Another free weeks detecting trip as the prize for this years new forum comp

Closing date for bonus entry 3rd Sept 2025

You MUST vote first for your 'Find of the Year' to be eligible for an entry in this competition

Bonus guess for 'Pouch of the year' vote

Competition is to guess how many buttons are found from Sept 2025 to April 2026

This will be a very interesting count as these suckers are everywhere. It is time to total up all the buttons we find during the season, all those pesky 4 holer's and flat buttons + all the really nice military, livery, Tudor ones etc.

Updated 19th April 2026

Current count

9194

This years comp is to guess how many pre medieval finds are made during the season. they include Saxon, Roman, Celtic and Bronze Age. Also includes Stone Age finds.

Updated 31/10/ 2025 - Comp now closed

Started counting - 30th Oct - 212 so far

Mitch Dave wins the free trip with his guess of 210

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Free Forum/club competition page 2023/24

Guess the number of man made lead items found throughout the season. That includes lead tokens, lead musket balls, lead cannon balls. Roman lead shot, medieval lead Pilgrims items, lead bale seals, lead trade weights, lead toys etc . It does not include unidentified lumps of lead.

Updated 1st Sept 24 - Comp is closed

Total -1597 Toronto Boris wins the free trip

Guess the number of post medieval copper coins found during the season. Includes trade tokens, Condor tokens. Both milled and hammered copper coins are included

Another free weeks detecting trip as the prize for this years new forum comp

Closing date for entry 1st July 2022

You MUST vote first for 'Find of the Year' to be eligible for an entry in this competition

Bonus guess for 'Pouch of the year' vote

Updated 2/9/22 Current total as of 19th Aug 2023 - 4132 as I process export pouches

Winner Ont Jeff

Entry is now closed

2012/13 Season's Free forum competition

Guess the number of lead musket balls/bullets found throughout the season

Another free weeks trip as the prize for this years new forum comp

Closing date for entry 1st August 2012

COMP CLOSED

4th Aug updated final total for season is 1494

Florida Don wins the free trip with a guess of 1499

2011/12 Season's Free forum competition

Org Ed wins the comp

Guess the number of buttons found throughout the season

Another free weeks trip again as the prize for this year new forum comp. 2011/12 season

We have so far counted over the years for a comp, gold, hammered silver, milled silver, coppers, ancient coins and the results have been fascinating.

This year it is a monster, monster, monster count - buttons

How do you guess the numbers of buttons when loads are usually thrown in the ditch ?

This year I will supply plastic buckets to all Barn leaders to keep in their bus for just those buttons you want to chuck. I will have other separate buckets in each of the full board houses for trash buttons.

I will empty these buckets constantly during the week and add up all the buttons as we so we get a running total on the forum for trash buttons and then another total building up as I do the exports later with buttons guys want to take home.

This will be a wide open guess as there must be thousands of 4 holers on their own.


This will be a lot more work for me but it will be fascinating to see just how many pesky buttons we dig in a season.


Start sending me you guesses by e-mail now

Closing date for guesses was 30th Aug 2011

Final total 18,890 Updated 30th July 2012

Org Ed wins the comp

2010/11 Season's Free forum competition - final result in

Florida Don won the comp

Guess the number of Romano/British gold, silver and bronze coins found during the season

Approx Date range 200BC to 400 AD

Prize this year is another biggy - free week, full board holiday, totally inclusive, you just have to get here !

Total is updated as I complete guys export pouches

Final total updated 11th Aug= 480

Send your entries by mail colchesterhunter@colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk . This page wil log all entries so if it does not appear on here in a couple of days then resend me a mail. YOU cannot make the same guess as one that is already on this list

This is the official entry list - if you guess is not here then you have not entered yet

COMP is now closed - CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS AUGUST 23rd 2010

Final total is 3906 coins for the season- Ark Mary wins the free trip with a guess of 3900

Prize this year is another biggy - free week, full board holiday, totally inclusive, you just have to get here !

This years free forum competition is to guess the number of milled copper coins, both English and Foreign found here from Sept 2009 to April 2010. I have never tried to count them so your guess is as good as mine Milled copper coins are those made by means of a milling machine NOT by the process of striking. ie from around 1670 onwards.

Any milled copper coin or token that you could spend will be included.

Prize this year is another biggy - free week, full board holiday, totally inclusive, you just have to get here !

This years free forum competition is to guess the number of milled silver coins, both English and Foreign) found here from Sept 2008 to April 2009. I have never tried to count them so your guess is as good as mine Milled silver are those made by means of a milling machine NOT by the process of striking. ie from around 1640 onwards. English milled silver stops in 1947

Final tally 16th April at 23.00 is 262 silver milled coins

Mass Mike wins the free trip

The win a 'free weeks holiday' forum comp was won by Idaho Ken with a guess of 331 hammered silver coins found by the end of the hunts, actually number in the end was 335 which is an amazing total. Keep an eye on the site as I will be launching next years competition shortly. It will be to guess the number of milled silver coin found in the season 2008/2009 and the prize will be a free weeks inclusive holiday again.

Current count 335 hammered silver coins

(Count as of 20th April 2008)

Prize this year is a biggy - free week, full board holiday, totally inclusive, you just have to get here !

This years free forum competition is to guess the number of hammered silver coins found here from Sept 2007 to April 2008. I have never tried to count them so your guess is as good as mine Hammered silver are those made by the process of striking and not by means of a milling machine.

Hammered silver index

For your entry to be valid your guess must include number of coins found with a date and time as guys will guess the same numbers i.e. 50 by March 10th at 10 am. The closest guess wins the prize. Closing date of the competition is 27th Aug 2007 9am GMT, any guesses arriving after that date are not valid.

Prize this year is a biggy - free week, full board holiday, totally inclusive, you just have to get here !

Send your entries by mail forumcomp@colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk , please state the forum you are a member of. This page wil log all entries so if it does not appear on here in a couple of days then resend me a mail.

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This years winner is from the American Relic forum, Dale (VA) who guessed spot on and wins the Medieval gold coin.

This years free forum competition is to guess the overall number of solid gold finds (not plated) that will be made this season from Sept 2006 to April 2007 and by what date. i.e. 20 pieces of gold by 12 PM on March 1st. You MUST post a date and a time as there will be multiple guesses for the same number of pieces found. The prize this year is this beauty 14thC Edward III hammered gold 1/4 Noble

Closing date for your guesses is the 25th August and winner announced in April. Prize is shipped to NA with an approved export license

Both the previous competitions have been won by members of Cal Jeff's California forum !!

Drop me a mail on this link or post on the forum to enter

To watch how the competition is going throughout the year log onto this page to see how you are doing