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My Treasure Diary - 10th July 2006
Less than 11 months after I found and handed this tiny piece of excitement over to Caroline my FLO , it has now been before the Treasure Valuation Committee on the 30th June. Prior to that two separate valuations were done by the “experts” who are called into the British Museum by the DCMS to actually see the objects. I think it was a hard call for them to come up with any figure bearing in mind there is nothing else to base a valuation on apart from coins from the same era.
Now its down to Robert Rose and the Braintree Museum where it will go on display to find the funding needed to acquire this small fragment of gold. I am tickled by the thought that my small gold find will perhaps be in the same display cabinet as a certain gold Roman phallus!!
The final valuation figure is £1,100 which I am very happy about and I hope the landowner is happy with this too.
The find has been a true find of a lifetime and not one I am likely to repeat! It has also been a rollercoaster of a ride - not least of all because just days after I handed this to Caroline, my dear Dad died after a long illness. I have pondered long and hard on whether to disclaim my share of any reward, but have decided that any money I receive will go towards a headstone for my dear POP.
A Treasure for a Treasure…….
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