Bronze Age Axe Head Donated To Museum

Herald Express 31 Oct 2013




METAL detector Alan Miller from Paignton struck lucky twice on one day.

A coroner declared 3,000-year-old Bronze Age iron ingots found by Alan on a farm near Churston were official treasure trove. On the same day the father-of-eight also found an even older Bronze Age axe head.

Now he has donated the axe head to Torquay Museum.

Alan said: "At the same time I found the ingots, I found the axe head which was not declared as treasure. Me and the family The farmer and I have decided we want to donate it to the local museum so it can go on display because it is such an important part of local history. I think local schoolchildren will find it particularly interesting.

"It's worth about £700. We could have just sold it on eBay or kept it, but I thought it would be very interesting for local people."

Alan, 55, a self-employed gardener who has been metal-detecting for about six years.



Torquay Museum curator Barry Chandler said: "We are really pleased to have this. The early Bronze Age axes are beautiful.

"It will be a really nice addition."

Ha ha - corrected that.

Your wife's right