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Author Topic: Detectingwales Rally 49 - Sunshine and sheep in Ponty  (Read 11400 times)
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« on: May 13, 2012, 12:08:39 PM »
After weeks of unreliable weather the day of the Pontypridd rally dawned bright and sunny. The location of the rally was on the side of a mountain overlooking Pontypridd and afforded spectacular views of the surrounding countryside.

Unfortunately the location seemed to play havoc with my satnav and I spent the best part of an hour trying to find the farm. This meant that most of the members who were coming actually arrived before I did. Since I was responsible for putting up the signs, some people experienced a little difficulty due to the lack of directions near to the location. Apologies for this.

After the usual pep talk and directions members dispersed over the land to start searching. In addition to whatever was naturally buried on the farm there was a scattering of tokens on one of the fields as we decided to hold a token hunt.

Finds was slow to appear during the morning although a smattering of Victorian and later coinage started to come up. One of the first interesting finds to appear was a jeton. I did not manage to get a picture of this so perhaps the person who found it could upload a picture.

As the day wore on some more interesting finds started to pop up. Stampy found what looks to me like a coin weight and Cardiffian came up with an interesting looking mount.

Silver started to make its appearance in the form of a miniature sporting trophy or prize and an interesting tiny rectangular silver object with engraving found by Seasider that, according to some members, is a bridesmaids gift.

Duggypuggy found a blank hammered that had been counter stamped perhaps someone could give us an idea what the markings on the coin mean?

The nicest coin found, in my opinion, came up at the end of the day and was a really nice William III sixpence in really good condition found by Zeus.

Thanks to Mike the fob who found this farm for us. We greatly appreciate this. Rally land seems particularly hard to find at the moment. Whilst we may have rallies that produce more hammered coins we’ll never have one at a more picturesque location.

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« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2012, 12:13:24 PM »
More pics...

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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2012, 12:15:11 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2012, 12:44:43 PM »
Well done all.

I don't think the square thing in the first picture is a coin weight - the wording at the bottom appears to include 'SOC. LTD'. At first I thought it said 'SHEEP SOC', but not sure now.

The blank silver disc with the stamped lettering is probably a William III shilling or sixpence. The stamping might indicate a silversmith's trial or initials for a love token.

The toy cannon is nice!
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« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2012, 12:57:34 PM »
and here are more photos i took of other members finds...............

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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2012, 02:01:45 PM »
The very last picture looks very much like a royal marines cap badge.
more finds than we thought, there was a chinese whisper going around
that a seal was found - if the ownerfinder would like to step forward plse lol
Well done all and the winner was - THE WEATHER!!
Regards to all
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« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2012, 04:30:05 PM »
well i'd like to thank everyone who came today , it was nice to see a few old faces and meet a few new ones .

a few nice finds were made , the weather was fantastic and the views even better , i hope everyone had a great day out , see you all again soon .

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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2012, 04:46:09 PM »
Well done guys, gutted to miss the 1st rally in ages but I'm so busy at the moment I've no time to breathe. I'm working on the next rally as we speak, but land is really difficult at the moment.
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« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2012, 05:34:09 PM »

Shot at 2012-05-13


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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2012, 05:44:17 PM »
Nice pics arthurio, but are showing a bit on the large side on my screen.
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« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2012, 06:18:34 PM »
well done everyone it looks like you all had a great day and some cracking finds.viv
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« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2012, 06:19:40 PM »
Thanks for the rally Mike, good to meet you all again, just good to be out. ATB Tony
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« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2012, 06:21:40 PM »
HI DIGGERS,,GREAT 2 CATCH UP WITH U ALL.GREAT DAY MIKE AND THANKS 2U AND PROCONCEL....CU ALL SOON...GI.JAN X ROLLINGSTONES,,ZEUS... Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2012, 07:24:36 PM »
Nice to get reacquainted  with some old friends and to meet some new.Had a great day out,calf muscles like balloons and went home with a bit of silver{Geo 111 shilling}
all in all a great day out.Thanks Mike for the land.Hope to see you all at the next DW Rally.
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« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2012, 06:29:57 AM »
Weldone all on the rally
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