Treasure found in staffordshire - have you SEEN it?

[DillyTantay]

it is SO beautiful
hands up who has laughed at metal detecting guys beofre then?!

[DillyTantay]

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[OnlyQuoteMeInTheTelegraph]

The craftsmanship is astonishing, isn't it?!

[OnlyQuoteMeInTheTelegraph]

(love your name, by the way )

[Slubberdegullion]

Wow. That is amazing.

[insertwittynicknameHERE]

Wow, it looks beautiful.

[DillyTantay]

I ownder how much he will get?

wonder if he would rather have th stuff?

[GrimmaTheNome]

Wow.. thanks for the link.

[TheBalladofGayTony]

do you think he stuffed soem in his pockets before reporting it? i would

[OrmIrian]

I'd be tempted I must admit.

The only thing I ever accidentally half-inched off a site was a flint handaxe. Beautiful thing but not on the same scale.

[PuppyMonkey]

We've had an argument at work about this today - is the bloke a metal detector (as SkyNews put it) or a metal detective?

[BettySuarez]

What an amazing find - can't help wondering how much it will be worth to him?

Good for him though !

[pofacedandproud]

isn't it beautiful.

[GrimmaTheNome]

Detector Definition 1. something or someone that detects.

He's a metal detector who uses a metal detector!

Don't you think dealing with this must have made a delightful change for the coroner who had to decide if it was treasure trove?

[VulpusinaWilfsuit]

I thought - clumsily - that it was 'detectorist' (urgh).

Or did I just dream that?

In Staffordshire?

[Thredworm]

I don' think he can be a metal detective. This is a metal detective.

The treasure is stunning.

[pofacedandproud]

Arf Threadie.

[dilemma456]

Message withdrawn

[PuppyMonkey]

Ooh, detectorist I like. So detector it is then. Probably. I lose.