Treasure found in staffordshire - have you SEEN it?

[DillyTantay]

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

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The craftsmanship is astonishing, isn't it?!

(love your name, by the way )

Wow. That is amazing.

Wow, it looks beautiful.

I ownder how much he will get?

wonder if he would rather have th stuff?

Wow.. thanks for the link.

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

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.

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

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

Good for him though !

isn't it beautiful.

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?

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

Or did I just dream that?

In Staffordshire?

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

The treasure is stunning.

Arf Threadie.

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