As a club we try and organise
monthly rallies, these are usually club member sites where the member
has arranged a one day visit with the farmers permission, for which we
make a donation to the farmer. We make this into a competition and best
coin and best artefact of the day wins a bottle of wine as long as the
finds are taken to the next club meeting for a vote between attending
members and guests. In this way everyone can see what was found at that
rally.
We reserve the right to cancel all rallies until the last minute. This
is usually due to weather (we don't want to detect in the rain) or
maybe the farmer has to cancel permission due to livestock, shooting,
contamination, disease, etc.
For this reason we use a RALLY MOBILE PHONE and at any time you can
ring :-
07717818563
For the very latest information. If it is engaged, then others are calling and listening to a message, so keep trying. We will no longer use "Cancelled Rally" signs at the site.
We will always try and run rallies as scheduled, but we do not want to annoy the farmer or make more mess than necessary. We will not run rallies in the rain, if light drizzle is forecast we will go ahead with fingers crossed.
Scheduled Rallies for 2011!
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Sun 25.09.11 RHDS Club Rally Cookhill.
This site has deliverd some nice finds for me and RHDS club in the past.
MMDC Members and Guests welcome,
Ample parking on site,gates open at 8am.
Good turn out, Light rain all day with intermittant heavy showers, Even though it rained most of the day members still managed to find a couple of hammered silver coins, Buttons, Buckles ect. The weather cleared up just has we were leaving early evening.
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11th September 2011
RHDS Club Metal Detecting Rally Goose Hill,
site just off saltway past hanbury signs will be up,
Dig will start at 9am gate for parking will be open at 8am.
All MMDC members welcome.
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Swansea inter club rally 3rd and 4th of September,
Site will be open on the 2nd
for those that are camping from midday.
There are a number of B & Bs in the area should anyone want
details
plus there is a Caravan Club CL within 200yds of the farm and a
commercial caravan site within about half a mile.
Camping on site (Subject to the planning permission) will be available
from the Friday and if anyone wants to, they can stay over till the
Monday.
Winning RHDS team
Many thanks to David,Ron,Gloria and all of Swansea club for a fantastic
weekend,better luck Swansea next year in England.
Many Thanks
Mark S and members of RHDS
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Sunday 28th August 2011
RHDS V 3 Spires Interally.
The venue for the cookhill rally has had to be moved due to the poor weather of recent. We have a brand new site of some 500 acres of which we have about 300 to search,to my knowledge this land has never been detected before,it is still this sunday the 28th signs will be up at around 7.30 and dig will start at 9am.
Redditch Historical Detection Society fight hard to win their inter-rally trophy against Three Spires Search Society on Sunday 28th August 2011. On new land in Knighton the Metal Detectorists went head to head for the trophy, By morning the Three Spires Search Society were winning with two hammered coins (Henry VIII and Henry VI Pennys), But by the afternoon Tony Swift (pictured above) helps bring the trophy home with an half soverign and gold ring pictured below. Well done lads for bringing the trophy home!