Gold In The Moat (Codnor Castle) | S15E01 | Time Team
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2021
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Tony Robinson and his faithful band of archaeologists risk the dangers of hidden mine shafts in the Derbyshire coalfields to dig into the heart of a building that once dominated the landscape: Codnor Castle. Today it lies in ruins and there's almost nothing known of how it looked in its prime, but as it was home to the De Grey family, it must have once been a very impressive sight.
Series 15, Episode 01
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For metal-detectorists, a hammered gold coin is pretty much the Holy Grail. Amazing find!
Absolutely!! That’s why he’s shaking so much. I would be too!
Amazing!
prob an ounce coin, maybe 1.5 ... but the historical value is priceless ... prob. only dozens of those remaining .... 800 yr old stamping .. from a short time period ...
what would that coin be worth?
@@BrandonSLedford At least 10,000 maybe 50,000 hundred thousand to the right buyer
Oh my word, anyone else here watch these, and your heart starts to race, thinking you missed your calling, hahaha?
I just adore Helen. She's got that lovely and classic time team combination of education, experience, whimsey, and undaunted enthusiasm.
She's hot in my opinion 😉
And how she identified that doorway, I will never know.
@@lunn77 Have had a crush on her since I first saw her in Time Team.
Helen is wonderful. I just saw her in Mystic Britain episodes, another great series. I hope that there will be a third season of that show.
Helen has a most genuine personality and always has that little smile + twinkle in her eye, a mark of a great Witt and expectations of opportunities to engage in with that most endearing trait.
I adore folks with this trait. It's the trait that always gets my attention in men, "William Powell, the early Actor/Star, comes to mind." ("My Man Godfrey" with Carole Lombard and "the Thin Man" series with Myrna Liu, works from the late 1930's and 1940's)
He's my favorite ffrom the "Golden Age of Hollywood" , followed by Tyrone Power and Carey Grant.
Each had that special Twinkle in their eye and delicious little Smile. Carole Lombard did, as well.
That's the Helen trait that I find so likeable.
I did an excavation right here in the former colonies on one side of the castle (ok, it was more of turning over the soil next to the garage to put in vegetable garden). The artifacts that were found were amazing. Some ancient tools (a Craftsman brand plastic screwdriver handle and the rusty blade of keyhole saw), a Hot Wheels toy car with only one wheel (carbon dated all the way back to 1975) and what appears to be a burial ground for a squad of plastic army soldiers (RIP). Now that's history!
Lol, I wonder if that squad of soldiers was the one I lost back when I was about 10 years old? Hint: it was a long time ago....Late 60's.
I've found quite a few army men as I've turned over the back lawn to plant veggies. Along with buckets of broken glass, rusty nails and various metal junk. Before our house was built, the neighbor used the land as a dump. For all my trouble, you'd think I'd find at least one indian arrowhead.
It's kind of fun seeing the backstory of a place you live, even if it's all in plastic! 😂 (Love your narration of it BTW)
I've lived in quite a few older houses due to renting cheaply (sigh!) & find it fascinating to see how much things like switchboards, plumbing or window construction have changed over just 100 years? You can find plenty of odd stuff if the place has been DIY-ed a lot too. Gotta say, most newer houses are much less interesting architecturally.... but man, they're WAY easier to clean & temp control!! 🙄
My mom found a rusty old toy gun buried where she was digging once - at first we thought it was real. YIKES.
Best comment ever.
I love Phil’s excitement when he has finds. ❤
Ehhh, ahhhh, look ere look ere ahhh! 😂😂😂😂
Lmao. Phil “ayyyyy, ohhhhh, ayyyyyyy look at that” lol
Good stuff. Love phil
I loved the nonchalant “whoops” when his shovel skipped and he flung dirt all over the camera 🤣
@@biologychic7292 It's one of the best shots in the whole episode (money shot?). Totally worth it, not even mad if it was staged, but i don't think it was.
Oh time team, definitely the best British tv series ever made. I do miss it.
Thankfully they have started again with the help of UA-cam and are making new episodes.
