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Prize this year is another biggy - free week, full board holiday, totally inclusive, you just have to get here ! This years free
forum competition is to guess the number of milled silver coins, both English and Foreign) found
here from Sept 2008 to April 2009. I have never tried to count them
so your guess is as good as mine
Competition closes on the 5th Sept 2008 - hunts begin again on the 6th Sept 2008 Those eligible - Colchestertreasurehunting members California Forum members- Jeff Kinzilis American Relic forum members- Rocky's Canadian forum members Send your entries by mail forumcomp@colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk , please state the forum you are a member of. This page wil log all entries so if it does not appear on here in a couple of days then resend me a mail. YOU MUST HAVE A FOUND BY TIME AND DATE in case guys guess the same number Last update to the list was on 6th May @ 16.00 GMT This is the official entry list - if you guess is not here then you have not entered yet
The win a 'free weeks holiday' forum comp was won by Idaho Ken with a guess of 331 hammered silver coins found by the end of the hunts, 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. Current count 335 hammered silver coins (Count as of 20th April 2008) Prize this year is a biggy - free week, full board holiday, totally inclusive, you just have to get here !
This years free
forum competition is to guess the number of hammered silver coins found
here from Sept 2007 to April 2008. I have never tried to count them
so your guess is as good as mine For your entry to be valid your guess must include number of coins found with a date and time as guys will guess the same numbers i.e. 50 by March 10th at 10 am. The closest guess wins the prize. Closing date of the competition is 27th Aug 2007 9am GMT, any guesses arriving after that date are not valid.
Prize this year is a biggy - free week, full board holiday, totally inclusive, you just have to get here ! Those eligible - Colchestertreasurehunting members California Forum members- Jeff Kinzilis American Relic forum members- Rocky's Alberta forum members Send your entries by mail forumcomp@colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk , please state the forum you are a member of. This page wil log all entries so if it does not appear on here in a couple of days then resend me a mail.
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This years winner is from the American Relic forum, Dale (VA) who guessed spot on and wins the Medieval gold coin.
This years free forum competition is to guess the overall number of solid gold finds (not plated) that will be made this season from Sept 2006 to April 2007 and by what date. i.e. 20 pieces of gold by 12 PM on March 1st. You MUST post a date and a time as there will be multiple guesses for the same number of pieces found. The prize this year is this beauty 14thC Edward III hammered gold 1/4 Noble
Closing date for your guesses is the 25th August and winner announced in April. Prize is shipped to NA with an approved export license Both the previous competitions have been won by members of Cal Jeff's California forum !! Drop me a mail on this link or post on the forum to enter To watch how the competition is going throughout the year log onto this page to see how you are doing To be eligible to play you must be a member of the Colchestertreasurehunting Club or a registered member of the recognized forums. Check that your guess has been added below as this will be the official entry sheet for the competition.
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Season starts 3rd Sept 2005 to April 2006 - Prize is a Roman gold Solidus Winner is Berkeley Bottle boy from The Califorian forum run by Cal Jeff, congrats gold prize is on it's way
This years competition is slightly different to win some more gold . Last season the guys found 32 gold finds, 5 of the coins found were modern LOL post 1700 and the rest were ancient ones back to 70BC. The new season starts on the 3rd Sept so make a guess at the date and time that the first PRE 1700 gold coin will be found. Closing date for the competition will be August 2005 So to win the gold send me a mail with your guess at the date and time the first gold coin is found that is PRE 1700 AD. The guy that makes the closest guess wins the gold. To be eligible to play you must be a member of the Colchestertreasurehunting Club or a registered member of the recognized forums. Check that your guess has been added below. If I do not get a time with the guess I will default it to 1800 hrs
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15th May 2005 - Doug in SJ wins this years forum competition. Export licence have been applied for Closing date for competition was 1st Sept 2004 Win one or more gold coins !! (these coins are bought from collections and have not been found here)
Top prize is this Galo Belgic 56 BC Celtic gold stater I have had it recorded at the Celtic coin register CCI number is 04.0674 'the image is of a Gallo-Belgic stater- date is probably 57 or 56 BC. It looks like a very nice example of the earliest class of this type, VA 50-1 - recognizable as this particular class because of the decoration beneath the horse, with pellets and zigzags.' from Philip de Jersey
As you have probably guessed by now I love competitions as they add a bit of extra spice to the hunts This year the competition is slightly different. You could win between one to 6 gold coins if you guess correctly and the guys get skunked LOL There will be 6 gold coins buried see Awards and prizes as an extra bit of fun on one field as a seeded hunt competition. During the year all guys hunting here have the chance to pick up a few if luck is on their side. The field will be a big one so you have to guess how many the guys will find between Sept and April 2005 . Obviously lots of guys will have the same number left as a guess so you also you have to guess by which date they made that last coin find So on your mail or post guess 1. How many of the seeded gold coins will be found out of the six and by what date dd/mm/yy did the last one get found, guessing just the month is no good, need date and month. Whoever is the closest wins !! Whatever gold coins are missed by the guys is your's as the correct guesser, if they are all found you will still receive an early British gold coin as your prize like the ones above. Send your entries to e-mail or post on the forum To be illegible you must be a regular of the Treasure Forum or Colchestertreasurehunting club ( those already booked to hunt here are also associate members)
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Treasure forum competition 2003/2004- Win a Celtic silver stater
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very nice example of a Corieltauvi tribe coin, struck in good silver,
depicting a wild horse on one side and a nice hairy boar on the other,
this coin was minted in or around the Lincolnshire area in 50bc.(part
of a collection not found here) Competition entries closed Sept 2003 - competition ends April 2004 Winner announced April Gunswinger wins the Celtic with his closer guess on the tie break question 22/4/2004 13th May 2004 Gunswinger got his coin today correctly exported in the post and is a real happy camper |
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Milled silver are those made by
means of a milling machine NOT by the process of striking. ie from around 1640 onwards
