On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Andrew West andrewcwest@gmail.com wrote:
On 18 April 2011 16:19, Chris Keating chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com wrote:
If anyone's looking for a quick new article to create, there is a really lovely story about a treasure buried in Hackney in 1940 which was found &
is
currently on display at the BM but is about to be reunited with the
family
of the person who buried it. Am sure an article would be much appreciated by the BM and the Portable Antiquities Scheme, as well as being a gimme for DYK and maybe In The
News.
It is already included in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoards_in_Britain and there is one picture on Commons already ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_gold_double-eagles_from_Hack... ), but I saw that a picture of the hoard in a jam jar was uploaded to flickr a couple of days ago (http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0185003/photos/finds/5621551085/). Personally, I don't think that it is notable enough for an article (no archaeological, historical or numismatic significance), which is why I didn't make an article for it at the time it was discovered.
It's very rare that a treasure hoard is recent enough that the descendents of the owner can be found, so I would say it has some historical significance. But it's just a thought.
Chris