Well, there's also Blackadder and Monty Python...
@@ThePixel1983 and Jeeves and Wooster, Fawlty towers and many more
We're getting a couple of new episodes soon!!!
38:04 The appreciation this man has for the significance of the find is beautiful. He doesn't get to keep the gold so the wealth is not the important bit to him. But the find itself he values greatly and knows he now has quite a merry tale to tell about his own adventure. _“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”_ --Thorin Oakenshield
It's always a stark contrast between British archaeological programs and American ones, the Americans just go on and on about how much stuff is worth. They completely miss the point, and are really no better than the tomb raiders of antiquity. Long live Time Team 🙂
And to wonder, with each memory, about the lives of those who touched the artifact.
@@archstanton1628I totally agree!
@@archstanton1628 you’re not particularly smart, are you?
@@Invictus13666 you're particularly shallow, are you?
One of the best TV series ever. Always fascinating to watch. Although all of the experts are critical to the success of TT, Tony Robinson is the glue that holds it all together. In my opinion, it would not have been so enjoyable without him.
Phil's excitement makes me want to go back to school to study archeology 😅
Phil's nails make me wanna puke...🤮
I know he is the most west country man in the world I think. It's so endearing when he gets all Worzel Gummidge over a few buried stones. I'm so glad it looks like he is coming back for the re boot this year.
@@oskahuxley6322 Is he?! I thought he was busy with Wessex Archeology?
@@StoriesbyIrishOh I really hope so, when I briefly looked up 'cast for 2021 time team' he was listed but I should look more into it. Oh no he's not in the promotional pictures :( . We can only hope I suppose. He is really inspiring to me because as far as I can tell he has had no formal education in Archaeology and yet through experience he is as knowledgeable as the members of the team with PHDs. Fingers crossed.
@@jeremiahsawyer2123 Haha ... noticed that. Thought: "I hope that's for picking classical guitar!"
Damn, that coin... I've been metal detecting for 15 years but to find something this nice AND tied to a context really is the holy grail.
I grew up 5 minutes down the road from Sutton Hoo, it mystified me as a child. Time Team was one of my favourite programmes, so happy to see the two come together!
I love it when Phil does his ooohs and ahhhhs and gets all excited.
i do as well!...
the shaking hand of the detectorist chap....
Imagine finding a fairly large gold coin, something that lot of archeologists rarely find. It is amazing
It's a very rare coin worth over $300k 🇺🇸.
He held his hand out after she took it for another minute 😂😂
@@williamfindspeople4341 okay, it isn't, it's worth 15k-35k so you are miles off and get that flag out of here.. usa has nothing to do with this
🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Imagine finding a rare mint condition coin made out of pure gold in your backyard and multiply today’s price of gold your hands would be trembling too.
Time team never disappoints and this episode delivers in spades. Congrats everyone 👏
That pottery expect is one of my favourite returning guests on the show. His knowledge is so impressive, precise details about where it came from and date ranges. He is excellent at advancing the knowledge of site with his expertise. Amazing! What a fantastic episode too. The finds just kept coming.
Yeah. I loved it when Blinkhorn pronounced a stone to be Saxon pottery. Fucking brilliant.
Oh I love Blinkhorn. He always amazes me where he get a cm chip of pottery and says the whole history where it was made, when and by who. Incredible man.
@@Tiger89Lilly I also love his laugh and his kindness.
Yeah, being a St Helens supporter Mr Blinkhorn has got to be a great guy!!
Alongside Phill with his pure joy for archaeology and any finds he comes across. I really like Neil and whenever he talks I instantly tune in to what he has to say. He’s incredibly knowledgeable and very underestimated in my opinion but I could be wrong. Are there any Neil stans out there like me?
Honestly, I like ALL of them, they each have something different and engaging to add to the team. I also like dapper Robin, distinguished Guy, to some of the specialist repeat guests on down to the equipment operators.
I think Neil is incredibly knowledgeable.
Living somewhere where you dig 4 inches down and hit solid rock, seeing these people stick a metal pole 3 meters into the ground by hand is a novelty to me.
