The Crosby Garrett helmet

[mcbishop]

In which case my drawer full of finds will stay exactly where they are - I'm really fed up of the cynicism displayed. Sour grapes?

Difficult to see where the cynicism is, but there is certainly a lot of understandable caution in the face of the media blitz (and lack of firm information) that is, was, and presumably will be the Crosby Garrett helmet. To suggest that other collectors or detectorists may experience 'sour grapes' is perhaps a little far-fetched ;-) )

the finder was NOT an unemployed graduate in his twenties and channel 4 news film footage starting 'this is where it all began' is a load of toffee

That information is not in the public domain so we cannot assess its veracity, nor is it really fair to criticise the C4 news team without knowing the full facts (who told them that was the field?!); the media are certainly capable of being numpties along with the best of us, but some do at least try to get things right.

By the way, you are still not signing your posts - you will find the rules for posting here - and I attempted to reply to your recent PM out of courtesy only to find you had replies turned off.

Mike Bishop