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 can the members on DETECTINGWALES .COM that have found a hoard let the rest of us see  who has  found a hoard , and i dont mean a couple of modern coins  ;D ;D........just out of interest................ dont be shy........................

I'm not shy I just haven't found one. Found two Vicky florins together this year but hardly a hoard!

Ok I'll come clean, me and Ian have found a hoard together. Picture to follow.

this should be interesting then !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ::) ::) ::) ??? ??? ??? ;D

As you know kev i found one a few years back ;D

yeah,  iv'e found a hoard, not coins though but  Bronze Age Axeheads

Adie , can you give us the story behind and about the hoard? What we looking at ect.

I will put some info on it a bit later rob lack of time at moment btu they are grave goods mate ;D

Nice one Adie look forward to it fella.

arrr   Iv'e found mine now,

nice finds ADE even tho iv seen them already ;D, and ALAN great hoard m8 bet you were over the moon with that find . ;)................ by the way everybody DIG IT  hoard is in Cardiff museum, good plug for you there ADEm8 ;D

hi there kev just for the forum i found my hoard two weeks in to the hobby did not have a clue wat it was it turn out to be the biggist bronzeage hoard in wales which i found on a football pich it went to mark lodwick and then won the welsh sector for hidden treasures on bbc which was held in leminton spa such a great weekend and then i went on radio wales taking about it did not win the hidden treasures comp came forth but injoyed it so much it is known as the glascoed hoard have got photos some were will dig them out and put them on for you in the horad was 9 axeheads two sord blades one spear head first one of its type in wales a shield boss and a scythe blade also in the hoard was casting jets and bronze cakes that havenot been found before hope you injoyed reading this best regards phil (coleggwent)

What a fantastic find coleggwent , I can't wait to see the pictures

wow  i never knew anyone on here had found a hoard ..............well done  everyone ............  still waiting to find mine  :-\ :-\      well     to find  anything really  ;D ;D ;D ;D     id be overjoyed  with a single  hammerd     well done to you all tho     keep it up

by the way the horad is on display in the welsh museum for eveyone to see which i think is the right thing to do  ;)

this is one of the pics

Judginig by the details on the drawings , they look to be in really condition .
 Did they mention if they had been manufactured on the site that you found them ?

They gave me mine back  which i shared then with the famer, well done boys on the other hoards  ,  don't it just make your day  lol
Alan

they did dig a test pit were i found them and they wanted the horad for the display in the museum which they give me £1000 for i had 500 of that which is not alot for wat it was dont you agree ???

Lovely hoard phil .I think you was short changed with that valuation though ! :(

Some nice finds there guys. Pleasantly surprised at how much stuff has been put into museums by people on this forum. And Ade was right Phil, that hoard was undervalued.

yes i gest that but the thing i was not happy with is the other party which is glascoed council did not want there half of the money and i still only got half the money my point is why should they get the hoard for 50% of its value i may sound a bit greedy hear but not at all this is why i dont look at them in same way as before but im so glad its in the museum for everone to see ;) regards phil

This is what I donated to the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. Go and ask to look at it, I'll bet they will say they have not got it.

 I suspect that the lead seal was not delivered to them. It was feature in the book called The Rev.Dr. David Wliiams on "Welsh Seals" whih can be purchased from the museum.

On the seal it says  - X madoci P madoci

charles nice seal, phil great story that and after only two weeks of detecting great stuff m8, ;D

we hads 2 bits of luck that day,  not only did i find a hoard but my detecting mate who was out with me too,

what a great day for you both ALAN ;D.............. lovely finds

what in the same field alan wat a day out mate  ;)

Thanks Cas and Phil  yes, in the same field on the same day,  iv'e got the story  about the day floating around some where,
 Cheers now
 Alan

I will explain what the hoard was that i posted earlier.It consists of a neck collar and two bangles of which one of the bangles had a part missing which was found at a later date by none other than our own peter H.It was found in 2005 by my mate brian and myself.I think brian should take most of the plaudits as he found the neck collar .But when he showed me what he had found iwas in shock !I was at the spot as quick as a ferret up a drainpipe.I scanned the area for any faint signals and immediately got one.Because it was on stubble the ground was pretty soft so i dug down about 9 inches and pulled out three quarters of a bangle with punchdot and chevron design with a dark green patina on it.It was about two feet away from the collar.Me and brian decided there could be more so decided to call mark lodwick.Mark decided to come down to the findspot as he was nearby on another dig.When he seen the finds he expressed he had not seen anything like them before !He marked the spot and asked if we could come down the next day to watch an excavation and to bring our detectors to check the spoil heap.The next day we met at the site and mark and adam started their excavation .I went for a roam and within half an our i was holding a palstave axehead which was about 300 yards from the other site but thats another story,   any way we went back to see mark and he informed us that they had found another bangle with human wrist bone attached.They cut a section out around the bangle and took all the finds to cardiff museum and declared them treasure trove.We were later told that they were dated to approximately 80 AD and probably belonged to a lady due to the size of the collar  romano british .One year later they were valued at 5000 pounds of which half went to the farmer and the rest split between the two of us.they now reside in the early wales section of the cdiff museum.I better shut up now ;D

