Finds of the Month

It was a very exciting meeting this month as Godfrey announced the 2019 Dig Schedule. We are fortunate to have a fantastic season of digs coming up. Thanks to our dig officers - Ray Harcourt (Planning) and Carl Reeve (Operations) for putting in the...

Artefact of the month Gold finger ring with two conjoined bezels which originally each held a stone. Both are missing. The 'D' section hoop is decorated with foliate designs leading to the bezels and the inner surface of the hoop is inscribed with what could be...

Artefact of the monthFour-headed cross shaped seal with central, circular suspension loop. One seal head is missing. The other seal faces depict an anchor, rose and galleon. 17th to 18th Century.  A. Goldson 2nd placePart Neolithic flint hand axe. Broken transversely,...

Congratulations to our winners this month. We seem to have covered a huge chunk of history with these finds!

As usual we had a good turn out at our monthly meeting. It was the first meeting of 2019 after our winter break. There were a few less finds trays on the table due to the wintry weather and less detecting taking place but what was there was really good quality. ...

There was a great turnout for the December club meeting at the Maids Head Hotel in Norwich. Some of the new members attended along with a few guests. After Godfrey's introduction and club news we had a very special guest - Tim Jenkins of East Anglia's Children's...

Coin 1st Place - Steve Holmes. Henry VIII (1509 - 47) silver groat, 2nd coinage 1532 - 42. Mint mark an arrow. Kings head left with royal shield pierced by cross fourchee on reverse. 2nd Place - Richard Child Roman silver denarius.of Trajan (98 - 117 A.D.) 3rd Place -...

Coin of the Month 1st Place – Nigel Terry George III gold guinea. Ninja Nige unearthed the coin at our club dig on a farm South West of Norwich. He was using his Makro Multi Kruzer. He told me he'd found three shotgun cartridges before he came up with the gold, he was...

Artefact of the month - Nigel Terry. A late Medieval or early post-Medieval gold ring set with a grey/blue facetted stone. Flat section hoop, decorated along it's length with raised rectangular block design. The rectangular bezel has a beaded lower border. Probably...

Best Artifact find of the month goes to: Graham Gislam, who found a stunning piece of Bronze Age ring money on arable pea field, using his Deus with an 11" coil, somewhere in the East Norfolk area. This is his secret magic formula.......! Deus fast, slightly modified...

It was standing room only at our July meeting, as membership continues to grow and we have a very active programme on club nights. Graeme Simmonds gave a very interesting talk on Lead Cloth Seals, and Godfrey Pratt presented details of the upcoming dig season starting...

The first 'finds of the month' in May was a great success so we are continuing with the feature! Every month Graeme will select two metal detecting finds from all those that are submitted to be put forward to the PAS. A winner will be selected for Best Coin and Best...