Dr Tess Machling

He's FSA too...

A pile of Harry Price biographies and autobiographies.

When you send an email to some folks in Leeds that begins,

"I know what I'm about to write is going to sound crazy, but I'm really hoping you might be able to help me..."

... you know you're back in Harry Price Land. 😂

#Archaeology 🏺 #HarryPrice

Going… going… gone overseas? by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract With the boom in detecting tourism, and with mass detecting rallies being held across the UK, increasin…

It may yet. They've been bought, by that doesn't mean they've been shipped - it depends.

I think if they've already got a OIEL they can anyway?

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We don't know how much of the reward Licence donated. And tbh would have been better had he waived his portion of the reward so that a museum might have been able to purchase the hoard. Also, he and the landowner kept a coin each...

Oh! Hope the email was OK!

Assuming all the flag shaggers constantly bemoaning the 'loss of our culture' will be on this right away. Any minute know...

😂😂😂

British Iron Age gold coins worth £33,000 sold to US collectors The collection was found in a field near Bury St Edmunds features distinctive horse designs

At least this records that folks were appalled by the sale...

#Archaeology #Treasurw #Detecting 🏺

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A black and white stock photo of a 1920s Rolls Royce

Have inadvertently spent the afternoon researching Rolls-Royce cars...

Harry is back! 😂

... and if he's done what I think he's done then, oh my, have I got a tale to tell!!! 😲😲😲

Thank you! ❤️

Coin used as Leeds bus fare was 2,000‑year‑old currency The coin was handed down to Peter Edwards from his grandfather in the 1950s.

"My first thought when I found out its origin was that I would like to return it to an institute where it could be studied by all...My grandfather would be proud to know, as I am, that the coin is coming back to Leeds."

Lovely. ❤️

#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
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Snettisham torc H7: Up close by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Having previously written about the H7 torc from Snettisham a few years ago, I recently had the chance to see it…

A rather odd sibling for the Newark torc and the Netherurd terminal: Torc H7 from Snettisham.

#Archaeology #Torcs #Gold

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Oh he's arrived!! He's such a cutie! 🐕

❤️

So this #InternationalWomensDay do we get to replace the International Men?

Please??? 😔

#IWD

Yesterday Trump had lunch with Farage.
Today Trump takes another pop at Starmer...

Coincidence??

... and BTW why aren't we talking treason for Farage, Tice etc??i

YouTube video by Defence Insight A man repeatedly shouts "bastards" while walking past the US Embassy in London

Utterly perfect! ❤️

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Castle Douglas horned pony cap crosses Atlantic for exhibition The horned cap from southern Scotland would have made the pony wearing it look

Some fabulous things here - the gorgeous Torrs pony cap, massive arm rings... and the brooch from Auldearn (torc pic included!!).

#Archaeology 🏺

BBC News - Castle Douglas horned pony cap crosses Atlantic for exhibition - BBC News
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Crystal ball defence...

Ah yes, the 'we imagined you were about to attack' defence.

US-Israel war with Iran: B-1 Lancer bomber lands at RAF Fairford The aircraft is the fastest bomber in the US Air Force and is piloted by a crew of four.

How the actual f*ck is this 'defensive'???

We should not be allowing this.

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The hard right is claiming the cross – and true Christians should not allow it | Polly Toynbee British church leaders have finally spoken out about the dangerous rise of Christian nationalism. But their message was far too timid, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

We’ve raised the alarm about how the new rise of Christian Nationalism, imported from the US, threatens the progress that generations of women fought so hard to secure. By seeking to impose religious dogma on public law, these movements endanger women’s freedoms. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My preciouses.....

This is brilliant news.

The finder kept one coin, the landowner kept another. At auction, two coins went to an anonymous buyer in the USA, one to Switzerland and the destinations of the rest are unknown.

#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺

Not at all convinced that's the most, or even *an*, ethical outcome to this whole story, tbh:

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*History professor profits from sale of historical artefacts*

Another headline fixed

There's so much every year. Museums just can't cope. Deals take time and money.

Honour isnt a word id associate with this infamous episode in our national heritage narrative. 🏺😥

These won't be the only things the museums are purchasing though - they're playing ip-dip with acquisitions nowadays.... and that's on top of museum cut backs etc ..