Detectorist makes fantastic Bronze Age discovery and then camps out to guard it

[JP1]

Detectorist 'shaking with happiness' after Bronze Age find

A metal detectorist discovers a rare hoard of Bronze Age artefacts during an expedition near Peebles.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JP1]

@Hilly near Peebles I gather

 

[Still Farming]

Once dug up whats to Guard?
Unless untill dectoring rest of field accurately?
Find in a pub field other day the same in newspapers.

 

[JP1]

Once dug up whats to Guard?
Unless untill dectoring rest of field accurately?
Find in a pub field other day the same in newspapers.

Well as I understood it he stayed on camping for a while as:

1. He was genuinely interested in seeing how / what professional archaelogists would uncover
2. Stopping some low lifes plundering the site

 

[Still Farming]

Well as I understood it he stayed on camping for a while as:

1. He was genuinely interested in seeing how / what professional archaelogists would uncover
2. Stopping some low lifes plundering the site

Night hawkers etc and every other dectorists have a go too.
If not been heard at Coroners Court and Declared Treasure trove then once in public domain, they be there possibly!

 

[honeyend]

It was featured on this mornings BBC breakfast. They left most of it in the ground, and the archaeologists have lifted it in a block, so it can be dissected apart in a safe place. It looks like is going to be really interesting as there are parts of the leather horse harness still there, as well as metal parts.
I found some flint hand tools in our back garden, its just wonderful to think that someone used these over a thousand years ago, and it had just been sitting below the soil since then.

http://leicsfieldworkers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/flint_id_guide.pdf

 

[JCMaloney]

Finder done the right thing and stopped digging when he realised what was there.
The context is as important as the find which is often forgotten by many.
A lot will be learnt from that and the preservation is remarkable, probably why it took them 3 weeks to block lift it.
Slightly different law in Scotland where the finder receives the ex gratia payment.
Dare I say it is a better system North of the border in my humble?

Information for Finders

Protecting our archaeological heritage for the benefit of the nation

treasuretrovescotland.co.uk

 

[JCMaloney]

Folk might find this interesting...

Late Bronze Age Hoard from nr Peebles, Scotland - 3D model by National Museums Scotland (@nationalmuseumsscotland)

This Bronze Age hoard was found by a metal-detectorist, Mariusz Stępień, near Peebles in June 2020. It was promptly reported to Treasure Trove and excavated by archaeologists from National Museums Scotland. Communities in Late Bronze Age Scotland (1000-800 BC) often buried hoards of metalwork...

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