Cardiff SCAN Rally today 6th June - found GOLD after a 2 year drought!

[Neil]

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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Gold Ring

[beachboy (viv)]

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

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

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 ?

[Kev]

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

[Roman (Ray)]

HI NEIL.
what a cracking ring .welldone butty.im so happy for you neil.
great find..great stuff my friend.
welldone again neil.
ray.

[Neil]

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

[dragonsbreath(Paul)]

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

[Salty (Karl) Cardiff Scan Club]

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 ) 
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

[PHIL YNYSBOETH]

Well done Neil and C scan !

That ring looks like a wopper ;0)

[mole]

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

[waltonbasinman]

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.

[Chef Geoff]

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.