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Visit The EARTH Metal Detecting Club Based at the Dunham Library in Whitesboro, NY. USA

The Portable Antiquities Finds Database Is it treasure? Not sure? Treasure Act 1996 Dorset County Council’s Metal Detecting information Tide Times for Weymouth this weeks tide times Google Earth Google aerial photography Flash-Earth.com Online Microsoft maps

Research Links (courtesy of “Vespasian”) http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/ http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/ http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/index.cfm http://www.finds.org.uk/ http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/ http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ http://www.magic.gov.uk/ http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/personframe.html http://www.roman-britain.org/main.htm http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/Museum/Collections.asp www.genuki.co.uk

www.weymouthastronomy.co.uk/

Weymouth Astronomy Club is keen to attract new members regardless of experience.
The only pre-requisite required is a keen interest in the night sky.
Meetings are held on a monthly basis at The Old School Rooms, Upwey
opposite the Wishing Well as well ad-hoc viewing evenings.

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Manufacturers

Viking Detectors	1 Angela Street Mill Hill, Blackburn BB2 4DJ Tel: 01254 55887 www.metaldetectors.co.uk Email: viking@metaldetectors.co.uk
C-Scope	C.Scope International Ltd Kingsnorth Technology Park Wotton Road Ashford Kent TN23 6LN United Kingdom Tel: 01223 629181 Fax: 01223 645897 Web: www.cscope.co.uk
Whites Electronics (UK) Ltd	35 Harbour Road Inverness IV1 1UA Scotland Tel: 01463 223456 Fax: 01463 224048 Web: www.whites.co.uk Email: sales@whelects.demon.co.uk
Garrett Metal Detectors	Tel: 0121 359 2379 Fax: 0121 359 7975 Web: www.garrett.com
Laser Tesoro Rapier	Tesoro_laser/lasermetaldetectors. Tel: 0207 387 3142 Fax: 0207 388 2714
Minelab	Tel: 00 353 23 52 102 Fax: 00 353 23 52 106 Web: www.minelab.com Email: minelab@minelab.ie
Regton Ltd.	82 Cliveland Street Birmingham B19 3SN Tel: 0121 359 2379 Email: sales@regton.com www.regton.com/

Other web sites:

· Searcher Magazine - www.thesearcher.co.uk

· Treasure Hunting Magazine - www.greenlightpublishing.co.uk/treasure

· N.C.M.D. - National Council for Metal Detecting

· F.I.D. -Federation of Independent Detectorists

· Portable antiquities recording scheme - also known as 'Finding our Past' this scheme helps provide a means for finders of archaeological artefacts in England and Wales to report the objects they find to archaeologists so that information can be recorded and shared about the artefacts found.

· UK's Receiver of Wreck (part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency) - all wreck material which comes from UK territorial waters, and any wreck which is landed in the UK from outside UK territorial waters must by law (Section 236 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995) be declared to the Receiver of Wreck. The Receiver of Wreck works closely with archaeological, museums and diving organisations in relation to material from historic wrecks.

· Treasure Trove in Scotland -the official website for Treasure Trove in Scotland. Explains the different legislation applying in Scotland and provides information on all aspects of how finds of archaeological and historical significance in Scotland are recorded and protected.

· Information for Finders of Treasure in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Environment and Heritage Service.

· UK Detector Net

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Monarchs since the Norman Conquest in 1066 showing the dates of their reigns:

House of Normandy House of Stuart

1066-1087 William I 1603-1625 James I

1087-1100 William II 1625-1649 Charles I

1100-1135 Henry I

1135-1154 Stephen 1649-1653 Commonwealth/protectorate

1653-1658 Protectorate of

House of Plantagenet Oliver Cromwell

1154-1189 Henry II 1658-1659 Protectorate of

1189-1199 Richard I Richard Cromwell

1199-1216 John House of Stuart restored

1216-1272 Henry III 1660-1685 Charles II

1272-1307 Edward I 1685-1688 James II

1307-1327 Edward II 1689-1694 William and Mary (jointly)

1327-1377 Edward III

1377-1399 Richard II House of Orange

1694-1702 William III (sole ruler)

House of Lancaster 1702-1714 Anne

1399-1413 Henry IV

1413-1422 Henry V House of Hanover

1422-1461 Henry VI 1714-1727 George I

1727-1760 George II

House of York 1760-1820 George III

1461-1483 Edward IV 1820-1830 George IV

1483 Edward V 1830-1837 William IV

1483-1485 Richard III 1837-1901 Victoria

House of Tudor House of Saxe-Coburg

1485-1509 Henry VII 1901-1910 Edward VII

1509-1547 Henry VIII

1547-1553 Edward VI House of Windsor

1553-1558 Mary I 1910-1936 George V (a Saxe-Coburg until 1917)

1558-1603 Elizabeth I 1936 Edward VIII

1936-1952 George VI

1952- Elizabeth II