Salisbury Metal Detecting Finds To Be Displayed At Local Museum
Metal Detecting couple Brian and Val Read are to have their Metal Detecting finds displayed at Salisbury museum. The couple have found the items over a 20 year period in the Deverill Valley near Warminster, and the finds include a Roman Bust, a medieval tag and a gilded medieval brooch.
Other items found by locals are also on display at Salisbury museum including a Bronze Age Sword, a medieval seal, a fragment of a Bronze Age Spear and a Roman bowl.
A spokesman for the Salisbury Museum said “Mr and Mrs Read have been working closely with the Portable Antiquities Scheme for the past 11 years, and have contributed greatly”.
The director of the museum Adrian Green expressed ” I’m delighted to have the opportunity to show just how important the work of some talented local metal detectorist’s have become.
Since Brian and Val began, their salisbury metal detecting finds and work have been invaluable to the understanding of the history of Wessex.
Unfortunately the exhibition is temporary and if you would like to view it then it will only be displayed in the museum’s new Wessex Gallery of Archaeology until the end of February 2015.
The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum is a a charitable, non-profit organisation and relies solely on entry fees, grants and donations to support the members to continue the vital work. You can now make a small donation online to help
them continue their amazing displays and research: http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/support-us