Staffordshire Gold...

[wil]

Largest-ever Anglo-Saxon gold hoard unearthed in England - CNN.com

Seems this is right in some of our backyards over thar...

 

[nativeastral]

yeh what a bonus for an unemployed man set to gain quite a percentage of the find!

 

[17th Angel]

yeh what a bonus for an unemployed man set to gain quite a percentage of the find!

Erm, Quite? Quite a %? It's 100% his lol he found it... I'd be like screw the museums and whatever... Melt it freaking down and sell it to "we buy your gold." Be frickin loaded, made for life.

 

[iBrian]

He's only get £20 from those companies.

 

[17th Angel]

That is outrageous.

 

[Faithfulservant]

Largest-ever Anglo-Saxon gold hoard unearthed in England - CNN.com

Seems this is right in some of our backyards over thar...

Stuff like this is wonderfully fascinating to me! the older I get the more I realize I should have been an archeologist. I love history and the idea of finding something buried with that kind of history makes me feel giddy.

I love European history the most. I was reading the comments by readers on that article and I am so irritated that Americans are considered "foreigners", that we shouldnt be interested in this find and would disrespect it.. Being that my ancestry is mostly German and English.. Im probably more Anglo-Saxon than the person that wrote that comment.

 

[wil]

funny with the thread title I thought it was about 17ths pups and I started it.

I agree FS...I'd love to dig....have you read 'The Source' by Michener, about digs in the holy lands? it got me facinated about not only finds, but what the little pieces mean and how they compare them to other digs...

20 pounds....surely someone is jesting...

 

[17th Angel]

I love European history the most. I was reading the comments by readers on that article and I am so irritated that Americans are considered "foreigners", that we shouldnt be interested in this find and would disrespect it.. Being that my ancestry is mostly German and English.. Im probably more Anglo-Saxon than the person that wrote that comment.

You... Are foreigners lol.... I wouldn't go as far to say you -shouldn't- be interested in it, you are free to be interested in whatever you know lol. But, you are foreigners lol. human history is a blip in time... Nothing really... But, I can understand americans being made giddy with the idea of human history seeing... In the small scale of human history you, really don't have much of your own.

 

[Faithfulservant]

But, I can understand americans being made giddy with the idea of human history seeing... In the small scale of human history you, really don't have much of your own.

Rofl .. exactly

I agree FS...I'd love to dig....have you read 'The Source' by Michener, about digs in the holy lands? it got me facinated about not only finds, but what the little pieces mean and how they compare them to other digs...

No I havent read that one... but he happens to be one of my moms favorite writers so I may check it out

 

[Dream]

Nothing really... But, I can understand americans being made giddy with the idea of human history seeing... In the small scale of human history you, really don't have much of your own.

*luls*

C'mon Alex, you can't have it both ways. You want us back.

 

[17th Angel]

Can't has what both ways?

I can has what I wants. I deserve it. Expect nothing less Dream, nothing less. -You- deserve it.

Want you back!? Yankees? Under the English Empire? Too much trouble.... You Yankees.......

 

[Snoopy]

"We have until 17 April to raise the £3.3million needed to save the Hoard for the nation. If we do not raise the money by 17 April, the Hoard could be sold on the open market."

What is the Staffordshire Hoard? - The battle to save the Staffordshire Hoard - The Art Fund

I shall make my donation when I go to see it at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.

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[17th Angel]

3.3mil.... And the guy that found it got a £20..... What an idiot...

 

[Dream]

Do you think he has grounds for a lawsuit? This does, after all, discourage anyone else from coming forward with any helpful historical stuff that they find; so its not in the common interest for him to go unrewarded. ... or maybe he accepted compensation tax-free under the table? That should be part of the law too. If you find ancient national treasures, you shouldn't be taxed for benefiting from it, provided you disclose your findings in a timely manner.

 

[Snoopy]

"The value of the treasure was set by a committee of experts.
The money will be split between Terry Herbert, 55, of Burntwood, in Staffordshire, who found it, and Fred Johnson, who owns the farm where it was discovered"


BBC News - Staffordshire Hoard saved for the West Midlands

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