Where I live (South Carolina) it’s a toss up what you will hit.... some places you go a small ways down you will hit solid rock but other places (like where I live) you go down you will end up hitting a crap ton of water because is basically swamplands so has a high af water table
This is of interest to me personally, since Henry De Grey was my 18th great grand-uncle and Sir Richard, his father was my 19th great grand-father! (according to ancestry searching). I just watch the uncovering and it makes me imagine my ancestors living there or visiting, and all that they did back then. Way cool!
It is cool Kate. I'm descended from Henry and Isolde via two of their sons. I also live 20 minutes away from Codnor so for me this is one of my favourite Time Teams.
@@clareb8015 Wow, so you can actually go there. Did you get to see the Time Team when they were there? So we are distant cousins perhaps? I have learned so much about history, other lands, other cultures through finding my own ancestors, then I ever learned in school. I hated history then but now I love it and read everything I can about all the groups and where they came from and what happened. Its all part of our 'own' journey and 'who' we are. :-)
@@kate-mm2bi yes you can get to the castle but it isn't easy. I've driven by Codnor a few times. I wasn't living anywhere near Codnor at the time of filming. Sir Richard de Grey is my 25th GG and through my Grey line I am also related to the Nevilles, Percys and Plantagenets so you may also find a link to these families too as there was a bit of "interbreeding" going on. It is great that shows like Time Team have made history interesting and accessible to people like yourself who weren't into history at school :)
My history indicates that I come from the Neville's family. Just hope that it isn't from the inbreeding side. But with some of my family I would not be surprised.
Sounds French to me... Any ancestors from Normandie ? Anjou ?
meanwhile, while everyones bedazzled at the gold find, Phil's not interested, he's just found another stone.
I’d like to see them go back to this site 10 years later and see what more has been found or get to the end of 3 days and decide it needs another 3 days! Part 2!!!!
Helen smiles and the Sun suddenly breaks through the English clouds.
I miss this program 🥺
Well done to the detectorist - another fantastic piece of history saved - very enjoyable episode.
There will always be a thief
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 Not on my watch!
Do you think he did the 'gold dance'?
@Jason it is really worth so much more as a piece of history and the recognition you get from finding and turning it into the museum. Grab and run is very shortsighted of you.
@@private15 You don't get recognition and museums have to bid on the item first, if they don't want it you get it along with the land owner for you to sell and split if so it will end up in a coin collectors home. Current value of that noble is around £4000
** you only get recognition if you find a hoard
Bravo! In a very strong field of competitors, this is surely one of the best episodes of Time Team!
The sandcastle stop motion bit was such a pleasant surprise. Really enjoyed this episode
It’s not stop motion though; it’s time-lapse.
@@Brinta3 thank you xD, I sat there for like two minutes and picked the closest i could think of hahaha
@@jennaevans903 don’t you hate that when a word or phrase is just on the tip of your tongue and you can’t get it out? I usually think of it hours later or in the middle of the night.
This is fascinating! This castle was owned by my ancestors for over 200 years , Sir George La Zouche sold it in 1634. he was my 14th Great Grandfather.
Do you know the earlier heritage of the name La Zouche? Thanks.
@@bruceterrell9287.. Yes. The La Zouche family originate from Alan La Zouche (1205-1270), of Ashby manor. Theres lots of information on google.
How does it feel?
@@chrisparker5278 she claims ancestry on a lot of castles and sites.
Sure it was... and my ancestors owned buckingham palace 😂😂😂😂
As a metal detectorist, my dream is to find a gold coin! Congrats to him! What an episode!!! Thanks for sharing.
The holy grail. I guess the only downside for him was that he didn't get to keep it or at least get a share of its value.
I found metal seeking was too easy and switched to the stone age
@@stinew358 Can you get stone detectors? 🤣
More Kudos to the Detectorist is needed. If it was not for him you wouldn't have that much. x
Victor did a really splendid job in this one, loved all his work. Also Helen being wonderful, trekking around with that subtle baby bump ☺️
I like Helen, as she is very cute with her rosy red cheeks, without the need to plaster lots of make up on to enhance her already pretty face, and a lovely personality.
