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Roman lead pig unearthed on Somerset farm in 'find frenzy'...' 27 May 2016
An ingot of Roman lead weighing six stone (38kg) has been unearthed on a farm in Somerset.
Jason Baker discovered the "very rare" find - known as a pig - on an organised rally near Wells at the weekend [...]
Mr Baker said therchanged my life," he said.
"There's been one sold - a smaller one - for £36,000 and I've heard a few reports of [some fetching] £250,000."
e had been a "frenzy of finds" so when his detector sounded he "knew it was something good".
The 31-year-old, from Plymouth, has only been metal detecting for 18 months and had signed up for the weekly event, organised by the Southern Detectorists Club.
"Normally I find just a couple of Roman coins and that's normally a good day, so to find something like this has just
Jus' intresteid in th' 'istry you understand. Not th' munny. There is more:
Sean McDonald, from the club, said the last Roman pig found was in the 18th century.
"It
is such a rare find it's hard to put a price on it. A minimum would be
£60,000 but it could go over that fivefold," he said. "It doesn't
come under the Treasure Act [...] so Jason doesn't have to split it 50:50 with the farmer. "But he is, because he is such a nice bloke."
No,
the object belongs to the landowner on whose property Mr "Nice Bloke" was a guest. The landowner has every right to take the artefact and throw the lot of these Entitlement-mistaken clowns off his land (I know I would) with a flea in their thick ears.
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