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Competitions,
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The same awards and prizes are up for grabs again this year + the free forum competition where you can win you a free week detecting tours. Nova Scotia Greg award for 'dedicated detectorist' of the year Free weeks holiday and Silver Urn for 'find of the year'winner. 'Prolific coin finder' award and Tankard Wayne Otto Memorial cup for the detectorist with the 'best attributes' during the season Forum competition - free weeks detecting prize 'Pouch of the year' - award and cup Team of the Year award Prize raffle draws run by a Senior member - free detecting trip |
2018/19 AwardsWis Tim's find of the year is the gold ingot
Find of the year - Monster ancient gold ingot - 81.54g,40.82mm L, 21.05mm W, 10.02mm T - reported a streasure to museum Wis Tim's find of the year is the above gold ingot Team of the Year award goes to Ashley's Barn team for the 3rd Year running Texas Ali wins pouch of the year award Texas Scott J wins Nova Scotia Greg award for 'dedicated detectorist' of the year Fl Paul wins Wayne Otto Memorial cup for the detectorist with the 'best attributes' during the season ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
2018/19 Awards
Nh Frank wins finds find of the year for his Roman gold
Roman gold coin send for ID 19mm,7.70g Well, even though Roman gold is way out of the orbit in which I normally travel, I see absolutely no reason to question its authenticity. I presume you know this is an aureus of Claudius. It’s obviously clear enough overall that there should be no doubt about the legends, but for the sake of form: My congratulations to all involved – well found!
Nh Frank Wayne Otto Memorial cup for the detectorist with the 'best attributes' during the season Team of the Year award goes to Ashley's Barn team for the 2nd Year running Texas Scott J wins pouch of the year award DC Nick wins Nova Scotia Greg award for 'dedicated detectorist' of the year
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17Christy wins find of the year for her medieval gold annular brooch
2016/17 'Team of the Year' winners Ashley's Barn tean Cal George Miskovsky - Nova Scotia Greg award for 'dedicated detectorist' of the year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2015/2016Ga Mike wins find of the year for his gold key find
Late medieval or early Tudor decorated gold ball Huge gold treasure - Each decoratred 'tit' has a black emerald encapsualted in the tip. There is an opening for a needle or mounting point in one place on the item. This is too large to be a pin head - appears to be solid gold but there must be an inner core, possibly silver. It is 18.55 mm in dia and 6.3g in weight Miss Brandon wins 'Pouch of the Year' Iowa Rich wins Coin hunter of the year with 127 coins found in a week ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014/2015Can Ryan wins find of the year with his Viking gold ring
Alb John on left presents Can Ryan with his silver urn trophy for Find of the Year.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2011/12 Winners Nev Bill wins find of the year for his Saxon relic
Cleaned up Saxon rope necklace end - single rivet fixing Beast with large bottom jaw, large nose, recessed eyes with his head resting on his paw left - rear shows curled up spiralled tail. Rope necklace is still embedded in end
Nev Bill - find of the year Luisiana Sal - Wayne Otto Memorial cup Bav Terry - 'Prolific coin finder' award and Tankard Fl Don - free weeks hunt for forum comp win
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Chicago Ron wins the Wayne Otto award
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/2011 Ill Mark wins 'find of the year' and also 'pouch of the year'
Find of the year - Roman gold
The voting was very close this season for 'pouch of the year' with Tenn Brad and Ill Mark only separated by 2 votes in the end , Chicago Ron got 3rd place. 10 pouches were voted for so it was no landslide this year but in the end it was Mark's triple gold pouch, Celtic gold, Elizabeth gold crown and the clincher had to be his mint Roman gold coin find and the Saxon sceat helped. Currently Mark's Roman gold is with Spink auction house so the proceeds can be split between farmer and finder. So what a season for Mark, he did the double with 'find of the year' and now 'pouch of the year' as voted for by the membership Can Ryan has won the 'coin hunter of the year' award with a total of 85 coins in the week. His pouch included his 2nd Edward III hammered gold Nobel coin and 7 silvers so a great result. He also managed to beat a whole team of fellow Canadian's during that week with the best finds. Ottawa Greg made a really neat shield with an embedded gold coin as the award.
