Hunt dates listed below!

For anyone interested here is the low down on the trips

This is a group trip, everyone is there to have a good time, find stuff, and enjoy the friendship. Everyone is genuinely happy for any member of the team that finds good stuff. No miserable gits who can't celebrate someone else making a good find.  Most of the people going have made several trips, everyone pitches in with dishes and general clean-up. We have lots of laughs and do a lot of ribbing. So if you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen! 

There is one rule if you find gold you buy a round at the pub.

I have been running these trips for 5 years now, that's 9 trips, 13 weeks of detecting in England. We have found 13 gold coins, 9 celtic,1 hammered and 3 milled. 8 gold rings, 2 ancient, 2 medieval, 4 1700 to present. Celtic Silver, Saxon Silver, and artifacts from every period 1200 B.C. to present.

This hunt is for serious detectorists, We hunt from 7 am to dusk. Rain or shine. you should plan on 10 to 12 hours of hunting per day. If you need some time off you are welcome to stay at the barn and hang out. There are busses that go into Colchester if you decide to take a break and do a little sight seeing. The barn has internet service, Sky TV, sauna and Jacuzzi.

95%of the land we are detecting has never been detected before and brand new sites are added every year to keep it exciting. Last season we got 4 brand news sites totaling over 40 new fields we hardly scratched. Colchestertreasurehunting has now got permission to hunt 24 sites around 250 fields. Most of the fields are plowed, rolled and planted every year. It is a crap shoot as to which fields are ready when we go. Weather, crop rotation and other factors all have effect on land availability. I have on 1 trip found 2 Celtic gold coins from different tribes. Another trip my oldest silver coin was a 1940 shilling. It really comes down to knowing your machine and walking over the good stuff.

Everything is done by the book. All finds over 50 years old need to have an export license to take them out of the country. Any non coin item over 300 years old, with more than 10% gold or silver is reported to the coroner as potential treasure.  The hoard rule applies to a group of coins over 300 years old, 2 or more for silver or gold coins, 10 or more for other base metal coins. Hoard means coins of the same type found on the same field. The museum has the option to buy any declared treasure or Hoard, If bought the finder and the landowner split the paid amount. If the items are disclaimed by the coroner the finder has them returned to him/her.

When you are done hunting for 1, 2, or 3 weeks you will bag all your finds with your name and all contact information. Our host will then do all paperwork for an export license. He will be the liaison with the coroner and the museum. Your finds can be shipped to you if you wish or you can pick your finds up on the next trip.

Your trip includes: 12,000 + acres to wander, about 250 fields (and he is getting new land every year), all export paperwork, 7 nights at the barn (with sauna and Jacuzzi), van rental, gas, transportation to and from airport. We do a 25 pound per man, per week pitch-in for breakfast, lunches and snacks. I usually cook 3 dinners at the barn out of that money. Plan on eating out 4 nights per week. The Pub has specials on Monday and Thursday and there is Chinese, fish and chips, and Indian takeout.  

Price does not include airfare!

The price is 950 pounds per week. The current exchange rate makes it about 1650.00 U.S. per week.

That's only 100.00 more than I paid for my first trip in 2005. Pound was 2x1 over the dollar.

Spring 2010 trip:  March 12th to April 2nd.  Friday to Friday. Taking bookings Now!

I will be doing 3 weeks for the spring and fall trips in 2010.

Week 1  March 12th to 19th--------full

week 2  March  19th to 26th--------full

week 3  March 26 to April 2nd-----1 opening

Spots will be filled as I receive payment. You can buy the pounds yourself or write me a check for the U.S. Equivalent and I can buy them.

Fall 2010 trip:    October 1st to 22nd

week 1   Oct  1st  to  8th-------- 1 openings

week 2   Oct  8th to 15th--------full

week 3  Oct   15th to 22nd-----full

 E-mail me at rpg61@msn.com

Call with any questions 773-320-7569

Thanks,

Ron