Nigel Finds Real Treasure

Nigel has had a bit of a fallow period as far as “finding” things on the school run or his travels is concerned ……..

…… so imagine yesterday when he almost thought that he’d finally found something of a real life, true treasure type nature when he spotted something glinting and catching the sun under a bush at the top of Iris and Bertie’s road …………

He said he couldn’t believe just how loud and fast his heart was pounding as he  fished out the glinting object, to be greeted by a goblet or chalice, possibly a long lost and very holy one, taken and hurriedly secreted when Evesham Abbey was destroyed by Henry Vlll.  The boy certainly has a vivid imagination, he was like a dog that had found two bones, a ball and a very satisfying stick, true treasure!  Said goblet/chalice was then quickly put safely in his bag, the little fella already coming to terms with the possibility that he might have to give it up almost immediately, if it proved to be treasure trove or even the tip of a ancient hoard iceberg.

Once at Snake Mountain Nigel looked for any identifying marks that could help tell of it’s history …… he found a hallmark, but heart still pounding, couldn’t quite make out what it was, it was time to bring out the big guns, to wit Iris’s very large and forensic magnifying glass …….. to reveal ……. it said ……….

………. EPNS!!!! So of little, if any cultural or historical interest, except to perhaps Nigel.

Poor Nigel and his now little crestfallen heart, fame, fortune and a possible film deal had once more eluded him, but at least he could keep said chalice, instead of handing it over to the local coroner, to only be able to see it again on display in a glass case in some museum and left to ponder how things could have been! So, for now, Nigel’s quest to find the absolute real deal continues ………..