i know this area well and its a mystery how they located it from a long distance away.. Eye is an area of pasture with sheep farmers .as far as I know theres no saxon or viking connections with the area :shock: they came from 75 miles away to an anonymous hamlet in the middle of nowhere It does mak...

https://youtu.be/Zj2bjBLSqcE

The retreating ice and snow in Norway is revealing ancient artefacts that are in superb condition..........


https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/clima ... elting-ice

Thieves have stolen all the lead covering on a Grade I listed church

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... -45744381#

Thanks guys, like the large section regarding PAS and responsible detectorists.

Paul

Apparently, when monks were sworn to silence etc, they still had to communicate without breaking the vow of silence. This was done through sign language :Biggestgrin: The one for "Where's my underpants?" is stroke with two hands up your thigh :hahaha: There are 126 more signs like "Wh...

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/hythe/news/ ... pt-186546/

Sad indeed

This KILLER deserves a life sentence just for his ugly mush....... PAUL PAGET from NEWPORT

Dawn raids across Europe have netted £40M worth of stolen artefacts involving 25,000 items.........

https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/ ... ural-goods

...and the anti-detectorist groups think it's just us

More scum news...............

https://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/26 ... ll-stolen/

Here's a great guide to ID and record buckles. As all you self-recorders will know, it's often difficult to describe an object fully and accurately with so many parts names! https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/buckles/ A good supplement to the pictorial guides out there :g50: Paul

Nice to see that "detectorists" has claimed a BAFTA through Toby Jones' acting.....

Here's a link showing the aftermath of the raid........

https://www.facebook.com/CanterburyArch ... 8727713124

Quote: "Unfortunately there has been a very serious break-in and theft from our main archive in Canterbury. Over 850 Anglo-Saxon glass beads, large quantities of coins and metal artefacts, and replicas from our education collection have been taken. Please spread the word!" I can't publish ...

Here's a picture of a Robin that took a fancy to my snack-bar
I also had one follow me along a hedgerow whilst the field was covered in snow.