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Britain"s hidden treasures on I.T.V is a nonense ,if its not covering the whole of Britain...P.A.S.s  input is great ,but it does not cover the whole of Britain....Drop the title I.T.V....or contact the rest of  Britain please  ::)

Different TT laws in Scotland Rob. We don't have PAS here unfortunately. Everything pre 1707 found belongs to the crown unless they decide they don't want it !! :(

yep i agree what a load of waffle ,,earlier this year i found a celtic tankard handle{bronze} even though it isnt bling apparantly there has only been 12 found in the country ,now i would have though that if the  tv moguls were after something unique and differant to flash on tv im sure that would be 1 of the finds {as well as many other unique and differant finds from all parts of the u.k},,,,OR is it lets see the bling aspect again.

Most of the finds I’ve seen so far would be in my junk box. ::) I think I will line up my toy cannons and point them at the producer.  ;D

bronze tankard handles dont put bums on seats Paul im  affraid :-\........i'd just like to remind people of one of the rallies last year when a cheap and nasty chinese fake "rolex" watch was found and was pitted in the polls against the other artifacts that where found (one of which was my Roman broach)......now which one do you think won ::)

On a lighter  note I noticed a Deus being used by the lady detectorist.  ::) :)Jerry.

you do realise I have the power to remove that post JBM ::) ;D

sorry nobby i would have voted for the chinese rolex lol,,,,no sorry mate seriously its 1 of the rankles of this hobby that gets on my udders ,,,show a roman broach 1st c for example ,you may get several oh yea thats nice comments ,stick on a sha**ed bit of gold 200 years old and its like the second coming {literally  ;D}

remember NONE of us detect for the money aspect  ;D,,oh my god ive grown  a 2nd ar**hole ;D

I must have hundreds ;D

Hopefully they're saving the better stuff for the last episode!  ::)

steve mate thats why i like ya ,,your honest  ;D

I’ve always had this debate on other forums with those who frowned on those who sold the odd item. If you were to stumble on an Edward the Third gold Leopard worth £480,000 you are hardly likely to stick it in your top draw and forget about it, at what price would you sell.

Is it any more immoral than a bank fixing interest rates and costing everyone in the Country hundreds of pounds in interest, and paying million pound bonuses to bankers for failing to hit targets.

Politicians  buying duck ponds and second homes with tax payers money, thousands of pensioners being forced to sell their homes to fund their old age care.

Gordon Brown selling off £2.3billion of gold that would today have fetched a whopping £12.95billion. I think the odd item being sold is hardly going to bankrupt the Country, or raise an eyebrow.  ::) Apart from the likes of Paul the vexatious blogger with incredibly itchy underpants, well it's looting init!  :D

How about the old American Jew, who gave the honest finder who declared the 82, 20$ gold coins just 1 for his trouble. :o  Jerry.

I shouldnt laught at that............but I am :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D

nowt wrong with selling finds at  all ,i personally sell far less than i find {like most of you} got some on flea bay at the mo looks like they,ll top at 400 ,,not bad as  im doing a hobby that i enjoy.

I'll admit that I wouldn't think twice about selling a coin that matches the coin weight I found.

All I've got to do is find one. ::)

Val

I sent them photos of the silver bodkin my grandson found last July at the rally in Vale of Glamorgan and they
said they might use it on Sunday :)

As a newbie trying to buy a detector the biggest gripe I have with this program is that its turned the metal detectors themselves into 'hidden treasure'. Two weeks ago I was watching decent second hand detectors going for between 40-75% of their original value.

Now we've got idiots buying second hand machines on evil bay for upto a couple of quid below the price of a brand new machine. Admittedly these second hand ones do come with a few extras but even so, you have to be a bit simple to buy something from the evil one that you could get brand new from a reputable trader for only a couple of quid more.

My advice to all the long term detectorists is - search the attic cos you may have an unrealised piece of treasure up there. But be quick cos I have a gut feeling that in a few months time the number of used machines coming onto the market could reach tsunami proportions.

Matt

Scotland had their representation on Thursday evening.
I would be more than happy to have found any of the items shown.

Do I detect (excuse the pun) a touch of jealousy amongst you ???

JBM, she used the Deus after finding with a minelab ;D

One of the Detcting Scotland members, David Booth had his 15 seconds of fame with his gold torc bracelets the only Scottish entrant so far. I'm sure us Scot's will have a few more in Sundays top 10  :-X

ooh watch out nobby got some power ,be taking over countries and making people have showers next  :o

It looks like my grandson Joe's silver bodkin find could be featured as it's one of only 10 shown on the BBC website:
http://www.itv.com/treasure/extras/galleryyourtreasures/ (http://www.itv.com/treasure/extras/galleryyourtreasures/)

In the Evening Post write-up which I sent them Detectingwales is mentioned, let's hope they use that too :)

Oops.. make that ITV :)

Pathetic final winner as a number of these axes have been found in Europe lol The stafford hoard is unique and problalby the most important find ever made in Britain....A mate of mine e.mailed the programme with recent photos of his finds and was told bluntly they were only accepting from England /Wales...A farce lol ::) ::) ::)

I agree Rob. The Staffordshire Hoard should surely have topped the bill. But then I am no expert am I!!