@@Trillock-hy1cf 🤮
@@Invictus13666 ??
Same to you....
@@Trillock-hy1cf Helen gaeke is a 12 year old boy. It’s disgusting that you’re touching yourself over it.
What is wrong with you?
Why do you speak when you don't have anything nice (or at least senseful) to say?
had to come back and rewatch this episode because i recently was able to travel to derby and see the gold coin in the derby museum archaeology exhibit (i didn't even know it was there, so i was flabbergasted!). an amazing find and still probably one of my favourite episodes
Wish I could give this 100 thumbs-ups. This episode was so exciting.🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
I love how they overlaid the historic image and the modern scenery 36:36. It made it so much easier to visualize what it would have looked like.
If you find a small chest full of gold coins.. it's mine, I dropped it ages ago ❤👍🤣
I'm so very glad the folks in the UK treasure their history!
Tony... Tony... you have given us more than you realize by being the informal host for these many years. I hope you are the last to be among those struggling to reach final days in good care and shelter among friends and family. \Same goes to the primary members.
That coin is a beauty!
I actually shouted "holy $#!@" when I saw the size of that coin. Lol. Absolutely incredible. You could have a group of 100 detectorists who have all been metal detecting for 60 years each, with none of them ever finding a gold coin of that size.
Thanks for sharing. I’ve been losing sleep wondering how you reacted.
@@Invictus13666 likely the same amount of sleep that I've lost while waiting for you to finally tell me how you feel about my reaction and comment.
Isn’t hard to “find” a coin when it’s a clear and obvious plant for viewer ratings... nobody else seems to notice how suspiciously clean and preserved it is for having supposedly been picked out of a pile of dirt that was disturbed fir the first time in a couple thousand years... also you don’t see it get “discovered” all you see is some guy (odds are an actor since most of the people on this show who do any talking or commentating (like tony) are lifelong paid actors) holding it in his hand which is “shaking from excitement” which isn’t hard too fake because anyone can shake their hand
They do turn up occasionally but you are right in that only a small percentage of detectorists will ever find one. I have found 16 hammered silver and copper coins and jettons; discovering those has given me great pleasure. If I never find a noble I won't die a disappointed man but of course, we all want one!
@@richardgrace4500 the coin wasn't in the ground for a couple of thousand years, it was from the 13th century. And gold is bloody easy to clean up.
I like Phil’s accent. The way he says water😂 could I please pay him to tell me bed time stories.
"Phil,That doesn't look like your usual trench ,are you burying a dog?"😂
Baldrick measuring 9 metres with his little legs 😂
The enthusiasm is palpable . That combined with the wonderful British history and accents makes this HIGHLY enjoyable to watch !! Magnificent!!
Raksha has the most infectious laughter. Bless her
that coin is amazing, such detail, many worth, so gold!
that gold coin is in AMAZING condition, and its so thin, its hard to believe it didnt get bent when the excavator dug it out.
Gold's ability to survive in the soil is remarkable. I've been lucky enough to find three gold objects detecting, and they've all been in amazing condition.
I’ve been watching time team since the beginning and I’ve been watching all these older episodes and I have to say I’ve always wondered how did you guys hold on to your good humor with all that rain, cold and mud … God bless you all!! I enjoy watching all of them again !! And of course that Gold payoff is just incredible!! I guess that’s what makes it all worth it! Thanks for the years of entertainment !
Are you burying a dog? Only Tony.
I've always enjoyed Time Team and I'd love to see it back on our screens.
I learned something from watching this today, and that was what 'wainscotting' is. Its a word/term that has puzzled me since childhood, when I encountered it in a book about various mysterious things. As well as introducing me to such things as the Cottingley fairies and the Flying Dutchman, it also had a section on apparitions, including an anecdote about a strange cylindrical blue- white object that seized hold of a woman whilst she, her husband and an unspecified number of companions were sat at dinner. Naturally the husband leapt to his wife's defense, snatching up a chair and lashing out at the mysterious thing, only to have the chair pass right through and strike the 'wainscotting' behind. For forty odd years, I'd assumed this odd word was simply an old synonym for skirting boards: this taught me that it's a system of full-wall wood panelling, and makes a great deal more sense of that very strange tale!
