guy 156 Report post Posted December 4, 2021 (edited) St. Barbe Museum in Lymington, England hopes to raise enough money to keep a recent Celtic coin hoard at the local museum. Quote The unique, 2,000-year-old cache of 269 Celtic coins contains some that are thought to have never been seen before by historians. It is considered to be so important that Lymington’s St Barbe Museum has launched a fundraising appeal – dubbed the Celtic Countdown – to ensure it stays close to where it was discovered and available for local people to study. The three amateur metal detection enthusiasts used Google Earth to focus their searches. Quote The three began searching the site after seeing a 25m (82ft) circle in the ground on Google Earth which they suspected was a sign of a Celtic dwelling. Mr Layman, who had only been metal detecting for six months, said: "Persistence is the secret of success - but a hoard is a detectorist's dream.” “TV historian Dan Snow has now joined the challenge of helping to raise £7,500 towards the cost of securing the treasure trove from the metal detectorists who discovered it and the owner of the land where it was found. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-59466710 https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/appeal-over-2-000-year-old-celtic-coins-found-buried-in-new-9227496/ Edited December 5, 2021 by guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caesar novus 49 Report post Posted December 5, 2021 (edited) Worth checking out if the museum is financially healthy enough to not only buy, but protect coins over time. I killed an idle hour just to the east of that museum in Portsmouth or Southhampton in the town museum and it was hardly more than a collection of historic postcards. Probably small gov't funded museums may be on a shoestring budget. Private museums at least in the US can often be seen in liquidation auctions, especially lavish displays in small towns with low attendance, a dead founder, and amateur trustees. A huge tank museum in northern California lost their zillions of private bankrolling by mistiming the 2009 investments crash, and never really opened to the public. Hope that never happens to the UK's fabulous Bovington tank museum. Edited December 5, 2021 by caesar novus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
