Scan Club Finds of the Month October 2011

[The Doc]

Cardiff Scan Club's Finds of the Month are now in Scan Club Gallery here:

http://www.cardiffscanclub.co.uk/gallery/album81

Well done all, in particular Alun, although why our members voted his Lizzy sixpence (nice though it is) before Stan's superb Edward IV groat and Neil's lovely Edward the Confessor I will never know.

A similar thing happened in March 2007, when Tom's Lizzie sixpence was placed first ahead of Maxine's cracking Henry I penny:

http://www.cardiffscanclub.co.uk/gallery/album23

[dances with badgers]

oooh rings loverly juberly lol.nice gold coin pendant too

[DEADLOCK]

Love the seal and ed the confessor coin

[mickycoin "mick"]

some  fantastic finds there, abit baffeled by the result though  my oppinion only well done everyone mickycoin

[Neil]

How a coin of Edward the Confessor can end up 3rd is beyond me as well mick.

[mickycoin "mick"]

my comment is that i have never seen an edward confessor penny let alone found one, but the lizzy iv had atleasr 5 over the years, but they must have had there reasons for putting that coin first iso i respect there decission its there club not mine, goodluck to them and thankyou all for showing the coins anyway   mickycoin

[Chef Geoff]

Ignorance and jealousy have got to be in there somewhere, along with friendships and enemies  

[Nick]

Judges, hang your heads in shame.
The Edward Confessor coin should be in the running for coin of the year, never mind coin of the month.

[saxonman]

You will be hanging about Fifty people( by that, i mean in shame).Thats the amount of people who chosed to vote for the catergarys for finds of the Month. 
I must say this system is flawd as faveritizm can pervail.
Some clubs use Mark Lodwick as Judge and Jury this i think is the way it sould go, as some voters dont no there CONFESSORS to there CONTESSERS.
Sould have won,(Confessor i mean.)

[Metalmickey]

Listen i`m not in the club so it makes no odds to me who gets where & i know "rarity" should be considered but "condition" is also a point to factor in. As human beings ":Looks" is important in our psycie & perhaps this was the deciding factor for those who judged ! 

[heather]

now im a member, can I put my finds up for judging ?

H

[StumbledUpon]

lizzy's seem to be very popular with the vote. some lovely finds all, well done.

[The Doc]

now im a member, can I put my finds up for judging ?

H

Yes - bring them to the club meeting. You can enter one find in each of the following categories:

Pre-1700 Coin
Pre-1700 Artefact
Post-1700 Coin
Post-1700 Artefact
Beach Find

Finds need to have been made by yourself in the month since the last meeting.

[The Doc]

I should explain that the judges are all  the members of the club present at the meeting, who each have one vote in each section.

On the whole, the system works relatively well, but occasionally results like this appear. Many factors influence the vote as stated by several of the posters above.

[waltonbasinman]

That Edward the Confessor Penny is a find of a lifetime. Well done the finder and you get my vote every time. Seals not half bad either.