The best example EVER FOUND in UK and of NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL importance 🤩 

Hi Guys...I watched Albert's moment of discovery and knew it would rock the archaeological world! ... By coincidence I was in a PAS training session on La Tene period zoomorphic art last week. The speaker began by giving examples of 'bulls' in early Iron Age art culture; So I tried to post a comment about your find, but someone else beat me to it... When a photo of the bull was shared, everyone (pretty much all of England's FLO's and senior archaeologists) appeared awestruck...An expletif was issued... and then the speaker declared Albert's find potentially the best example of a La Tene period bull ever discovered in the UK! Well done Albert and what a good friend you are John. It was epic to share the moment a find of potential International importance was made...and for me, to experience the reaction of our leading archaeologists when they first saw it!

As an American, I get so jealous at the amazing finds that I see detectorists in Europe dig up. When we find things from the 17th, 18th, or 19th centuries we are amazed. It reminds me of a saying I heard that goes, Do you know the biggest differences between Europeans and Americans? Europeans think 320 Kilometers is a long distance, and Americans think 200 years is a long time. Such a beautiful piece of Scottish history going where it belongs to be enjoyed for many years.

Congratulations to Albert thanks for the update, one of my favorite places the national museum can't wait to see this on display 👍

Such a wonderful find - love the wee Tesco container and the loo roll used to transport it 👌 Really appreciating your integrity as detectorists, means that we all become richer through the sharing and recording of your finds. Mo mhìle taing dhuibh 🙌🏻

A Very big congratulations to Albert, and a fantastic find 👏, regards to you all John, thanks for sharing that with us. 😃

Wonderful follow-up! I appreciate how you manage to shoot videos that are full of great content whist at the same time keeping things relatively private and anonymous. The full experience of speaking to the experts at the museum was cleverly captured by keeping the camera focused entirely on the finds and the process of investigation with the experts. Gives a real world taste of the process, thank you! The find is indeed amazing in its quality of construction and preservation. Good to know that it will eventually be available to the public to enjoy if it is confirmed as treasure, which I’m sure it will be given its beauty. Thank you for bringing us all along on this journey! ❤

I'm so happy for Albert! I can't wait to hear the rest of this story! This was an amazing find and I'm sure it's time for John to find his hoard! I just hope we will be along for that journey also.

Looks better each time I see it. Thanks for taking us along with you to the museum. It's interesting to see how the finds experts look at things. Looking forward to seeing the hoard hunter in action. Keep going.

Albert is a jammy git... What a fantastic find!!

Still amazed by that fantastic find, absolutely stunning!!! Brilliant quality and craftsmanship!!! Appreciate you sharing the museums response John. Thank you

How the hell did the make such detailed and delicate things with their tools? Just mind blowing how skilled they must have been.

That is just incredible - I am so glad YT recommended this in my feed. You must have been floored to see that come up. The detail and preservation - it is simply stunning!

We were just there again, in April, at the museum. When I was looking at those hoards, I remember thinking to myself, "I wonder if John will get something in here someday?!" It's a real kick in the pants to my dream that the fledgling, Albert, beat you to it! 😄Congratulations to Albert and to you for getting to experience this find. It speaks so highly of your characters that you submitted it. I'm sure many would be tempted to keep that for themselves. If ever the owners of the medieval fort property wondered whether they had an upstanding detectorist, this is all the proof they'll ever need. As always, thanks for sharing, and I'll be waiting for the next lie down.

Congratulations. What a lovely find. 😮😊

well done Albert, your a lucky man!

Many thanks for taking us through all thatJohn,well covered, just the easy job now of finding the other one GL

Brilliant John what a great video Albert must be so proud to find such an awsome treasure in Scotland i hope that if it is displayed in a museum that your names are also written so it will be known forever that it was found by Detectorists

Wow what a great video. Those bits in the museum at the end are out of this world 👍🏻

It's is a truly amazing stunning object. There are only about thirty example's known in England. Nothing north of hull. If it is a continental import. It could be of international importance. I will share video with my friends who can lease with the museum. Congratulations to you and Albert. Looking forward to seeing your next adventure. And thanks for the tour of the museum. Many thanks wasp and Helen. 🐝

Absolutely amazing video. 👏 That's what it's all about. Well done Albert. Well done guy's 👏 I'm actually blown away with the museum. Wooooow. 👍

Thank you for sharing this next stage of this amazing artifact's story.

Goosebumps! Such an amazing find, and even crazier that the discovery was caught on film!

Amazing!🎉 How excited you all must be !

I love this 👍 congratulations again!!

I respect detectorists who help the science community by sharing important finds. It is important to place the items in context with the landscape. A lot of people would have just pocketed that artifact and tried to sell it on the grey market. Job well done!

Thanks for the update John! Someday I may get to see it in a museum when we travel to Scotland to find my ancestry's roots in Ireland and Scotland!! Blessings to you and your detecting buddies, Mike in sunny Central Florida

Congrats for this news. Glad you're out there to discover such finds.

This video is absolutely amazing John, thank you so much for getting the good footage for us at the Museum! Rounds are on Albert!!!!

