Rodney Cook Memorial dig

[shaggybfc]

That's a nice strapend there Paint
I'm not sure that the next RCM rally will be able to top this years - the land was super productive, with little waste on it. The weather was great - needed some rain in the week leading up to it, but hey, at least it wasn't as wet as their first Rally

[shaggybfc]

A quick question, and I feel a bit dumb for asking it....
as has been well publicised over the RCM dig weekend, lots of Saxon items were found in a relatively small area of what was field 6. It must have been part of a settlement or a route to / from it. There must have been 10+ Sceats found plus other lovely silver items. The area I saw for several of the Sceats coming up, I would guess was about 100 metres square.
Would these fall under the treasure act, and need to be reported as a possible scattered hoard?

[Jamesey1981]

I think it would depend on the age distribution, otherwise near enough everything could be a scattered hoard.

I don't know enough about saxon stuff to comment on these finds even if I had seen all of them, which I didn't, as I said, saxon stuff hides from me as I'm a French invader.

[Oxgirl]

A quick question, and I feel a bit dumb for asking it....
as has been well publicised over the RCM dig weekend, lots of Saxon items were found in a relatively small area of what was field 6. It must have been part of a settlement or a route to / from it. There must have been 10+ Sceats found plus other lovely silver items. The area I saw for several of the Sceats coming up, I would guess was about 100 metres square.
Would these fall under the treasure act, and need to be reported as a possible scattered hoard?

Sounds like it could have been and certainly should have got expert advice. Sceats are not that common and so many over a smallish area does make you wonder.

Edit: did you know they were considered money for the afterlife and led to the majority of English gold being sucked into the Vatican bank? One of the first proper full on successful scams! Here, here, swap your big bit of gold for a little bit of magical silver so you can be rich in heaven too

[bob79]

Ok I was spotted and what a great event sorry for not getting in contact with other members of the forum but I was with Mrs paint on her first rally only my second so as much I wanted to socialise didn’t want to put Mrs paint off by socialising to much with others any way I was knackered with the size of the fields in the evening Friday evening nearly finished a bottle of port ready for the Saturday session as it has been mentioned lots of Saxon came of field 6 and I was lucky enough to have a bit of strap end which is now off the bucket list and a couple of other finds which need ID’s all in all it was a success and we will hope to be there next year sorry I did not see you Bob but would be good to catch up some time

Seen you a few times Ian, Saturday night by the bar, you were with the good lady, also Sunday we passed each other in the camping area

[Paint]

Seen you a few times Ian, Saturday night by the bar, you were with the good lady, also Sunday we passed each other in the camping area

Thought I seen you but it’s long time since I met you

[bob79]

Thought I seen you but it’s long time since I met you

Very nearly 2 years Ian, last Rodney Cooke rally

[jcmaloney]

Seems like a very succesful & well organised event and a fantastic £40k+ raised for the charities.