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Interesting writing

nigelswift N
nigelswift Jan 31, 2011 10:57:32
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
Resonox wrote:
I still think it is very remiss of Daf to tease us stones-curious punters with a little teaser then abandon it when we start asking the obvious questions.....begs the question which nobody dare asks, though we're all thinking it....Is the whole thing a wind-up?
I don't think it is , certainly on Daf's behalf .Further down the line who knows , but it may be genuine which is the annoying aspect .
Maybe Daf should ask his mate to take it back to the museum (or Finds Liaison Officer) and clarify precisely where it was found and whether it was actually unearthed (which seems like a really lucky occurrence) or merely "de-earthed". They might be able to be more helpful with the identification that way. Context is all.

As for anyone depriving him of it that is impossible, other than in a couple of very specific circumstances.

R Resonox
Resonox Jan 31, 2011 14:57:26
Replying to nigelswift

This is the curio I found on the western slopes of Cissbury Ring....I chased some neds tearing about on their BMX's though it is clearly signposted that such practices are firbidden...trying to be funny they did wheelies etc in front of me(but out of throttling reach)...I spotted this green object in the newly ripped soil.....This picture is of it alongside my thumb for size indication....it would have originally been spherical...but has been flattened over time(weight of earth, ploughs etc???)...it has a hole through it...from the jagged edge in the centre of the line around the top/bottom.
Steyning Museum curators think it may be a dagger pommel(I thought it might be a high class wool spinning weight)...Worthing and The British Museums have not been in touch once....despite almost 17 years of trying to get this identified....see what others think

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