All that hot weather!!!

Posted by ricey on May 16, 2006 12:55 PM

With all the hot weather down south give a thought for those detectorists this summer. For those who have tried detecting on hard ground you know just how difficult it can be.

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Treasure hunters strike gold

Posted by ricey on May 4, 2006 12:22 PM

Treasure hunters strike goldApr 10 2006

TWO Merseyside brothers struck gold when they searched for treasure on a North Wales farm.

Peter Williams, 55, and John Williams, 57, found a gold coin and 30 silver coins buried four or five inches under the surface of a ploughed down in a field at Llay.

Their find was pronounced treasure trove at a Wrexham inquest and is likely to be put on public display at Wrexham museum.

Coroner for North East Wales John Hughes said experts agreed the coins, including a gold half-noble, silver groats and half groats, dated from mediaeval times. Some were from the reign of Edward II and others from Edward III.

The brothers, from Hawarden Road, Prenton, and Wrexham Metal Detecting Club members, first discovered 22 groats and half groats on December 4.

They returned to the same field on New Year's Day and dug up the pure gold coin and six more coins in high quality silver.

Some could be worth from £1,000 to £4,000.

All were reported to the coroner and sent to the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff for examination.

A specialist thought the collection amounted to what would have been a month's wages for a skilled tradesmen. Their face value was 11 shillings and 11 pence of old money.

Some were minted in Chester, others in York and Durham.

The coroner said a museum would pay the brothers the current value and the cash might be shared with the landowner.

Courtesy of www.icliverpool.com and Liverpool Daily Post

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Firle 3 Rally - 2nd/3rd September 2006

Posted by ricey on May 3, 2006 1:27 PM

FIRLE RALLY 111

A fundraiser for the martlets hospice.

This years rally at Firle is to be held on the weekend of 2nd / 3rd of September.

Free camping is available for all from Midday on Friday the 1st.

The fields to be searched are in a different area from the previous rallies and have not been rallied before. They almost certainly will all be in stubble , hopefully some of this will be lightly disced over.

Numbers for the rally are to be limited to 100 people for the weekend.

Sussex FLO Liz Wilson and her team will be on site to help you to both record and indentify your finds.

The trade stand will once again be provided by Nick and Laura from Detecnics.

Fresh water and toilets will be on site as will a skip for all your rubbish.

The price is £25.00 for the weekend or £15.00 per day with 100% of the profit going to the martlets hospice. (please note that profit means just that...ie after the fees for toilets/landowner etc have been paid)

Membership to either FID or the NCMD is required and you should forward your membership details along with a SAE and your method of payment to :

S.P.Rowe
Pleasant House
Palmerston Road
Newhaven
East Sussex
BN9 ONS.

As mentioned before - I am just bringing your attention to the rally. I am involved in the organisation in any way.

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