The Portable Antiquities Scheme

On this day: Australia Day is the official National Day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales. You'd think that the PAS would have no links to Australia well..... SUR-501CA9 is an example of a token minted by the Royal Mint and issued by George III in 1797, these would have found their way to the colonies in the pockets of immigrants, or adventurers. They were absorbed into the economy due to the lack of coinage there at the time. Found in Guildford, Surrey. https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r ecord/id/807799

OXFORD ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY LECTURE
ANNI BYARD & HELENA HAMEROW
A Furnished 7th-century Female Burial near the King Stone, Rollright: Gender and Authority in Conversion Period England
... Tuesday 10 January 2017 at 5.30pm Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford (Sadler Room)
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The PASt Explorers Conference 2016: What Do People Do All Day: The Busy World of Volunteers is now open for bookings.
This year’s conference celebrates the contribution of volunteers to the PAS through the project. Through PASt Explorers, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), more people are now volunteering with the PAS, undertaking finds-related work, and helping to share knowledge about archaeological finds.
This conference aims to illustrate the diverse nature of ...the volunteer experience within the PAS and provide the opportunity for volunteers to share these with others, providing inspiration and new perspectives on the contribution to archaeological knowledge and to the history of England and Wales.
The conference will take place on Thursday 29th September 2016, 10.00–16.30 at the Event Space and Lecture Theatre, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, L3 4AQ
Admission is free but advance booking is required.
To book go to: https://past-explorers-2016.eventbrite.co .uk or call 0207 323 8618.
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The British Museum are recruiting for a fixed term Assistant Finds Advisor & Treasure Curator for Roman Coins to record Iron Age and Roman coins onto the PAS database. Application deadline: 7th June 2016 https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/job s.cgi…

The 20,000th self-recorded find has been added to the PAS database this week. Congratulations to all #pastexplorers PUBLIC recorders!
https://finds.org.uk/…/20000-self-recor ded-database-records/

We are advertising for a new Finds Liaison Officer for Northamptonshire. The role is based in Northampton with our partners, Northamptonshire County Council. Application deadline: 31st May 2016 https://finds.org.uk/about/vacancies/vaca ncy/id/157

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is seeking a Finds Recording Assistant to work with our National Finds Adviser, John Naylor, and our Oxfordshire FLO, Anni Byard, on an exciting new research project: 'Iron-Age to post-Roman Landscape on the Berkshire Downs'. The deadline for applications is Monday 16th May and the post is available part-time (50%) for two years.
Search for vacancy 119337 at https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk

Our Lincolnshire FLO, Adam Daubney, has published a book on '50 Finds from #Lincolnshire' with Amberley Publishing which is released this Friday, 15th April. Pre-order your copy now! https://www.amberley-books.com/…/50-fin ds-from-lincolnshire…

Explore the new Essex County Pages launched today
https://finds.org.uk/…/bl…/launch-of- the-essex-county-pages/

Our Essex Finds Liaison Officer is seeking a new volunteer finds recorder to be based at Colchester Museum Resource Centre. The deadline for expressing interest in volunteering is next Monday, 11th April and more information about the role can be found on the Colchester + Ipswich Museums website here: http://www.cimuseums.org.uk/CHttpHandler. ashx?id=20895&p=0

The second set of County Pages launches today with a new site dedicated to Cheshire
https://finds.org.uk/…/blog/launch-of-t he-cheshire-county-…/

Another chance to join the Portable Antiquities Scheme as the Finds Liaison Officer for Sussex, based at Barbican House in Lewes. For more information see the PAS vacancies webpage: https://finds.org.uk/about/vacancies/vaca ncy/id/155 Application deadline: 21st March 2016

We currently have two fantastic opportunities to work with the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
We're seeking a new Finds Liaison Officer for Buckinghamshire: https://finds.org.uk/about/vacancies/vaca ncy/id/153
As well as a Project Officer to oversee the delivery of the Heritage Lottery Funded Saving Treasures, Telling Stories project in Wales: https://finds.org.uk/about/vacancies/vaca ncy/id/154

As our #FestiveFinds series draws to a close, we take a look at the #Nativity and #Medieval seals.
https://finds.org.uk/…/festive-finds-pa s-christmas-countdo…/

Day 11 of the #FestiveFinds looks at the power of relics #ThreeWiseMen #Gold #Frankincense #Myrrh
https://finds.org.uk/…/festive-finds-pa s-christmas-countdo…/

Metal Detecting is a great hobby but let's make sure we do it responsibly.

Awesome job done by people with next to no resources. I just recently dropped off some more items to Katie Hinds can't wait to see them on the network

Always had good relationships with Norfolk PAS. Long wait sometimes for return of finds but well worth it as everything comes back well documented and after all Norfolk and Suffolk must be one of the busiest areas.

I still see that specific grid references for finds are shown with some records. This WILL lead to unscrupulous detector users raiding the fields of land owners whose trust we have gained through hard work and responsible recording. Please realise that we don't want records to show where we are finding these lovely coins and artefacts. Some of us have been detecting for many years and don't want to lose the fields we detect on.

I have been waiting 9 months for a valuation. I hardly ever receive an update with just 'thanks for your patience`.

I think more finds would be reported should the treasure process be expedited a bit.

Waste of time, they loose items and if they do get put through for treasure, you get bent over the desk and screwed hard by them

Not happy at all with this treasure process ,i handed over a gold ring to Cardiff museums Mark Ludwig as treasure trove getting on for three years now , and in 2015 a medieval silver coin for recording , Both these items ive had no correspondence back at all nothing !!! ive tried contacting Mark Ludwig on a few occasions and all i got was ,i will look into it !!! now he don`t even answer the phone !!! iv`e of lately been in touch with the British museum for them to look into this for me as they have had no info sent on this treasure case , and as of yet nothing only his supervisor will look into it and get right back to me ,that was seven days ago !!! i am lucky in a way that Peter Reavell has got a picture of the ring which he has passed on to the British museum . Ive just got settled up with another treasure trove i had , May this year , that one took 5 years from it been found in 2012 . What are they playing at !!! Has anyone got any ideas where i go from here ? newspapers ? or legal action ? where do i stand ?.