Stour Valley Search and Recovery Club held its annual awards dinner at Hamworthy Sports and Social Club on Friday 28 November.

Members, partners and local farmers who allow the club to detect on their land all attended the event, which celebrated the Club’s best finds.

Chairman of the Stour Valley Search and Recovery Club John Earley hands the award for detectorist of the year to Tony Player

Detectorist of the year was Tony Player, who also won an award for the best artefact found, with a silver Saxon cross.
Best coin of the year was awarded to John Hinchcliffe who found a hoard of 67 silver Durotriges silver staters.
The Club, which has been operating for over 30 years, has built up a very well-respected reputation among both farmers and the County Finds Officer. Members detect on Dorset farmland every Saturday and meet to display their finds once a month. All finds are recorded and reported.

Tony’s silver Saxon cross, which garnered find of the year

Find out more about the club at www.stourvalleysearchandrecoveryclub.co.uk.