Alvey Children Detectorist Club

25/06/2023

Elyse comes to ACDC and her dad found this in their front garden in Sleaford, recently. She kindly brought it to show us today. Could it be a Tudor Rose?? It's absolutely stunning! I found something very similar online...perhaps a 16th-18th century drawer mount?
I wonder if Sleaford Museum might know more? 😍

25/06/2023

Today we found...a thimble in a field, frogs, fish, pottery, sheep bones, belemnite fossils (internal guard from inside of a Jurassic squid-like creature), devils toenails (an extinct marine bivalve fossil) and....ice-cream. Great job, ACDC! 😎

28/05/2023

Today's 'classroom' was a flooded field and the River Slea. Next time we'll stop for an ice-cream at Cogglesford Mill. A great day was had by all ☀️

27/05/2023

The next ACDC meet starts at 10am prompt, meeting in the school carpark. This month we're off to find treasures in a new location where the children will be able to do a spot of fossil hunting in the river to cool off. Bring sunhats and plenty to drink! ☀️

30/04/2023

ACDC is back!
The children did so well, with a bit of help from Mr Madej and Miss Flemming ❤️ (thank you).
Our favourite finds were:
• A three pence from 1937, the same time Miss Mary Beavis was headteacher of the then Junior School.
• A half penny
• A vintage glass bottle (found on the site of a historic landfill).
•And Ben found....'gold' 😏
Happy birthday to Karol, who spent his day digging up mud with his friends.

27/12/2022

Utterly brilliant ❤️

This special isn’t quite as perfect as the original, but revisiting Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones’s precious sitcom is pure pleasure. It beats all other yuletide TV h...

29/05/2022

Less detecting and more river larking today but what a day we had!! The children's pockets were full of fossils and their feet looked more Hobbit than human by the end. They were squealing with laughter and excitement from 10am. Wonderful day ❤️

01/05/2022

Not a metal detecting find, BUT an exciting find nonetheless (if you're into that type of thing)...I went for a little paddle in the Slea yesterday and found some interesting bits that caught my eye. After a bit of research using the Natural History Museum, London 'Fossil Explorer' app and a chat with the helpful Jules Howard Zoology, it appears I found some belemnites - squid-like cephalopods that were particularly common 201-145 million years ago. It took 5 minutes to find them, it was free and a lot of fun with the kids! 🙌

25/04/2022

Here's the latest installment from our first dig in Ancaster. Thanks again to Crawfords Metal Detectors for joining us and making this awesome video 🤘

This month on Metal Detecting School the children from William Alvey School are on their first farmland permission and make their first Roman finds. Take a w...

24/04/2022

Today we found....nothing! But, we did laugh (a lot), get lots of fresh air and sunshine, get lots of exercise, talk with our friends and went home dirty but very happy. This is what it's all about 🙌 I'm sure we'll find gold next time...