NORFOLK HERITAGE RECOVERY GROUP
Responsible metal detecting contributing to the recovery of Norfolk's heritageRaising Money for Local Charities
As well as being a metal detecting club, we are very much committed to raising money for local charities. Find out how you can help
2020 - We Need Land for digs!
If you own farmland or you know someone who does let us help you raise funds for charity with a dig
Finds of the Month
Club News
Donation to the Jenny Lind Childern’s Hospital
This is a letter from Norfolk & Norwich Hospitals Charity. The landowner at the Denham dig requested that proceeds should go to the children's cancer ward (the Buxton Ward at the Jenny Lind) on account of treatment received by one of her relatives.
In the media
Aethelstan hammered silver penny found recently
Fellow club-member Andy Lincoln forwarded me this nice little write-up in the EDP about an amazing Aethelstan hammered silver penny found recently: Click to see the EDP article You may have met the finder, Barry Hutchinson, at the Anniversary Club dig last...
A rare Saxon 6th Century pendant made from a Byzantine gold solidus
This is the story of a rare Saxon 6th Century pendant made from a Byzantine gold solidus, found by the club's very own Chairman, Godfrey Pratt on one of his Norfolk permissions. When Godfrey first saw the pendant in the soil, he thought it might be a gold coloured...
BBC reports on Egyptian silver gilt pendant found by club member
This silver gilt pendant was found near Wramplingham by club member Carl Reeve. It was worn to ward off a “widespread” medieval disease
Lost but Found
To celebrate the New Year/ Hogmanay we went up to Scotland to visit my brother Martin who has a farm just over the Scottish border in Dumfries.