A haul of rare Bronze Age ornaments uncovered near a new housing development in Portchester has been donated to to Hampshire Cultural Trust, which plans to exhibit them this year (Richard Lemmerm, '
Metal detectorist uncovers a hoard of rare Bronze Age ornaments in Portchester', The Portsmouth News
Friday, 10th April 2020).
A lucky metal detectorist, who has not been named, discovered a rare type of clothing pin, a pair of arm rings, and part of an axe, as well as knife and spear fragments, on land north of Cranleigh Road, Portchester before the coronavirus lockdown [...] they date back to the Middle Bronze Age – more than 3,000 years ago.
The discovery was made on land owned by Persimmon Homes, as part of their 120-home Harbourside View development, but the developer waived its right to an ex-gratia financial reward, usually given when historic artefacts are found on private land.
It does not say whether the finder kept his share of the money.
A haul of rare Bronze Age ornaments uncovered near a new housing development in Portchester has been donated to to Hampshire Cultural Trust, which plans to exhibit them this year (Richard Lemmerm, 'Metal detectorist uncovers a hoard of rare Bronze Age ornaments in Portchester', The Portsmouth News
Friday, 10th April 2020).
2 comments:
Given that the Treasure Registrar leans over backwards to report generosity by treasure hunters it seems unlikely he waived his share. But then, did he have a share anyway? He certainly should have, if he was on the land with the owners' blessing. It's all a puzzle.
It certainly is odd that the newspaper, having started the story with "lucky (but anonymous) detectorist", did not tell its readers how much he got...
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