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Author Topic: Detectingwales Rally 34 - Hammerdfest 2011 - The Sequel!  (Read 17640 times)
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« on: July 16, 2011, 07:44:40 PM »

Detectingwales.com headed off to return to the infamous field of Hammeredfest 2009 today and we were not to be dissapointed.

We have waited for this one particular field to be available for over 2 years! During that time it had been ploughed twice, and was to be found sitting there as a relatively low pasture. Another week and it would be too high to detect.

This was a short notice Rally and only 25 brave DW members arrived to face the elements. I got there at 8.20am in pouring rain to find a few others already trying to figure out which fields we were going to be in. Following an excellent overview from Cheffy and the statement "That last time we were here 1 in 3 detectorists found hammered with a total of 13!" we were off!  

After I had seen the farmer I returned to the fields to find Tom Tom with one of the best condition hammered coins I have seen on a rally. Its a hammered silver of I think Charles 1st  {I am notoriously bad on hammered coinage!) with a scottish thistle on the other side. He was well happy, and rightfully so as its a cracker and we speculated that the IX - may make it a 9 pence. Looking at the photo now - I am not so sure - its a beaut whatever and wasn't his only hammered of the day - more on that later.

I passed Tom and headed to the end of the field where Rambo appeared and was curious about where the hammered coins had sprung up from last time. I explained to him that it was no particular area and they were all over the place.

About a minute later I got a low two tone signal and after digging needlessly for a while found in amongst the grass roots at about an inch or two a hammered short cross. It dates to the Plantagenet Period somewhere between 1154-1272 and will probably turn out to be Henry III. I'll wait for the Doc to verify it, but I was ecstatic! Thats two hammered in only 30 minutes! I have just given it a blast with the hot gun on arriving home and it looks a bit better, but needs more work.

Could this rally rival the 2009 one on the hammered stakes? You bet your life it did - it even surpassed it.

I next bumped into Soft Top who had a lovely button that may turn out to be silver. I took a photo - returned to my machine, took a few steps and found the same design one. Went back to Soft Top and he had found another of a slightly different design - Very odd.

Shortly after new reached me of another small hammered falling to a newish memeber that is Jason31 - looks to be a fathing and wasn't the only one found today. Well done mate.

Back at the soggy Base Camp, Avalon was running a test on some 3000 year old worked gold he had buried. I failed miserably with the Explorer as did many machines - it was intersting to note the T2 did best, followed by a couple of Deus's. He also carried out a test with a gold half guinea that he buried at 7 inches - I was relieved to say the least that my ExplorerII was blasting that out. How did everyone else get on?

Steve also shared with us a stunning book on some of his finds, and then produced a Bronze Age Spear Head and Palstave Axe just to bring the photos to life. Loved seeing them.

Back into the fields and John Talbot had found a cut half and then promptly produced a hammered fathing. I asked him "Do you always find this many hammered coins?" His reply could not have been scripted any better and was "Only on Detectingwales Rallies!" Great quote John and well done!

The next sight I witnessed was Chef tearing across the field towards an unsuspecting TaffLaff. For a minute I thought he was going to take Taff down and then realised by his little jig that he too had produced a hammered coin - in the shape of a cut half. Chef was also sporting a Medieval belt stud.

It all gets a bit blurry now as I am useless with names at the best of times, but I saw another few hammereds taking the total to eleven. I once again met Tom Tom who made the amount jump to twelve and vowed to take it to thirteen!

Ademinelab produced a Charles button - you now the type with the two hearts - I think it was to show loyalty and to support his marriage to was it the strumpet known as Isabella? A nice find matey.

Back at Base Camp, new member Yoda had found a Tudor hammered, a pre decimal sixpence and a jetton. Not to be outdone Meatslicer had managed a lovely Medieval seal with what I took to be a clover design. If its not a seal then its an intricate early button. Any ideas guys?

Avalon was also at Base Camp with a Charles II milled threepence dating to the late 1600's. A beauty of a find that I have often seen in magazines but rarely in the flesh. To add to that he also had a strap end of some size that looked zoomorphic and could well be Saxon. It needs a bit of TLC bt you could see its former rivets and possibly a suspension loop. Can we have a photo Steve when you have worked your magic?

More hammereds all over the place including one from DetectorDave1 in the form of a cut half. A few others I forget who found them all together and a "poor mans" finger ring I think to Dai Davies.

My favourite find of the day though belonged to IFINDNOTHING - otherwise known as Mark, who found his first hammered coin after 30 years on and off detecting! Over the Moon for you mate and its what detecting is all about. I lose track of the amount of hammered cherries that DW has helped to pluck, but everyone is a pleasure to witness!

I think without a doubt we can say its a Medieval site. I only saw three copper coins all day. Its unlike any other site that DW has in its portfolio and thankfully to a very friendly farmer its solely our detecting rights for the future. As usual anyone found trespassing will be hung, drawn and quartered!

