15-12-2019, 07:50 PM
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Re: Treasure finders
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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As it happens yes, I did, or rather my wife knew Johns parents. We bought a flog off time share from his empire on Tenerife based in his Island Village complex.
Bit of a lad but got mixed up with the wrong lot.
15-12-2019, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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So, your wife is a Brummie?
That's someone who is an archetypal Yiddish girl/woman who retains much of "the old country" in everything she does. Her parents even more so.
Staunchly loyal to her family, whenever she speaks well of someone she always adds "bless her/him" or in the case of her husband always starts with or ends with "the bastard".
And so very much more!
15-12-2019, 11:31 PM
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I can't understand why they took the hoard, no way could they have sold any of it. Even if they's had the gold melted down I'm sure someone would have known it was ancient gold & investigated.The sentences were harsh for what they did though & some if not all has been recovered.
16-12-2019, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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No sympathy. They should have kept it quiet and melted it down. A small furnace that runs off a 13 amp domestic furnace costs about £200 on eBay or one could be built for under £50. There's no shortages of places that bulk gold rough ingots can be sold.
There are some things more important than making a quick buck you know.
16-12-2019, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Muddy
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It one of the most significant historic finds ever and now is lost .There are some things more important than making a quick buck you know.
16-12-2019, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by spitfire
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That's the trouble with ageing, one can still sit on the fence but, it tends to cut deeper into the buttock.
16-12-2019, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Muddy
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It one of the most significant historic finds ever and now is lost .There are some things more important than making a quick buck you know.
The greedy "detectorists" are thieves and philistines, who, AFAIC, can rot in jail .....
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