Ryan last season holding his 'Canadian hunter' shield he also won by beating his fellow Canadian team
Bavaria Jeff wins the club's 2011 'dedicated detectorist ' cup for being out there in all weathers, pouring rain on rough ploughed he found his first gold coin while everyone else was hiding in the bus. that is dedicationCal Jim wins the club's 2011 'best attributes' cup---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Ill John wins find of the year for his Saxon gold coin
Saxon Merovingian tremissis of the 7th century 1.26g,15.08mm
Ill John 1st Ill John's gold Tremmis - 28% of the vote 2nd Idaho Orv's Roman bronze hog -18.5% of the vote 3rd Oregon Ed's 1300BC gold ring - 17% of the vote ---------------------------------------------------------
2010 Nova Scotia Greg award for 'dedicated detectorist' of the year - winner Chicago Ron 2010 Wayne Otto Memorial cup for the detectorist with the 'best attributes' during the season - winner Min Mindy
2010 Atlanta Mike wins coin hunter of the year for the 2nd year running with a score of 96 coins in a week
A new award this season is for the 'pouch of the year' , engraved cup and shield. This is not about the sheer bulk of a bag but historical, quality and rarity of the finds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008/2009
Nova Scotia Greg award for 'dedicated detectorist of the year' - winner Min Mindy
Free weeks holiday, Silver Urn for 'find of the year' winner Tenn Brad 'Prolific coin finder' award and Tankard - winner Atlanta Mike Wayne Otto Memorial cup for the detectorist with the best attributes during the season - winner Billericay Mark (2nd year running) Forum competition - milled silver guess - free weeks detecting - winner Idaho Ken History Heathen quiz - pub quiz for members - 1/2 price trip to the winner - winner Ark Gary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007/8Louisiana Sal wins find fo the year for Saxon gold coin
Idaho Gerry presents Sal with his engraved 'find of the year' silver urn and shield for his amazing English Saxon coin discovery from last season.
Billericay Mark - Wayne Otto Memorial cup Idaho Jim - forum competition Billericay Mark - Wayne Otto Memorial cup Ls Sal - Find of the year
Florida Mitch (left) being presented his award by Chicago Ron Fl Mitch - 'coin hunter' of the year Awards and Prizes for season 2007/2008 The win a 'free weeks holiday' forum comp was won by 'Idaho Jim' with a guess of 334 hammered silver coins found, actually number in the end was 335 which is an amazing total. Keep an eye on the site as I will be launching next years competition shortly. It will be to guess the number of milled silver coin found in the season 2008/2009 and the prize will be a free weeks inclusive holiday again. Billericay Mark has been awarded the 'Wayne Otto Memorial cup' for the detectorist with the best attributes during the season. A very popular vote for a guy that cannot do enough for the other members with help, advice and the patience of a saint, congrats mate. The 'prolific coin hunter' award will be announced after all the export contents have been processed and counted.
Free weeks holiday, Silver Urn for 'find of the year'winner. 'Prolific coin finder' award and Tankard Wayne Otto Memorial cup for the detectorist with the best attributes during the season -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Awards for Sept 2006/April 2007 Orlando Rolo wins 'coin hunter of the year'
His count included some very choice pieces like that stunning 1689 William and Mary silver three pence. Rolo gets his name on the shield of honour next to another previous Florida winner Daytona Steve. Congrat's to Rolo's for a lot of hard work and dedication he put in during his hunt. The Florida team are back in force again in Sept to try and keep the title Congrats to Ohio Tony who wins the Wayne Otto Memorial cup for the detectorist with the best attributes during the season. Tony has ears like bat for finding silver hammered coins and he hand reared Yngve the Swede with great results as on Yngve's second trip this season he found 5 hammered silver coins.