When I left at 4.15pm the count was up to 14 from 25 members - thats better than a 1 in 2 ratio! I dare say there were a few more I never got to see, so feel free to add them to this post!

As always it was a fun day out with members old and new.

Until next time

Neil



* A Tom Tom's profile.JPG (45.2 KB, 571x428 - viewed 510 times.)

* A Tom Tom and the first hammered of the day.JPG (67 KB, 428x571 - viewed 436 times.)

* A John Talbot buckle.JPG (51.54 KB, 428x571 - viewed 413 times.)

* A TomTom Scottish hammered obverse.JPG (48.26 KB, 571x428 - viewed 488 times.)
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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2011, 07:48:44 PM »

Get comfy a lot more photos over the next 20 minutes!


* A Ademinelab charles button.JPG (49.83 KB, 571x428 - viewed 425 times.)

* A Another hammered name please.JPG (47.78 KB, 428x571 - viewed 445 times.)

* A Botton close up Neil (2).JPG (36.86 KB, 571x428 - viewed 424 times.)

* A Avalons zoomporphic strap end - could be Saxon.JPG (49.16 KB, 428x571 - viewed 439 times.)
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2011, 07:50:11 PM »

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* A Avalons Charles II threepence.JPG (50.22 KB, 571x428 - viewed 415 times.)

* A Chef cut half.JPG (40.83 KB, 571x428 - viewed 432 times.)

* A Chef cut half reverse.JPG (42.86 KB, 571x428 - viewed 423 times.)
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2011, 07:51:47 PM »

Again


* A copper ring.JPG (38.92 KB, 571x428 - viewed 425 times.)

* A diggerDave1 cut half.JPG (49.92 KB, 571x428 - viewed 411 times.)

* A diggerDave 1 other side.JPG (47.13 KB, 571x428 - viewed 414 times.)

* A Hammered for Jason31.JPG (39.52 KB, 571x428 - viewed 435 times.)
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2011, 07:53:40 PM »

Few more


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* A hammered for someone.JPG (35.93 KB, 571x428 - viewed 433 times.)

* A hammered for someone folded.JPG (40.57 KB, 571x428 - viewed 426 times.)

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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2011, 07:55:45 PM »

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* A Jetton for Yoda - the Force Was Strong In Him!.JPG (54.34 KB, 571x428 - viewed 397 times.)

* A John Talbot farthing - he's at it again..JPG (49 KB, 571x428 - viewed 407 times.)

* A john talbot farthing obverse.JPG (44.45 KB, 571x428 - viewed 391 times.)
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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2011, 07:57:47 PM »

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* A Short cross Neil.JPG (49.02 KB, 571x428 - viewed 381 times.)

* A short cross obverse Neil.JPG (46.82 KB, 571x428 - viewed 403 times.)

* A Neil hammered a bit straighter!.JPG (42.52 KB, 571x428 - viewed 398 times.)

* A Neil hammered bit better - short cross.JPG (39.24 KB, 571x428 - viewed 391 times.)
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« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2011, 07:59:59 PM »

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* A John Talbot and yet another hammered for his DW collection of silver.JPG (65.34 KB, 428x571 - viewed 456 times.)

* A SoftTops button1 (2).JPG (39.03 KB, 571x428 - viewed 395 times.)

* A Meatslicers button or seal.JPG (40.24 KB, 571x428 - viewed 411 times.)

* A meatslicers side view.JPG (40.18 KB, 571x428 - viewed 410 times.)
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« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2011, 08:01:48 PM »

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* A sixpence for Yoda.JPG (48.31 KB, 571x428 - viewed 416 times.)

* A tudor hammered for Yoda.JPG (48.98 KB, 571x428 - viewed 408 times.)

* A Neils same button as Soft top.JPG (74.75 KB, 571x428 - viewed 410 times.)
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« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2011, 08:04:16 PM »

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« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2011, 08:05:54 PM »

Last for now


* A first hammered for IFINDNOTHING.JPG (51.3 KB, 571x428 - viewed 504 times.)

* A IFINDNOTHING profile - well he found something!.JPG (50.44 KB, 571x428 - viewed 509 times.)

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* A DW Flag flying high proudly!.JPG (87.03 KB, 571x428 - viewed 716 times.)
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« Reply #11 on: July 16, 2011, 08:11:17 PM »

I think you will find that the half penny is mine !!!! lol

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« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2011, 08:13:20 PM »

Great stuff Neil - cracking report and pictures as usual.

Tom's hammered is a Scottish twenty pence of Charles I - it is marked XX for twenty.
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« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2011, 08:16:06 PM »

Really enjoyed the report and photo's Neil.  Glad you all enjoyed yourselves  Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2011, 08:16:30 PM »

The hammered labelled Jason's but is herbie's is an Edward IV halfpenny.
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