The museum has some amazing things. A couple of my friends are visiting Scotland in the Spring. I'll be sure to recommend they go to the museum.

Thanks for taking us along for the museum trip, very interesting insight into a part of metal detecting that we hear about but don't get to see. Your channel is growing rapidly and it's content like this that you have to thank for it, well done John you deserve it.

Thanks for taking us along with you to the museum for their evaluation of your finds and the beautiful bull’s head. And the review of the museum’s collections. You should take a look at the Wiltshire bucket mentioned if you haven’t already done so. Very ornate. A thrilling find for Albert and the Scottish Detectorists. It will be remembered for a long time to come. Alongside the possible pilgrim route finds, you’ve all had a great few weeks. :^) Here’s to more great finds in 2023.

Absolutely fabulous! Congratulations and thank you for including us on your metal detecting journey.

Thank you for sharing this fine find and, more importantly, for placing it in the hands of a museum so more can be learned about the past and the public may enjoy the quality of great art from the distant past.

Can't wait to see the bull on display. Be nice to see its partner re-united. Good luck

That trip was fascinating, John! Thank you for taking us along! Very excited for Albert. That find is stunning ❤

I’ve been sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for this update, and loved every second of the video and commentary. Thank you for the update. You guys are amazing. Loved the end where you viewed the museum displays.

Brilliant video John. Well done again to Albert for that spectacular find! Cheers as usual, John.

Thanks for sharing really enjoyed your sharing of the museum

How wonderful that the Museum experts immediately took notice and you both could go to deliver the treasure, Breathtaking!

Brilliance, can’t wait for the final outcome and sincerely hope you and Albert find it’s twin. Happy hunting guys 🍻

That is one find of a lifetime for sure. I appreciate you giving a look around your countries national museum i can't wait to go myself in the spring. I shall be excited for any update and anticipate you fellas finding the other. Great job and see you on the next Scottish Detectorist!!

Absolutely love this..cannot wait to see what you find next!

Brilliant to be able to watch the handover and hear the discussion and reactions of the museum staff. Thank you 💕

What an amazing find! It's something we can only dream of, lol. We really do need to do more metal detecting!

Thank you for the update on Albert’s incredible find! Also, I loved the tour of the museum.

What an incredible journey! Thanks for allowing us along on the trip, er, Time Warp.

We’re visiting Edinburgh in October for a week so your tour around the museum basement was perfect. We’ll be sure to visit and hopefully Alberts bull will be on display 🤞

Congratulations Albert! Such a wonderful find while detecting... Cheers

That's Awesome Albert and John. Oh I was looking forward to seeing what they thought of the rock with the cross. Taikuu so much for bringing us this update. On to the next...

Thanks for the update, it was such an exciting find, I bet the museum are over the moon with it. Congratulations again!

Thanks for the wonderful update! Stunning piece for sure. Y’all got a treasure there

that must have been a greet experience to meet up with the experts and talk about alberts incredible find thanks for sharing the info with us

Thanks for taking us along !

What a great insight into the process of determining whether finds are important. All finds are important, but some are more important than others. As someone who at school wanted to be an archaeologist, this is great stuff. Well done in pushing certain finds forward so the experts didn't miss their potential importance.

So thrilled for your recent discovery. Cheers and happy retirement to Albert! 😂 Thank you for sharing your meeting with the museum’s archaeologists- it really felt like we were a part of that table discussion and it was so cool. Congrats again!

Wow amazing find!! Once in a lifetime! Congratulations 🎉

Absolutely loved this video on the follow up and your tour around the treasures, I do hope that you find the other one as it had to be there somewhere in that field. Keep up the great work, regards Paul.

Glad I found the update to the bulls head Thank you so much for taking us along on this journey

Fantastic. I was waiting to see what the museum would say. Wonderful find. A fantastic tour of the museum, thank you.

Yay! I'm still so excited for you guys, and I'm glad you're keeping us updated about this glorious find! I can't wait to hear more about it, once the museum people have analysed it further. But it's already an absolute treasure! Also, thanks for filming some of the awesome things in that museum. I love ancient history, and getting a glimpse of what's displayed there in Scotland is awesome. ☺

Great follow-up! Thanks for showing us around the museum as well! 🥰🥰🥰

There was a time team called "7 buckets" or something like that. They found a bunch of fancy nesting buckets.

Hi S D, I can’t help but think that the interlocking horns where they culminate in a ball has a use for securing a leather belt rather like a modern day belt which has several holes for adjustment. Great vid and wish you the very best of good fortune.

Great stuff buddy. Really good news. Terrific having all your pieces looked at. I've been reading about your mate Albert's gold find. A very lucky man indeed. Bless up 👊

A bobby dazzler and so incredible to show us the archeologists' reactions - amazing. I love how they said the photos were superb but not the same as seeing it in person. Really loved the tour downstairs too - fabulous video John and congrats to both you and Albert.

I've just discovered your channel, really enjoying seeing your finds 😀

Thank you for the follow up - it is such a beautiful piece! I meant to say in my previous comment that as an old Perth lassie (family emigrated to Australia in 1957) at the age of 77 your finds have excited and connected me to my ancestors in a way I hadn't expected. Keep digging!

