Glad to hear it too sir

Stumped me!

Just a polite reminder that it is against the AUP to discuss/mention prices of finds.

Closest I can find is for the Copland family, plenty of them around Wiltshire. This image isn't exact but the description lower down the page is more accurate https://www.myfamilysilver.com/pages/crestfinder-crest.aspx?id=141698&name=Copland Nice to see you posting again Chris :beer :beer :beer

ageezer wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 1:39 pm Yea where’s all the good stuff from the well

They haven't 'lost' it all already surely?

Well it costs a bit to buy the nice finds and it takes a bit of time to seed the field for the gullible :g64: :g64: :g64: If this was a genuine find it is a shame that no mention is made of recording it or any of the other finds before they are taken out of the country (export licence?) :g45: :g45: ...

Let's turn this to the detecting hobby benefit and call all archaeologists and curators thieves, tar them all with the same brush, let's see how the honest ones like being lumped together with the bad 'uns! They have been doing this to detectorists since the start of the hobby. Time to give them a t...

ALL museums and archaeological units should be compelled to return to their stores all 'Research Collections ' that curators and Heads of Departments have at their homes, basically stuff they have stolen. This con has gone on for decades, it is an excuse used by their work mates when they get found ...

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...

As a teacher he'll have a lot more time than most to go out detecting! Cue the 'deny' merchants replies

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

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

ageezer wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:43 am Must have been eyes only or a accidental find

I thought that at first when it said it was made of stone, but later it states it's made of bronze

A nice find indeed. I suspect that this is the type of find that the new treasure definition would capture

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.