Sunday 23 May 2010
Monday 3 May 2010
One step nearer
I took the machine out today to check it was working all right and Fate puts in an appearance. This came up from cultivated land at a depth of approximately 10 cms.
Well I have sent off for my passport just waiting now.
I have bought a language book or dictionary trying to learn as much Italian as I can. Everyone is saying I do not need to but courtesy say otherwise.
Saturday 1 May 2010
The first piece of the jigsaw
After receiving an email from Jeffrey A. Becker, Ph.D. RPA ,Managing Director, The Gabii Project. I have started my journey.
First the passport photos, not a pretty sight at the best of times.
My start on the journey.
While helping a friend one afternoon, I received, quite out of the blue, an unexpected phone call. A ladies voice asking to speak to Terrence Mallison.
After establishing that I was the said person, the lady went on to explain that she had been given, among others, my name as a possible person who might like to travel to Italy and assist with the Gabii project.
A project I had already heard of because a fellow club member and associate Stuart Elton had been probably the first person to be asked to detect on such an important on going archaeological dig.
After establishing that I was the said person, the lady went on to explain that she had been given, among others, my name as a possible person who might like to travel to Italy and assist with the Gabii project.
A project I had already heard of because a fellow club member and associate Stuart Elton had been probably the first person to be asked to detect on such an important on going archaeological dig.
Stuart's Blog
I could not believe that I was being asked! At first, I thought about not going because my daughter Bridget is currently undergoing treatment for Leukaemia. But after talking to her and other C.H.A.R.T. team members, I decided it was something I had wanted to do for a long while. So despite not having been out of the country for 36 years and having to apply for a passport, I gratefully accepted.
I hope to bring you my part of the jigsaw piece by piece.
My thanks to Laura McLean our local F.L.O. (Finds Liaison Officer) for Essex, who put my name forward, to Sally Worrel who contacted me to ask if I would be interested and to those resposible for including British detectorists in such an important project.
I could not believe that I was being asked! At first, I thought about not going because my daughter Bridget is currently undergoing treatment for Leukaemia. But after talking to her and other C.H.A.R.T. team members, I decided it was something I had wanted to do for a long while. So despite not having been out of the country for 36 years and having to apply for a passport, I gratefully accepted.
I hope to bring you my part of the jigsaw piece by piece.
My thanks to Laura McLean our local F.L.O. (Finds Liaison Officer) for Essex, who put my name forward, to Sally Worrel who contacted me to ask if I would be interested and to those resposible for including British detectorists in such an important project.
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