I'm so chuffed for Albert..... the excitement from everyone was fantastic, felt as if i was there with you both, i was actually excited too 😂 ... thanks a lot for the awesome update - also never thought about a museum in Edinburgh, hopefully now i know of it i can go and visit some day! Oh and the Chinese takeaway tub had me giggling 😂

This is so amazing! I got a little emotional for you when they were talking about the ox/bull head! It's such a stunning find and hearing the professionals discuss them with such revery is just a detectorists dream. Thank you for filming this and posting it ro share with us all as we follow along with you on this journey. As an American my envy of even your most mundane finds is high but the ox/bull head is off the charts. Fantastic job researching your sites really!

Congratulations Albert on a wonderful find!!🎉

Just fabulous John!! What a collection! Congrats again to Albert on a find that truly will be hard to beat!!!! Wonderful follow up video Sir!! 👍👍👍👍👍

This is all so exciting, Albert must be over the moon with this find. Incredible!

How amazing! Congratulations from Michigan, USA. I enjoy your videos because I've always been interested in archeology/history and there is no historic metal to be found here. However, I did find a knapped stone scraper that Native Americans used to scrape hides. We are planning a trip to Scotland. The National Museum in Edinburgh is on the list. Happy hunting!

Just incredible !!!

ZOOWEEMAMA!!! I bet Albert is addicted to metal detecting now if not already. CONGRATULATIONS on such an absolutely BRILLIANT SAVE!!! Thanks for taking us along on the tour of the museum too! COMPLETELY INSPIRED & YOUR VIDEOS ARE EXCEPTIONAL!! Cheers fae the Scottish (late parents) blooded lassie in Ontario, Canada lol Cheers!

Thank you SO MUCH for this follow up and tour of the museum. 💕💕💕

thats awesome. congratulations to albert and you.

Great follow-up! Very exciting trip for you guys and the Museum experts too!

Find of a lifetime! Been following along from California and am so pleased for everyone involved. Well done!

Great video. Thanks for taking us on this journey. The other finds were fantastic also. Hope you get to find a hoard!

Been waiting for this to drop and it did not disappoint! Congratulations Albert…EPIC find and video! Now you will have to excuse me I need to go have a lie down…lol!

Probably one of the best history lessons I have had thanks keep up the good work 👍👍👍

Just incredible!! Thanks to you, John, and the museum for allowing you to film such an amazing process, very informative! I’m pretty sure I would have to be dragged from the basement so much to see! 🤩

Fantastic news! Thank you for taking us along to the museum and showing the wonderful treasures on display. Your friend must be very proud to have found such an important piece of Scottish history. Well done!

Awesome Brother! Greets From Florida with a 1st gen Scotsman! Represent! BTW that is a great museum loved visiting it.

What a find!! Keep on metal detecting!!!

Absolutely Stunning Find! I'm so thrilled for you mate! Well done. 👍🙂

Amazing. Well done, guys. It’s a priceless gift to the world and archeology.

Fantastic. I'm so impressed at the way so many detectorists register their finds. Good luck in the future.

Excellent tour of the museum. Really enjoyed it. Wtg again to Albert. Yeah, but don't quit m8, not with that kinda finds. I wondered if you told the museum folks of his nugget find. Amazing. Cheers m8

Awesome finds and video! Love the history in the items, Amazing how things can still be found!

Amazing find! ...and equally an impressive follow-up with the museum to boot.

Totally amazing find well done. Also thanks fo filming this part of the process too. This follow up is a great insight into the importance of working together with Archaeologists, FLO's, PAS and museums. #onehistoryoneteam 👍 Congrats and a job well done, thanks for posting 👍

How much fun was THIS to hear what the experts had to say!! And thanks for showing the displays of silver and gold items from ancient times in Scotland. When we went to the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, we got extra tickets to see the diamond room and gold room. The gold room had incredible displays of gold coins and jewelry from ancient times in Russia, from all over, east to western Russia. These sorts of displays are always interesting. Having taken a basic college course on silverworking, to see that one large bowl with the deep flutes all around it, gives you an idea of the skills and knowledge these early civilization artisans had, and how precious their skills would have been. Well done, Albert! the head of that Roman trumpet and the artifact Albert found look VERY similar.

This is top-notch content. 👌 your history knowledge is truly excellent. The experts agree with all your claims. It's great to see some off-field content like this

Thanks for the follow up, two stunned archeologists without doubt!

I'm sure Albert was beaming too as he handed it over! Great to find out more about the other items you found and thank you for taking us to see some of the finds in the museum as well. Now get back out there both of you and find the other one!!😉😀

Congrats again to you guys on the amazing find! Enjoyed listening to you all talk about all of the pieces you've discovered. Some amazing exhibits in the museum basement, thanks for showing them and talking about them!

How amazing! Congratulations to Albert. Thank you for the informative videos. It has been a thrill to follow along from Wisconsin, US.

Wow. So beautiful thank you for taking us to the museum with you so we could eaves drop on the fascinating discussion of your finds. It must be hard to go home when it's dark. Maybe the next hole... and thank you for being a responsible detectorist.