Bronze Age Gold
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:48 pm
Well done to the finder/s whoever you are.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:54 pm
Now that is a nice find.
Well done to the finder/s whoever you are.
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Well done to the finder/s whoever you are.
h...
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:59 pm
Seems a bit cheap for a gold hoard I would have thought a nought on end of that, I think I would have kept it for my old age, next year :lol:
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:01 pm
We have found gold and silver in the Mendips over the years but not that age or quantity. 
Jerry.
Jerry.Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:31 am
The Mendips must have been a significant area in prehistory - the Priddy Circles (4 henges in a row) and other ritual monuments may have put it in the same league as the Stonehenge and Thornborough areas.
Significant lead deposits meant it was a target for the Romans - either for the lead itself or for silver extracted from the lead - even in the 19th century silver was being produced by cuppellation and a process known as the 'Pattinson process' at Charterhouse.
Nice hoard though - is the finder in residence on here?
Significant lead deposits meant it was a target for the Romans - either for the lead itself or for silver extracted from the lead - even in the 19th century silver was being produced by cuppellation and a process known as the 'Pattinson process' at Charterhouse.
Nice hoard though - is the finder in residence on here?