The Danbury Metal Detecting Club

I note that the forthcoming sitcom, 'The Detectorists', will include the fictional Danbury Metal Detecting Club.

Is the name a coincidence?

Danbury Place in Essex was the home of Sofia Disney ffytche, the wife of Dr John Disney of The Hyde.

And archaeologists reading this will know the significance of Disney.

The Detectorists of Suffolk

Cemetery site in Suffolk © David Gill

Will Gompertz has a commentary on the forthcoming BBC sitcom 'The Detectorists', ' about a couple of middle-aged men with a passion for metal detecting'. The latest number of Saxon (the Newsletter of the Sutton Hoo Society) [59, July 2014] has a feature on the programme noting it is about 'two metal detectorists who dream of finding a priceless Saxon hoard'.

Are we conjuring up images of Sutton Hoo, Rendlesham, or perhaps even the Staffordshire Hoard?

The series has been filmed in Suffolk, Norfolk and Suffolk and will apparently feature Orford and Framlingham.

I could think of a couple of walk-in parts for the series including the North American collector who acquires Roman bronzes dug up from a Suffolk farm.

But perhaps I am moving away from fiction.

Looting Matters for Comic Relief

Mark Murphy at BBC Radio Suffolk has challenged me to wear a "Comic Tie" for Red Nose Day on 15 March 2013. Readers of LM can sponsor me here.

To find out about the projects supported by Comic Relief click here.

The hunt is on to find the right tie (suggestions welcome!). And an image should appear on LM.

‘Comic Relief, registered charity
326568 (England/Wales)
SCO39730 (Scotland)’

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