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ANNUAL AWARDS 2017

The 2017 annual awards presentation took place in February 2018.

Awards were given fin recognition of the best coin and best artefact found, during 2017,

The categories were as follows:

the highest number of points gained in both coins and artefacts

and the overall best coin and artefact.

There was also an award for the wooden spoon competition.

The results were:

The special silver finds competition was held

and members provided any silver artefacts

they had found over the course of the year

To celebrate our silver jubilee (in 2009)

we held a SILVER STASH NIGHT

The winners of the competition were

1st Alan Bradshaw silver sovereign case Edward II

2nd Noel Pearce silver cross post medieval

3rd John Smith seal matrix 17th century silver

JUBILEE MUG

Club member Jacq le Breton

designed this celebration silver jubilee mug

featuring some of the clubs silver finds

monthly finds

swale search & recovery club

SUMMER 2015 BEACH RALLY & BBQ We had an informal club rally at Leysdowne Beach rounded off with a sizzling BBQ in a club member’s garden. The weather was extremely hot; weather reports gave the highest temperature for the day as 29 degrees, but in reality it was mid 30’s for most of it. Not many finds other than the usual bullets, iron boat chains etc, but we did come up with a small handful of reasonable artefacts. The point of the day however was not so much finding stuff, but enjoying a friendly get-together.

The day was enjoyable, with plenty to eat . Thank you Vivienne and Peter for that, and a big thank you too for Martin and Mandy for the those gorgeous home made desserts.

After the enduring heat the club spent the evening relaxing with beers under the very welcoming shade of the Pear Tree in the garden, where conversation spilled out as freely as the beers. There was even a debate as to whether or not we should strip the Pear Tree of its fruits and make it into wine.