Detectorist Cast
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Posted on 23-09-2023 09:43 AM
The miniature gold book discovered by buffy and ian bailey in north yorkshire. Image credit: buffy and ian bailey
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detecting on rural land near york in 2021, nhs nurse buffy bailey and her husband ian uncovered a 600-year-old miniature gold artefact, worked into the appearance of a tiny devotional book. The artefact, measuring just 1.
5cm long, is inscribed with figures thought to be the patron saints of childbirth, including st margaret of antioch. As such, it’s thought that the object may have been gifted to a pregnant woman as a devotional tool to protect her during childbirth.
Detectorist References
Informal a person whose hobby is using a metal detector
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Thursday, may 4, 2023 1:29 am by kathryn finegan clark philip s. Getty thinks of his metal detecting passion as “dirt fishing. ”“it is a bit like fishing,” the solebury man says. “you feel a slight tug and instead of a bass, it’s a pull tab or a piece of tin. But you go a bit farther and it’s a bigger tug, ‘a find,’ something historical. ”unlike many metal detectorists, who are seeking to reap treasure from the soil for themselves, phil always gives his finds to the property owner. He labels them and presents them in a little glass box.
Authorities announced monday that two incredibly rare roman cavalry swords were uncovered in the cotswolds, england, during a metal detectorist rally. The two roman cavalry swords were found along with their wooden scabbards and fitments, according to a press release from the cotswold district council. There was also a broken copper alloy bowl discovered with the weaponry. Fitments were discovered by glenn manning during a metal detectorist rally in the north of the cotswolds. The swords have been appraised by professor simon james from leicester university who says that these weapons are middle imperial roman swords, which are often referred to as a spatha.
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