'Prolific coin finder' award and Tankard - guy with the highest coin count for a week Orlando Rolo Wayne Otto Memorial cup for the detectorist with the best attributes during the season Won by Ohio Tony
Free forumcompetition to win an ancient hammered gold coin
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April 2006 Winners of this years awards
Texas Dave won the 'Prolific coin finder' award and Tankard - guy with the highest coin count for a week |
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Up for grabs again this year Sept 2005/ April 2006
Free weeks holiday, Silver Urn for 'find of the year', 'Prolific coin finder' award and Tankard
Wayne Otto Memorial cup for the detectorist with the best attributes during the season
Free forum/club competition to win an ancient gold coin Click here for more details of how to enter
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9th Sept 2005 Forum competition winner 'Berkeley Bottle Boy' of the California Forum run by Cal Jeff won the Roman gold coin up for grabs for the closest guess in the forum competition. His guess of 2pm on the 8th was his birthday LOL. |
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2005/2006
4thC Roman gold ring with green stone Unique ID: ESS-E2A327 Object type certainty: Certain Complete but damaged and distorted, late 4th century Roman gold filigree finger ring. The hoop and shoulders are formed from beaded and twisted wires on a narrow backing plate. The shoulders are decorated with spirals with small gold globules at their centres and clusters between. There are six spirals on one shoulder (in two vertical rows of three) and five on the other (in two vertical rows, one of three and the other of two, presumably missing the third spiral). A collar in the form of a twisted rope design surrounds the round bezel setting. The bezel setting contains a round, domed green glass fitting, badly cracked. The ring has an internal diameter of 200mm by 4mm (distorted) and weighs 4.35g. A similar example can be seen in Johns and Potter, 1983, The Thetford Treasure: Roman Jewelry and silver. Notes: This object ws reported and declared treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. It was subsequently acquired by Colchester Museums. Subsequent actionsCurrent location of find: Acquired by Colchester Museums Treasure detailsTreasure case tracking number: 2004T356 ChronologyBroad period: ROMAN
11th April 2005 Boston Bill's Roman gold 4thC ring wins find of the year - Doug in SJ from the California Forum run by Cal Jeff and Dan wins the gold coins from the Forum competition having made the closest guess. Boston
Bill's superb find wins him 'find of the year' by a landslide vote from
the club members. The ring has been officially declared treasure Bill is pictured on the right next to Manhattan Gary. Daytona Steve won the coin hunter of the year award, the English Pewter tankard |
I have considered this club award long and hard this year as it is the detectorist with the 'best attributes' during the season. It is not about just coming here and swinging a coil but do you go above and beyond the 'norm' to promote the club and the hobby of metal detecting. Apart from Ron being a world class hunter all the work he does away from the club, especially taking great effort returning lost class rings and valuable diamond wedding bands back to their original owners is priceless. Added to that he takes all the time and effort to record all these finds and events on video and entertain us on the forum is brilliant. The final item Ron did this season is his brilliant Nat Geo program which again promoted the hobby and the history of the finds made. A well deserved win.
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Free
weeks holiday & engraved silver silver Urn - voted by the guys hunting
here as 'find of the year' in April. Won by NH
Dave for his medieval Iconic gold ring find
all the attributes that goes up to make a great detectorist. Always
positive even when his X girlfriend drags him off the fields screaming
to visit cloths shops LOL. Always the gent even where he is getting
skunked and the guys around him are sucking up the good stuff. Earl
spends time researching the history of the sites we hunt and is also
well respected by all the members that joined him at this years Virginia
hunt. Congrats Earl on a well deserved win.
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Mass Bruce's axe head hoard
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Rod bags the 'prolific coin hunter' award for season 2003/2004 It's official, Canadian Rod clinched the title 'prolific coin hunter record this season with a massive score of 92 coins in just over 6 days, including 13 silver ones . Rod has been presented with the winners tankard and his name will be entered next to last years winner Vancouver Brent on the shield. |
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The BIG prize goes to the 'find of the year' winner. This is judged by all those detecting on the land of their 'favourite' find during the season Sept to April. Each guy gets one vote and cannot vote for any finds they made ( you would all end up with one vote !!) . The find with the most votes wins the top prize. Obviously anyone including myself associated in any way with Colchestertreasurehunting cannot win. The winner gets his name etched on a second shield which is kept here . Their prize is one weeks inclusive detecting holiday totally free. They also get one of these very smart Roman looking jug/urn etched to commemorate their find and posted to them.( I would like one of these myself as it is really heavy!)
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A bit of fun and healthy competition to this seasons hunts is the introduction of some awards and prizes to be won.
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The shields
are back from the engravers and Vancouver Brent's name is immortalised
as the winner of the 2002/2003 prolific coin hunter.
I have chosen this English Pewter tankard
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'Best find'
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'Prolific
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Prolific
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Last year we had an unofficial ongoing tally of the guy that found the most coins in any one weeks detecting period. It started as a bit of fun and become more competitive as a guy realised he might take the title with only a day to go. Texas Mike held it for quite a while with 53 and it was closely ran event during the season until Vancouver Brent nipped the title from Canadian Rod with 64 coins. Boston Bud got excited and said look 'I have won, I have found 101 coins ' sorry Budd it is 64 coins per week not two weeks !!! So to honour this achievement I have commissioned a large shield for the years most prolific coin finder. The first years winner is Brent Axleson who's name is being etched on the role of honour which will be kept here. The winner picks one of the three very smart polished English pewter tankards which I will have engraved and sent to him to remember his achievement. Canadian Rod picked up this years award with an amazing 92 coins on the last hunt of the season. The bulk of the coins found are normally 1600 to 1900's coppers, very really few modern coins are found on these fields. The 2004/2005 season cup is now up for grabs !
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