Barbarous Radiate Hoard

[ANTIQUARIAN]

A big congrats on this find Dave!
I read about you in the BBC News on-line yesterday.
Well deserved on getting on the Banner too!

Hope you get a large enough evaluation to retire on!

Cheers,
Dave

 

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[CRUSADER]

A big congrats on this find Dave!
I read about you in the BBC News on-line yesterday.
Well deserved on getting on the Banner too!

Hope you get a large enough evaluation to retire on!

Cheers,
Dave

Not sure what you think they are worth but no retirement just yet.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

A big congrats on this find Dave!
I read about you in the BBC News on-line yesterday.
Well deserved on getting on the Banner too!

Hope you get a large enough evaluation to retire on!

Cheers,
Dave

Not sure what you think they are worth but no retirement just yet.

I know you said earlier Cru, that Roman bronze coins are not
highly prized by the British museums, . . . but they have to be
worth at least 50p each!?

What kind of pound value to you think that Dave might be
looking at as a reward when it's all said and done?

Cheers,
Dave

 

[CRUSADER]

A big congrats on this find Dave!
I read about you in the BBC News on-line yesterday.
Well deserved on getting on the Banner too!

Hope you get a large enough evaluation to retire on!

Cheers,
Dave

Not sure what you think they are worth but no retirement just yet.

I know you said earlier Cru, that Roman bronze coins are not
highly prized by the British museums, . . . but they have to be
worth at least 50p each!?

What kind of pound value to you think that Dave might be
looking at as a reward when it's all said and done?

Cheers,
Dave

The valuation (not reward) is based on the market value. As a hoard it would be worth more than the sum of the individual coins due to its historical interest. The dig is yet to finish, so hard to guess before the total hoard & associated artefacts are totalled up. Bearing in mind the farmer gets 50% he may get a nice holiday out of it. (to me, it more important he did the right thing & we will all learn from the information & the site they are uncovering) I'm sure he enjoys working with the Archies, I know I do. 8)

 

[Treasure $ Trekkies]

WOW!! Double WOW! that's what I dream of, what a find! Marry Xmas came early. Frank

 

[DavidBeard]

Congrats on your find-of-a-lifetime! But I was curious about the land owner's thoughts on all this. He was kind enough to give permission, and now has a small army of people trooping back and forth through his property. Does he mind at all? We he be compensated for his troubles? I was wondering if he was sorry that he gave the "OK", or has he taken delight in all of this? Thanks for sharing with us - JHinPA

The Farmer is sooooooooo excited, I think more than me in fact! The 'small army' are very respective and not intrusive at all. As for compensation, Yes, Half the value of all we find so he wants us to find lots, lots more.. "... Get out there and get diggin..." was one line of his in a recent conversation
Best wishes,
Still waiting for the thaw!


-14.5c out there at the moment and another band of snow coming in the night!
Best wishes.

 

[DavidBeard]

A big congrats on this find Dave!
I read about you in the BBC News on-line yesterday.
Well deserved on getting on the Banner too!

Hope you get a large enough evaluation to retire on!

Cheers,
Dave

Hi Dave,
I don't think this had made the news yet - it may have been the 'Frome Roman coin hoard' you saw:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-11565601
Yeah, another David...
Speak soon.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

A big congrats on this find Dave!
I read about you in the BBC News on-line yesterday.
Well deserved on getting on the Banner too!

Hope you get a large enough evaluation to retire on!

Cheers,
Dave

Hi Dave,
I don't think this had made the news yet - it may have been the 'Frome Roman coin hoard' you saw:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-11565601
Yeah, another David...
Speak soon.

Hi David, you're right, the other fellows name was a David as well . . .
personally I think there are far too many David's in this world!

Congratulations again on your amazing find mate and I hope you get a
very large evaluation on it!

Cheers,
Dave Knight

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

A big congrats on this find Dave!
I read about you in the BBC News on-line yesterday.
Well deserved on getting on the Banner too!

