That when such matches were,
Those outlaws stout, without [all] doubt,
Would be the bowmen there.
So an arrow with a golden head
And shaft of silver white,
Who won the day should bear away
For his own proper right.
Fans of the tales of Robin Hood – either from the actual English ballads or the movies like “
The Adventures of Robin Hood” starring Errol Flynn (still the best) will remember the trap set by the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham using an archery contest, where the prize would be a silver arrow with a golden head. The Sheriff knew Robin and his men couldn’t resist the competition and sure enough, they showed up in disguise, with Robin winning the contest, getting the arrow and (in the movie) a kiss from Marian. It’s all a legend … right? Not according one man who claims he found the arrowhead from the actual silver arrow in Sherwood Forest … which just might be definitive proof that Robin Hood was a real person.
A tattoo artist believes found Robin Hood s Silver Arrow while magnet fishing in Sherwood Forest.
Kush Wray, 32, pulled the fabled arrow out of a river on the first cast of his magnet fishing equipment near Budby, Nottinghamshire, on Monday.
Historians said the artefact looks like it could be from the 12th or 13th century, the time of Robin Hood, and revealed it would be silver in colour once cleaned, reported The Sun.
Kush Wray, 32, found a medieval arrow in a river near Budby, Nottinghamshire while fishing
Robin Hood won the Silver Arrow while dressed in disguise at an archery tournament set as a trap by the Sheriff of Nottingham, according to legend.
This is the face of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the subject of today s Object of the Week. TODAY’S object is a fine bronze Roman bust, one of a unique collection of 2,000-year-old artefacts discovered in North Yorkshire. The bust of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius is part of a collection known as the Ryedale Ritual Bronzes, a group of religious finds discovered last year by metal detectorists James Spark, 40, and Mark Didlick, 44, in a field in Ryedale The hoard is shortly to be sold, but there will be an opportunity to see them on display – perhaps the one and only chance to see them in the region – before they go under the hammer.
A ‘nationally important’ Roman hoard discovered in Ryedale is to go on public display for the first time this week ahead of its auction. The bronze bust of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius is among a unique collection of 2,000-year-old artefacts which are set to go for between £70k and £90k at the auction next month. The fine bronze bust is part of a collection known as the Ryedale Ritual Bronzes, a group of religious finds discovered by metal detectorists James Spark and Mark Didlick, in May 2020. As well as the bust, which would have been mounted as the head of a priest’s sceptre, the hoard contained an equestrian statuette of the God Mars, a horse head knife handle and a large bronze pendulum.