Fabulous find and congratulations to the finder.

Lots of use of the terms lost, missing and stolen but no indication as to how they distinguish which category an item falls into. If an item can't be located, how do they know that it hasn't been stolen?

I would have thought that a bid of £12k for a lump of gold worth about £3.5k as scrap was an amazing price. Expecting much more seems optimistic to say the least.

No mention of the landowner or their views on the treasure found on their land?

A super find. It must have been so exciting as more and more coins were unearthed.

Here is the latest news on Peter Higgs being sued for theft. Strangely he hasn't been charged by the Police yet. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/b ... 234701082/

See https://www.newscientist.com/article/2419556-boiling-tap-water-can-remove-80-per-cent-of-the-microplastics-in-it/#:~:text=Boiling%20tap%20water%20can%20remove%2080%20per%20cent%20of%20the%20microplastics%20in%20it,-Tap%20water%20contains&text=Boiling%20tap%20water%20before%20use,harmful%20pl...

As the calcium carbonate in the water forms limescale when the water is boiled, it traps many of the microplastic particles within the scale. So when you descale your kettle you dispose of the microplastics too.

I chatted with the finder, who lives in N Worle only days after he found the nugget. He told me about how he found it and his reason for naming it Hiro, after his Japanese wife.

Superb find and one that is still on my wishlist.

This will be of huge benefit in terms of identifying any similar coins in the future. In my experience, potentially unique coins are treated with suspicion until like examples are found. Some years ago I found a type 10, cross fleury penny of Henry 1st minted by the moneyer ANDERAM in Leicester. At ...

Quite how an institution such as the British Museum could have failed to log new acquisitions properly and conduct regular reviews of their holdings defies belief. To say that they have acted like a bunch of amateurs would be disrespectful to amateurs who I am sure would have done a far better job o...

Should have bought a Minelab

The only positive was that it showed the significant amounts of rubbish that detectorists have to dig up before finding something of interest. But given that they are detecting what many would describe as prime sites, I was surprised at how few good finds were made.

The buyer who paid $4.2 million could probably have bought a similar fake from fleabay for under £100.