Hope you get a large enough evaluation to retire on!

Cheers,
Dave

Not sure what you think they are worth but no retirement just yet.

I know you said earlier Cru, that Roman bronze coins are not
highly prized by the British museums, . . . but they have to be
worth at least 50p each!?

What kind of pound value to you think that Dave might be
looking at as a reward when it's all said and done?

Cheers,
Dave

The valuation (not reward) is based on the market value. As a hoard it would be worth more than the sum of the individual coins due to its historical interest. The dig is yet to finish, so hard to guess before the total hoard & associated artefacts are totalled up. Bearing in mind the farmer gets 50% he may get a nice holiday out of it. (to me, it more important he did the right thing & we will all learn from the information & the site they are uncovering) I'm sure he enjoys working with the Archies, I know I do. 8)

Thanks for letting me know how it works when you declare a large find to the authorities in the UK. I feel that if you at least attempt to do the right thing when you find something of value that's been lost, that's usually reward enough for me.

 

[trikikiwi]

I'm lost for words, other than Arise, Sir DavidBeard.
Mike

 

[heepiepow]

WOW! That is unbelievable! Congrats, and look forward to the rest of the dig. Already a bonanza!

Hi David, you're right, the other fellows name was a David as well . . .
personally I think there are far too many David's in this world!

Congratulations again on your amazing find mate and I hope you get a
very large evaluation on it!

Cheers,
Dave Knight

Yeah, good luck on the eval. Does that include the pottery or other artifacts, or just coinage?

And there do seem to be an awful lot of Daves in the world. But we're all awesome!

--Dave

 

[Tnmountains]

I think we all look forward to where this adventure will take us. Hopefully the finds will keep coming. Keep us updated.
HH
TnMtns

 

[N.J.THer]

(to me, it more important he did the right thing & we will all learn from the information & the site they are uncovering) I'm sure he enjoys working with the Archies, I know I do. 8)

I agree 100%...it is awesome when a detectorist finds a historically important find then shares it with the world. I've had nothing but great experiences working with the archaeologists here in the states and it has opened up sites to me that I could not legally hunt otherwise. When I'm working on one of their sites I don't get to keep the items or even get part of the value but the honor in uncovering it is reward enough plus my kids thinks it great when they see my name in a museum under a artifact.

Dave (only kidding on the name but I felt left out...NJ)

 

[CRUSADER]

(to me, it more important he did the right thing & we will all learn from the information & the site they are uncovering) I'm sure he enjoys working with the Archies, I know I do. 8)

I agree 100%...it is awesome when a detectorist finds a historically important find then shares it with the world. I've had nothing but great experiences working with the archaeologists here in the states and it has opened up sites to me that I could not legally hunt otherwise. When I'm working on one of their sites I don't get to keep the items or even get part of the value but the honor in uncovering it is reward enough plus my kids thinks it great when they see my name in a museum under a artifact.

Dave (only kidding on the name but I felt left out...NJ)

The times I've helped with offical digs, its the same as you state (hand everything over), I use it to suck their brains & share my knowledge. Great partnership.

 

[detectahead]

Fantastic! A big congrats on some very wonderful finds!

 

[taropatch]

Can't wait for spring to see what else comes up. Congrats on hitting that hot site!

 

[DavidBeard]

Can't wait for spring to see what else comes up. Congrats on hitting that hot site!

Hopefully before Spring! A thaw has just started here and it should remain just above freezing for the next few days - (probably time for another dig) - but then we're getting blasted again with arctic conditions later next week - sodding weather!

 

[Unicorn]

exactly, David ... my thought as well ...

 

[sasnz]

Geeez David,

The suspense must be killing you, especially since you cant do anything about the weather. Cant wait to see what lies under the rest of the site. Keep us informed....thread Bookmarked.

Cheers Sasnz

 

[coinshoter01]

awesome