Detectorists Jailed over Viking Stash

[Yossarian]

Didn't this greedy fuck make enough money from being in Game of Thrones?

 

[bellaozzydog]

10 years, that’s taking the piss innit

 

[littlebabyjesus]

They'd have had to split any money paid for it with the land owner but it would've also gone through a lengthy process of inquests and offers to museums etc.

At the end of which, they would have been rich, according to the stuff I just read. The rewards process is actually a lot more generous than I would have guessed.

Not the brightest.

 

[Serge Forward]

Free libraries and museums are some of the very few decent things existing under capitalism. I'm amazed we still have them. Nicking archaeological treasures for private gain is a twat's game. Like I say though, still a harsh sentence. Note down the judge for a stay in the south Atlantic mind.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

At the end of which, they would have been rich, according to the stuff I just read. Not the brightest.

If you found 50k in used notes, wrapped up in cling film, stuffed into a hold-all hidden in a hedge near your local park. No one was around, what would you do? Take it, or hand it in to your local sty? No brainier for me. Probably a no brainer for them.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Free libraries and museums are some of the very few decent things existing under capitalism. I'm amazing we still have them. Nicking archaeological treasures for private gain is a twat's game. Like I say though, still a harsh sentence. Note down the judge for a stay in the south Atlantic mind.

They didn't nick it from a museum though. They found it in a field and from what I can tell tried to cut out a parasitic landowner. There was fuck all chance of any of it ending up in a museum when it was under five foot of mud and shit or whatever but I'd imagine quite a high chance the stuff that wasn't recovered will end up in a museum now

 

[Proper Tidy]

If you found 50k in used notes, wrapped up in cling film, stuffed into a hold-all hidden in a hedge near your local park. No one was around, what would you do? Take it, or hand it in to your local sty? No brainier for me. Probably a no brainer for them.

I would defo take it, then i'd probably go back later once I'd safely hidden the cash to dig about and see if I could find the drugs

 

[Serge Forward]

It was a find that would be for the benefit of the public. It's very simple.

 

[Proper Tidy]

It was a find that would be for the benefit of the public. It's very simple.

It was stuff that had been left in a field and found by noone for a thousand odd years

 

[littlebabyjesus]

If you found 50k in used notes, wrapped up in cling film, stuffed into a hold-all hidden in a hedge near your local park. No one was around, what would you do? Take it, or hand it in to your local sty? No brainier for me. Probably a no brainer for them.

This isn't the same, though. If I found 50k used notes, I could spend them. This stuff, I would have to sell first - and that necessarily entails risk. Also, rewards for treasure are really good - they give you full auction estimate price, and you can even get your own expert in if you think they're trying to undervalue it. Knowing that, and it's only a swift google away, why would you not declare it?

 

[Mr.Bishie]

It was a find that would be for the benefit of the public. It's very simple.

If you’re into kicking around museums looking at crap.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I would defo take it, then i'd probably go back later once I'd safely hidden the cash to dig about and see if I could find the drugs

And risk being spotted by the owner of said 50k in used notes? I wouldn't be going back there ever again.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

This isn't the same, though. If I found 50k used notes, I could spend them. This stuff, I would have to sell first - and that necessarily entails risk. Also, rewards for treasure are really good - they give you full auction estimate price, and you can even get your own expert in if you think they're trying to undervalue it. Knowing that, and it's only a swift google away, why would you not declare it?

You brought their intelligence into it.

 

[kebabking]

It was stuff that had been left in a field and found by noone for a thousand odd years

Much like the Staffordshire Hoard or Sutton Hoo - are you saying there's been no public benefit from those finds and the research that has followed them?

 

[Proper Tidy]

Much like the Staffordshire Hoard or Sutton Hoo - are you saying there's been no public benefit from those finds and the research that has followed them?

I dunno what they are tbh. I saw a leather bloke on a school trip once.

 

[Serge Forward]

So archeolgists should keep what they find and flog it to some rich private collector? Because that's where it ends up when you trade this sort of stuff under the counter. Nice. I'd rather see ordinary people benefit from it... and the greedy getts would have still had a hefty sum.

 

[DotCommunist]

10 years & 8 1/2 years!!! Fuck me, you get that for armed robbery of a bank!

If you'd robbed actual vikings the sentence would have been a horrible death. 10 yrs does seem a bit stiff though

 

[Yossarian]

10 years does sound on the harsh side, maybe he's got some previous. I don't think 'money left in a hedge' is the best analogy anyway, this is more like secretly digging up mummies from undiscovered Egyptian tombs and arguing that hey, they were just there in the ground anyway.

 

[Serge Forward]

If you’re into kicking around museums looking at crap.

I love museums and crap.

 

[Pickman's model]

Hmm greed and stupid is what’s done it , but 10 years is a bit harsh , if your name was hrh Andrew you’d just lose the hrh

In that case the hrh he lost should have been his right hand

 

[Proper Tidy]

Finders keepers losers weepers, first rule we learn

 

[Serge Forward]

Finders keepers losers weepers, first rule we learn

Dog eat dog... I'm all right Jack... looking after number one... there is no society... etc...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Finders keepers losers weepers, first rule we learn

...on our first day in HMP Belmarsh.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Dog eat dog... I'm all right Jack... looking after number one... there is no society... etc...

Poor landlord

 

[Pickman's model]

Free libraries and museums are some of the very few decent things existing under capitalism. I'm amazed we still have them. Nicking archaeological treasures for private gain is a twat's game. Like I say though, still a harsh sentence. Note down the judge for a stay in the south Atlantic mind.

If they're on the list they'll be coming down. These two clowns also on the list, they can search for buried treasure on south georgia and around the executive committee range, helping the prob claim marie byrd (soon to be marie lloyd) land

 

[Yossarian]

I don't see a huge difference between what these guys did and somebody flogging stones from Stonehenge for rich people to use as garden ornaments.

 

[Serge Forward]

No difference.

 

[ruffneck23]

In that case the hrh he lost should have been his right hand

beautiful ,great reply

 

[StoneRoad]

BBC coverage ...

Detectorists jailed for stealing £3m Viking hoard

I despise these "detectorists"; the damage done to the site and the loss of historical context / information is significant.
The length of the sentence & publicity may be meant as a deterrent, but they'll only serve half, anyway.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

I love museums and crap.

So did the judge, the cunt.