the trash was an interesting learning curve!!!

Thanks for organising.

good day with lads,4.5 hrs :o drive each way to my first dw rally to to to green waste infested dig with no stubble or plowed land in site even tho it was said there would be,sorry but got to ask organisers and please don't take this the wrong way but was there a test dig done before inviting over 100 detectorist ???   from all over the country :-X

Hi Anthony,

No test digs are carried out on any Detecting Wales Rallies. We used to visit every rally site to test dig in the past but stopped after a minority of members made a fuss about us creaming the best finds off 100 acres of land.  As silly as this claim was we stopped checking the farms.

We do however ask every farmer whether green waste has been spread and have in the past not visited some very good areas due to this very reason. We have however have been told 'no' in the past only to find some fields infested with the blight.

I'm afraid we will always have to take the farmers word as gospel and whatever is there....is there.  :)

thanks for reply friend,look forward to next dig and if farmer lies about green waste can we string him up lol ;D ;D

after digging most of Ikea up decided to go and look for fresh land.Here's my finds from neighbouring farm with no green waste thank god

here is my denarius from today, i've been told it's from the BC years, which makes it my first ever BC find! made up with it!

big thanks to Mike for getting the land, Geoff and co. for the I.D. ,and everyone involved in organising the rally,  hope to see you all on a future dig.


 ;D ;D ;D

sharkey
 

Nice to meet you today Sharkey and a privilege to see the coin first hand, first serratus I've seen in the flesh, this is the bit of gumpf I could find on it ;)

Roman Republican, Q. Antonius Balbus, AR Denarius Serratus, 83-82 BC, Rome
S . C
Laureate head of Jupiter right
Q . ANTO (ligate) . BALB (ligate) / PR
Victory in fast quadriga right, wreath upward in right hand, reigns and long palm forward in left
17mm x 19mm, 3.88g
Antonia 1; Crawford 364; Sydenham 742b

Notes by Seaby: "This moneyer was a member of the Marian party and was appointed praetor in Sardinia in 82 BC, from whence he was driven by L. Philippus, the legate of Sulla, and slain."

That's a lovely coin Andy, well done.  It looks like you're man of the match up to now 👍

Man of the match to be sure the only thing we  all found was
the way there !! Not many finds unless you count green waste
but a great day out, put a few faces to names on here. Not sure who took pics of my maybe roman coin mid afternoon could you email me a copy as i cant make it out and the number of hands it went through v worn.
slord1617@gmail.com
thanks steve

very nice andy well winkled :)

couple of really nice finds there ,unfortunately you can not get a crystal ball out and predict green waste only take the farmers word for it , i myself paid £27 for a rally in wotton basset yesterday and found nothing but foil and ring pulls ,but it was still a great day out with good company ,incedently we were told it was all arrable land ,yes it may have been a thousand years ago lol

That is a beautiful coin sharkey. I was going to ask is it normal to have 'notched' edges but I reckon Geoffs  gumph explains that with the word Serratus.

Very unusual, well found.

Val

Well done Andy that is a belter of a coin! never seen one before.

Thank you D W for Sundays dig ,no joy on the finds front but enjoyed my breakfast .

thanks again for the comments, yes i walked around for nearly 2 hours unsure whether it was a coin or token, old / modern / celtic / roman, mainly due to the edge and detail. was great to get it confirmed as an old boy  ;D don't think it has sunk in properly yet. has to be the best find i've ever unearthed, and i didn't catch it with my spade  :D result!

sharkey

Very nice sharkey... :o
Well saved.. ;)

Oh God imagine hitting that with your spade! You'd be gutted.

Yes Chris, andys coin is amazing,find of the day from the 8 of us who travelled down.dont think my 1953 threepenny bit and halfpenny token puts me close...lol.brill day out.chester mob on a good run.

What I'd love to know is how it got to Somerset.  The Romans didn't come over till 55 BC and didn't get that far west till after AD.

There was me saying coins couldn't tell a story.  That one could.

Val

Val you've got to think of the coins back then being worth it's weight rather than it's denomination and so they stayed in circulation and peoples saving much longer but could also have come over with trade as the local  Durotriges tribe were trading with Gaul for a long time before the Romans overran it.
I'm sure like many you remember that it  wasn't unusual at all to have young head Vicky coppers in your change right up to the 1970's ;)

It is a lovely coin but Andy has been disqualified as a member of the Chester mob as he lives on the right side of the border ! The committee's decision is final on this, better luck next time. P. S. You can have him back for a fee or if he finds nothing next club dig. 😉😉😉

It's great hearing of all the possibilities, never thought that id find such a thing!

Hey Chris, Chester mob membership lasts for 10 years, after which it is reviewed, so unfortunately for you guys you have an 8 year wait to unseat me!

At last all of our mob training sessions seem to be paying off   :D

Look forward to the next dig

Sharkey

Yes Geoff, I did think of trading but wasn't sure about the location. Still, as you said silver coins were considered in a different light back then.  Silver was just silver to many.  All interesting speculation. Will it have to be reported ??

Val

No it was on its own so just a single coin but would be a valuable addition to the record so hope it is recorded ;)

Yes it will be recorded, I will be passing it on with the details to mark lodwick when he is next recording the North Wales Dirt Diggers' finds in May

Cheers

Sharkey

Well done Andy , that was a belter of a find, thanks for letting me hold it even if you wouldn't GIVE it to me. As stated before the rally
all find were to be left with customs on the North / South border, I'm afraid rules are rules but as you've managed to smuggle it
across, I suppose you can keep it  ;D ;D ;D

Ah, but did he have a licence from the home office (DW) if not it should be surrendered.  ;)

Val

first detecting wales ralliesi have been on enjoyed my self
BIG thanks for the person who found my glasses, i found a old penny and 1 token so my 4 year old was happy with a easter egg when i got home but now he thinks metal detecting is for easter eggs lol

 ;D ;D ;D glad you enjoyed yourself hoot ;)

  Nothing for me on the day apart from loads & loads of Aluminium wast,but it was a bright day with good company.Oh & 1 lost dogs toy hopefully returned to its owner ????.
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