This is the collar at the museum and what is nice it is labelled underneath as THE BOVERTON COLLAR found by detectorists ADrian p and brian g and guess who opened the new section of the museum !none other than our great friend MICK ASTON! Didnt talk to him just gave him a smug smile ;)

ive had 2 mini hoards, the 1st was 3 siler romans from Gordian the 3rd, got a poxy £30 quid for them, told the court id get more off ebay and they agreed

the 2nd was a late roman hoard of 4th cent, 15 bronze, 2 silvers and a silver washed, 2 brooches all in the base of a grey ware pot, it got dissclaimed

thats a great story adie what a poke in the eye for aston i call him mick the d i c k anyway well done you two see you soon (phil)

Good post kev, love the finds, been debating whether to add to it. Not bragging, have just persevered and been lucky enough to walk over them. Have been there at 3 finds the first ones were civil war period wrote about this early on in the DW forum.
No. 2 was the last reported under the old system in Powys 1996/7.
No. 3 was the first reported under the new system in Hereford 1997/8

So they both made history , nice.

Tha collar  sure looks good cleaned up and hanging there Adie,  best place for it i think

rob i am glad you didnt post the other one ;) :D

About twenty years ago I found a smal hoard of hammered silver from the reigns of elizabeth 1 James the 1 and charles 1 there were about ten coins in total one halfcrown of James 1 one halfcrown of charles 1a couple of shillings of James and elizabeth ect, I had to go to a treasure trove inquest the decision went against the crown on the basis there was no container it was believed they were originally in a leather purse which had rotted away the museum mentioned to me they did,nt have a  James 1 halfcrown of that type in their collection we came to an arrangement where I sold them the halfcrown after valuation and I also donated a James 1 Irish shilling from the hoard known as an harpy  because of the design according to edward beasley I  also found a small hoard of william 111milled silver shillings four in total three were completley blank the other one is in reasonable condition !! good luck every there may be a hoard waiting to be found saturday ??? ??? ;D ;D mole

wow, that usre sounds Good Mole, have you got any pix mate

I am sure there is a hoard just waiting to be found on Saturday - and it's got my name on it  ;D ;D  See you all there  ;)

I bet the guys didn't know that you could provide 'extra services' on the rallies .... ;D ;D  I hope there is a second hoard there with my name on it !

This is my bit in the paper at the time,

Al the only photo I had taken was me outside the court after the inquest holding some of the coins between my fingers I,ve mislaid it somewhere when I find it I,ll getb someone toput it on the site  :) mole

ohhh there's  shame Mole, yeah please look it up and post it mate,  pitty you didn't get one done with you and the coins,
 Alan

so glad i put this thread on here its great reading guys ....and well done to you all so far that have put your stories on MY MY MY MY THREAD ;D ;D ;D ;D....hope we get more to come on here with their stories ............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;D DIG IT its our turn i hope sat m8 ;)

KEv thats what i like about this hobby mate you never know whats round the corner mate.Another one of these would be nice!

 ;D ;D to true ADIE m8 .................. and one of these to go with it........

Yea know we are talking mate!

how many do you want kev + adie ill have a word with foxy for you  :D :D :D :D

doubt if the hoard will be found by me on saturday, because if im talking to the BORDERFOX not a lot of detecting will be done  ;D ;D ;D

thats for sure kev do wat i do walk of  :D :D :D :D :D

yes i would  but  he's a gem   ;D ;D

This was just ten days ago ;D :

http://www.detectingwales.com/index.php?topic=1696.0 (http://www.detectingwales.com/index.php?topic=1696.0)


And here's my bit of Adie and Brian's find:

Nice lizzies peter and well done for finding the missing piece of the bangle,it worried me for a long time that it might have perished in the top soil  !  :)

I have found two hoards, A medieval hoard back in 1978 and another hoard quite recently.

any photos then spooty  ;D..well done by the way ;D

he is kev hes great hes a great mate as well 8)

  I went over that field a few times after, but nothing else came up,  but the farmer was telling me recently  that he'll be ploughing it again in a couple of years time and he'll ring me when he do,  so hear's hoping,