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- Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:47 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Gold stolen from British museum
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4185
Re: Gold stolen from British museum
I donated all my Saxon and one Viking find to Lincoln museum about 5 years ago as they requested more items from that era, as their collection didn't reflect the county's history over that time. After some thought I decided to donate the finds stipulating that I wished them to be displayed, this the...
- Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: He has found 5 hoards
- Replies: 3
- Views: 442
Re: He has found 5 hoards
As a teacher he'll have a lot more time than most to go out detecting! Cue the 'deny' merchants replies
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 7:02 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Roman mosaic find
- Replies: 2
- Views: 208
Re: Roman mosaic find
Call me old fashioned but I thought that Medusa had snakes for hair, not hair and a pair of wings on the side of the head, that was reserved for Mercury the messenger. Still a brilliant find though
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 6:30 pm
- Forum: BEGINNERS' SECTION
- Topic: Risk Assessmets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1496
Re: Risk Assessmets
If the fence is electric, don't pee against it I have seen someone do this and it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:40 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Viking find goes to auction
- Replies: 5
- Views: 356
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 4:16 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Viking find goes to auction
- Replies: 5
- Views: 356
Re: Viking find goes to auction
A nice find indeed. I suspect that this is the type of find that the new treasure definition would capture
- Mon May 15, 2023 12:36 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Explosives used to rob silverware from church
- Replies: 7
- Views: 397
Re: Explosives used to rob silverware from church
Having briefly been on my local church committee, it was a surprise to find out that all expenses for insurance and repairs etc have to be met by the local parish church/people, the actual owners contribute absolutely nothing, but insist it is done! That's one of the many reasons they are so rich.
- Wed May 10, 2023 4:48 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Coins from the Lydford mint
- Replies: 3
- Views: 281
Re: Coins from the Lydford mint
So apparently according to this article pennies weren't minted after 1066......well done the BBC, a well researched piece and factual as ever!
- Wed May 10, 2023 3:59 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Henry Cole is back for another hunt
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1390
Re: Henry Cole is back for another hunt
It would be more palatable if they dropped the 'valuation expert' bit, totally unnecessary in my opinion
- Wed May 03, 2023 10:47 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Phew what a Roman ring!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1745
Re: Phew what a Roman ring!
Now that's the real deal
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:19 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Phew what a Roman ring!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1745
Re: Phew what a Roman ring!
To me, that was made in the 18th century probably using a Roman intaglio and sold to 'Grand Tourists' of the time, who had the money to buy such things.
- Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:30 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Hawks ahoy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 312
Re: Hawks ahoy
Rather than leaving whatever is in the ground, why oh why don't the Trust organise a detecting sweep of the area and record what comes up and leave nothing for the idiots who nighthawk? :stern: Maybe the Trust thinks it best to leave the stuff to rot in the ground and use episodes like this as a bea...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:53 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Work starts to unearth mosaic under pavement outside a vape shop
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2191
- Fri Feb 17, 2023 6:15 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Greek coin found in garden
- Replies: 2
- Views: 195
Re: Greek coin found in garden
I don't believe that this coin was found in the UK
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:57 pm
- Forum: LATEST NEWS
- Topic: Medieval coin haul worth £150,000 unearthed by amateurs is declared treasure
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2249
Medieval coin haul worth £150,000 unearthed by amateurs is declared treasure
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