Ipswich-Detector-Club.org.uk
Title
Ipswich & District Detector Club
Description
A warm welcome for all!
The club was formed in the early seventies by Jeff Short who also started Jeff's Detector Shop in “The Walk” Ipswich. Many will remember the treasure chest in the window overflowing with coins and artifacts. The first committee consisted of Jeff (Secretary) Tex Butler (Chairman) myself as (Vice Chairman) Paul Finbow, Roger Rackham and other founder members. The club meetings have always been run on a similar format as now with a guest speaker usually talking on a related subject.
Find of the month was and still is an important part of our club activities. This is divided into two categories, best coin and best artifact each receiving a splendid trophy. This year we have a special award donated by Mrs Grimwood in memory of her late husband Albert, who worked so hard to promote the hobby. This award for the best Roman Artifact is known as “The Albert Memorial Shield”. Reaching back to those early days a diploma was the prize. Bob Cornish who is competitions Secretary tells me he has attended virtually every meeting over the last 17 years and has polished this event to a fine art.
The club raffle has been an integral and important way of funding the club. This is vital as it lowers the membership fee to an easily affordable amount. In those salad days the raffle depended on members contributing prizes, these days though we finance the raffle and Sarah and Gary with the help of young Samantha do an excellent job in selecting good prizes and running the raffle.
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