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- Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:09 pm
- Forum: Book's or Publication's You Recommend
- Topic: 50 Finds Books PAS
- Replies: 13
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50 Finds Books PAS
I've come across a couple of these books in recent weeks. Just bought the Cheshire book. I like it. There are others in the pipeline. Each FLO will be doing one for each of the PAS areas. But you can see which areas that are already published here. https://www.amberley-books.com/catalogsearch/result...
- Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:50 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Men convicted of ‘nighthawking’
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10905
Men convicted of ‘nighthawking’
Two men who were caught illegally using a metal detector at a Peterborough historical site have been sentenced at court. Keith Stacey and Samuel Wildman, from Kettering, were convicted of unlawful metal detecting at Durobrivae Roman town, a protected Roman site at Water Newton near the city. http://...
- Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:34 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Must Farm Bronze-Age axe...Wow!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16992
Re: Must Farm Bronze-Age axe...Wow!
They even have balls of string, its being hailed Britains Pompey.
- Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:40 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Must Farm Bronze-Age axe...Wow!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16992
Re: Must Farm Bronze-Age axe...Wow!
Been following this dig on Facebook for a good while now, some amazing finds are coming out.
- Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:53 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Harvest is nearly here.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18457
Re: Harvest is nearly here.
I did Stansted and Heathrow last weekend, yes fields started to look ripe in some areas. But I've just seen a number of hay fields tonight around Lichfield tonight. still a week or two away around here. To quote Oddball, "Feel those rays man". Just need some sun to push the crops on a tad.
- Thu Jul 07, 2016 6:42 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Harvest is nearly here.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18457
Harvest is nearly here.
http://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/harvest-2016-growers-begin-the-final-countdown.htm?cmpid=SOC|Facebook|FarmersWeekly|sf30445405|sf30445405 It’s July, which can only mean one thing – the great British harvest is just weeks, if not days, away. The combines are being serviced, grain stores are being swept a...
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:59 am
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Saxon coin hoard finder rewarded
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8959
Re: Saxon coin hoard finder rewarded
Yes I did read that JCM, but they also said that they hoped the Local Museum could raise the cash and the lower reward would help.
- Fri Jun 03, 2016 8:04 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Beach sanded in today!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7815
Beach sanded in today!
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Seafront-buried-hundreds-tons-sand/story-29357266-detail/story.html#ixzz4AXsS75MO Strong winds have almost buried a seafront in sand. Hundreds of tons of sand have been blown off the beach in Mablethorpe leaving a large section of the seafront buried. Two crazy golf...
- Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:28 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Londons Roman Tablets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11007
Londons Roman Tablets
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/01/tablets-unearthed-city-glimpse-roman-london-bloomberg 2000-year-old handwritten tablets go on display in London Tertius the Brewer, Junius the Cooper and Julius Classicus – the up-and-coming military commander who would turn traitor against Rome a decad...
- Sun May 01, 2016 1:26 pm
- Forum: BEGINNERS' SECTION
- Topic: Coke
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12675
Re: Coke
One of our farmers told us that when coal gas was in production in nearly every town. The resulting coke and slag was sold to farmers as a soil improver? As we now know coke does not break down in the soil and to be honest is yet another form of so called green waste that has ended up on the fields ...
- Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:12 am
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: 4,000-year-old skull 'a wonderful discovery'
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10571
Re: 4,000-year-old skull 'a wonderful discovery'
They did the right thing my calling in the Coastal watch guys. A group set up to monitor coastal erosion and archaeology being washed out.
- Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:55 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: More than half a tonne of ancient Roman coins
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8500
More than half a tonne of ancient Roman coins
Construction workers have found 600 kilograms of ancient Roman coins while carrying out routine work on water pipes in southern Spain, local officials say. "It is a unique collection and there are very few similar cases," said Ana Navarro, head of Seville's Archeology Museum which is looki...
- Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:19 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Clandon Park fire: Archaeologist speaks
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5770
Clandon Park fire: Archaeologist speaks
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey- ... s-11248944
A team of archaeologists have been working for six months inside the building, often uncovering "a beautiful fragment of plaster or a complete piece of porcelain"
A team of archaeologists have been working for six months inside the building, often uncovering "a beautiful fragment of plaster or a complete piece of porcelain"
- Thu Apr 28, 2016 4:57 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: 4,000-year-old skull 'a wonderful discovery'
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10571
4,000-year-old skull 'a wonderful discovery'
http://www.aberaeron-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=104891&headline=4%2C000-year-old+skull+%27a+wonderful+discovery%27§ionIs=news&searchyear=2016 A LARGE 4,000-year-old red deer skull and antlers found on the beach at Borth are being examined by researchers at University of Wales Trinity...
- Sat Apr 23, 2016 4:28 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Robbie Williams has a brand new hobby
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12287
Robbie Williams has a brand new hobby
http://www.celebsnow.co.uk/celebrity-news/345216-345216 Robbie Williams has baffled both his wife and fans with an unusual new hobby. The 42-year-old singer has turned to metal detecting in the hope of finding hidden treasure, and has been sharing his ‘find of the day’ on Twitter to his 2.4 million ...