Real Treasure Chest Found!

ANTIQUARIAN

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Relic Hunting
After years of being mocked about trying to find buried treasure, someone finally has!
Talk about cool...so there's hope for me too. :laughing7:

https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news ... ch-8780152

My only wish is that they'd posted some close-up pics of the chest and the lock, as it looks to date from the Georgian Era. I also wish they would've offered up theories on how or why it ended up being "buried behind a mound of sand at the bottom of a cliff behind a raised bank."

The glass toilet water bottle appears to date from the 1860 - 80 period. :icon_scratch:

Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
Dave
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villagenut

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I spy one coin showing a date....1899. That puts the deposit of the chest at that date or later, based on terminus post quem. Of course, their are older items in the chest, the trunks placement was 1900 or later. I would have been flipping out as i dug that one out, hearing coins rattling around inside.
 

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The wet dream of everyone on here, that’s certain! There’s some Norfolk detectorists kicking themselves in the arse today I bet 😂

Additional thought: If she found it while clearing litter, then Karma’s wheel landed in the right spot.
 

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ANTIQUARIAN

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Wow....I want one !! That's incredible !! Great article Dave!! Cheers mate happy hunting !!
Thanks for your post Bart, hope you and your family are all doing well. :thumbsup:

The wet dream of everyone on here, that’s certain! There’s some Norfolk detectorists kicking themselves in the arse today I bet 😂

Additional thought: If she found it while clearing litter, then Karma’s wheel landed in the right spot.
Thanks very much Dallas, the ground is thawed my friend, time to get back out there! :laughing7:

I spy one coin showing a date....1899. That puts the deposit of the chest at that date or later, based on terminus post quem. Of course, their are older items in the chest, the trunks placement was 1900 or later. I would have been flipping out as i dug that one out, hearing coins rattling around inside.
Thank you for the info VN, I honestly didn't take that close a look at the finds.
Hope you're doing well these days,
Dave
 

Chilli

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After years of being mocked about trying to find buried treasure, someone finally has!
Talk about cool...so there's hope for me too. :laughing7:

https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news ... ch-8780152

My only wish is that they'd posted some close-up pics of the chest and the lock, as it looks to date from the Georgian Era. I also wish they would've offered up theories on how or why it ended up being "buried behind a mound of sand at the bottom of a cliff behind a raised bank."

The glass toilet water bottle appears to date from the 1860 - 80 period. :icon_scratch:

Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
Dave
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My misses had a dream yrs ago we found a buried treasure of gold Sovereigns here.
My hopes have just been reignited! 👍
 

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ANTIQUARIAN

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Apr 24, 2010
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27,384
Upper Canada 🇨🇦
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
3
Detector(s) used
XP Deus, Lesche Piranha 35 Shovel & 'Garrett Carrot'
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
My misses had a dream yrs ago we found a buried treasure of gold Sovereigns here.
My hopes have just been reignited! 👍
This treasure chest was obviously found without the use of a metal detector. So when I'm detecting I have to continually remind myself to, "keep your eyes to the ground, some of the best finds are eyeball finds." :thumbsup:
 

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