It is my sad duty to report that my good friend, Britain ’s
foremost treasure dowser, James (Jimmy) Longton, passed away suddenly on 02 May
2015 at the age of 84 years. He was buried in the churchyard of his home
village of Euxton, (pronounced Exton) Lancashire, UK, on 15 May 2015 following
a service at Euxton Parish Church attended by around 200 family and friends,
myself included. Rest in Peace, Jimmy.
I could relate many tales of Jimmy’s exploits but I’ll just
stick to his main achievements in treasure dowsing for now. Jimmy’s major claim
to fame is his part in the finding of the Viking (c. 930 AD) silver brooch
hoard near Penrith , Cumbria , in 1989. The two largest
(i.e. longest) thistle brooches in the picture were found in 1785 and 1830
(largest) in a field called silver field. Jimmy and his friend Gerald Carter
located and investigated the field in 1989 and recovered five more brooches,
which were subsequently declared Treasure Trove. The award was more than
£40,000 GB Pounds ($60,000 US Dollars)...
The Penrith Hoard in the British Museum Copyright 2010 Ealdgyth
and reused under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share
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license
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By the way, obviously to spare all concerned from any embarrassment, me included, I am not who I am posted as.
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