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ozleicester

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1 hour ago, jgtuk said:

Have you heard about NFT’s (Non Fungible Tokens) 😕

to be fair.. people are dumb enough to pay millions for an original painting...so why not for an nft.

Money laundering or just obscene wealth.

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Milo

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Just now, jgtuk said:

Metal detecting is hugely therapeutic too.

I was into it years ago - got myself a metal detector and used to go out quite regularly around Wimbledon when I was living there. Had great fun, a bit geeky but really enjoyed it. I never really found anything particularly worthy, but have always been interested in the fact that you can dig up such amazing finds a few centimetres below the ground that you walk around every day. 

 

I'm interested in the Roman period of British history, and enjoy the simple and stupidly frequent discoveries of Roman era pottery, coins, roof tiles, everyday finds, etc. I've been to Pompeii and Herculaneum a few times and always find it a little mind-blowing that you can walk in the footsteps and almost feel the people that walked the same path two thousand odd years ago.   

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4 minutes ago, Milo said:

I was into it years ago - got myself a metal detector and used to go out quite regularly around Wimbledon when I was living there. Had great fun, a bit geeky but really enjoyed it. I never really found anything particularly worthy, but have always been interested in the fact that you can dig up such amazing finds a few centimetres below the ground that you walk around every day. 

 

I'm interested in the Roman period of British history, and enjoy the simple and stupidly frequent discoveries of Roman era pottery, coins, roof tiles, everyday finds, etc. I've been to Pompeii and Herculaneum a few times and always find it a little mind-blowing that you can walk in the footsteps and almost feel the people that walked the same path two thousand odd years ago.   

I’ve been detecting for years. I love the historical aspect too, finding a Roman coin last handled by an actual Roman nearly 2000 years ago is a fantastic feeling. 
Since Covid arrived I’ve found it particularly pleasurable as I can spend time in solitude doing something I enjoy. 

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ealingfox

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25 minutes ago, Milo said:

Anglo-Saxon hoard discovered.

 

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/largest-hoard-anglo-saxon-gold-190603002.html

 

I love this kind of thing 

 

Bit concerning that the second guy who found the hoard and didn't report it was a copper, though 

 

Surprised that's an actual crime as opposed to simply being a shithouse - presumably it's theft because they belong to the landowner? Even if they didn't know they were there? Or do they belong to the state or some guff?

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3 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

 

Surprised that's an actual crime as opposed to simply being a shithouse - presumably it's theft because they belong to the landowner? Even if they didn't know they were there? Or do they belong to the state or some guff?

It's a minefield (not literally) regarding reporting finds.

 

I'm sure that there are people better placed than me to state what the law is - but basically...you can't trespass, you should have an agreement with the landowner (farmer, etc) about finds - usually a 50/50 split and you have to declare any treasure with a coroner (?) after finding it. 

 

Reading the above article, if the copper was a keen metal detectorist, he would likely have known what to do and what not to do.    

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12 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

 

Surprised that's an actual crime as opposed to simply being a shithouse - presumably it's theft because they belong to the landowner? Even if they didn't know they were there? Or do they belong to the state or some guff?

There’s strict laws regarding detecting. Most land is owned by individuals so the detectorist must have permission to detect. You usually enter into a written agreement splitting anything of value ( I set mine at greater than £100) with the landowner. Estuaries and beaches, below the high tideline, belong almost exclusively to the crown estates and you can freely detect there. You can’t detect on or near any historical monument. You must report any ‘treasure’ to a local finds liaison officer to determine whether you get to keep it or it is valued and goes to a relevant museum and you receive the cash. 
In a nutshell 😂

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ajthefox

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From the Architect's Journal - https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/material-costs-rise-for-12th-month-in-a-row?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=LinkedIn#Echobox=1636020254-2

 

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The price of construction materials has now risen every month for a year, official government figures have revealed

 

Data released by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy yesterday (3 November) showed the average purchasing cost, across new-build and refurbishment work, edged up yet again in September 2021.

According to the AJ's sister title Construction News, this represented the 12th consecutive rise in the all-work materials price index, a run dating back to October 2020. Although the latest increase was the smallest month-on-month change in the sequence at just 0.1 per cent, over the year costs have now soared by 23.6 per cent.

 

Repair and maintenance contractors have been hit the most in that period, with the average price of materials for their jobs up more than a quarter.

 

 

Timber shortages have continued to make headlines and the price of imported sawn or planed wood was up 73.3 per cent in the year to September 2021. The cost of fabricated structural steel increased almost as much at 72.6 per cent, according to the data.

 

The Construction Products Association this week said nine in ten material suppliers expected costs to increase further over the next 12 months. The CLC recently warned that prices for items including concrete, bricks and steel were expected to rise further due to the recent spike in energy prices.


Meanwhile global logistics giant AP Moller-Maersk said in an interim report published yesterday that international shipping lead teams remained ‘lengthy’. The firm warned there was ‘little visibility into when capacity constraints, including landside bottlenecks in trucking and warehousing, will abate’. Capacity shortages have led to freight prices rising, it said.

 

 

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The Pornographer Richard Desmond (former owner of the Daily Express and a number of different jazz mags) has, after years of being referred to as 'The Pornographer Richard Desmond' (by amongst others Wikipedia and my good self) is sufficiently furious about being referred to as The Pornographer Richard Desmond, he's getting all litigious about it:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/05/richard-desmond-in-legal-battle-with-wikipedia-over-term-pornographer

 

I personally would argue that if you choose to own the likes of Asian Babes and Readers Wives that sort of thing goes with the territory doesn't it?

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On 01/11/2021 at 16:08, Free Falling Foxes said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-59069662

 

Someone steals a chaps identity, sells his house and pockets the cash. Initially the police were not interested - it's a civil matter and no fraud has been committed.

The world has gone mad.

 

Man got arrested in connection for that last night.

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