A schot is a wall-like structure in Dutch, a board perhaps. Divider.
Here in the South of the US, we use a lot of wainscotting. Even the term is normal here. I had a friend from up North that had no idea what I was talking about so it must not be as common as I would have thought.
@@Sweetyhide
Well, yankees, sheesh.
@@Sweetyhide im from Illinois and can say wainscoting is very normal and still quite popular here.
So you managed to live to the age of 65ish (based on picture) without bothering to...read a book? Disgustingly ignorant.
Everyone's talking about the gold coin, but they've already had the golden boy in Phil the whole time!
Would love to accompany these guys on one of these historical sites. Just look at all that gorgeous top soil and how deep it runs. No wonder why the Brits have lovely green gardens. I’ve UK 🇬🇧 blood 🩸 on both sides of my family and dang proud of it. We’re an industrious lot. Crack on!!!!
There’s plenty of bad soil and bad gardens in the U.K. Jesus. Moron.
My daughters are descendants of both the de Grey and la Zouche families. Seeing where they lived is fantastic.
Same..
I really miss Mick Aston ☹️ Seeing this reminded me how much.
Just because the plagiarizing professor wasn’t in one episode you get all weepy? Dying was his greatest accomplishment. At least he actually did that.
@@Invictus13666 jesus christ lol
@@Invictus13666 fingers crossed for you next🤞🏻🤞🏻
@@RyanKeane9 me too bro, me too.
@@Invictus13666Sort of true though.
Tonys a Real Trooper .... Climbing through all of these torn up places Whilst Pregnant ..
🤣🤣😂
He's showing more than Helen!
One of the best episodes! Exciting and ever more informative!
This episode has been posted by others. The first time I watched this one of the comments was by the daughter of the dectectorist who found the gold coin. One of the best episodes of many great ones.
My favourite guy is Phil
Harding and Tony Robinson and Brigid 👍😎
Brilliant. ❤ Time Team always puts a smile on my face.
I absolutely love how everyone looks and speaks like a nerd. It's why I love it, and find it so nice to feel cosey to while watching on a rainy night
That's a good'n, why I loved this show, you would never find this camaraderie on other TV shows.
Being an old Oregonian from the USA, I started watching TT during the first COVID shutdown. I have now seen all the shows available on UA-cam. I really do think I missed a really good time with my family waiting and watching every Sunday night like I had in the early 1960's with Mutual of Omahas wild kingdom, follow by Walt Disney's show.
Oh well
Marlin Perkins
It's called time team not tt
Cannot get enough of Time team ,, Love you folks
absolute classic episode GOLD IN THE MOAT!
my fav,,,the stonework is incredible...well done all
There's so much going on here, my ADHD is off the charts. Literally had to watch this episode in two sittings because I was getting so anxious at how much was going on with all the multiple permutations of this castle. When the gold coin showed up I was like "right. Time for an extra adderall dose!"
paul is such a likeable guy
Many people have commented on what a wonderful person Raksha seems to be. She' a darling - personable, witty, and obviously smart..
I agree, she's a sweetie! I've had a crush on Faye ever since she came to Time Team. They both are beautiful, intelligent, and very hard workers.It doesn't get much better than that!
@@davidwdorr6636 way to hijack a comment to talk about the dumbass blonde girl the producers tried so hard to make one of the main characters-but she was so incompetent she couldn’t manage even that.
Raksha Davy will not be appearing in the new series, her new position does not allow her to go on these digs, she is now President of Archeology Society.
In 1415, one of my Grandfathers, Walter Hungerford, was recognized by King Henry, depicted on the coin, at the Battle of Agincourt.
Even without the gold coin find, this is one of the best episodes in my opinion
The best episode I've seen yet! Thanks to all and definitely more Time Team please, please!
Amazing episode. the reaction to the gold coin was magical. I love these classic episodes, and Tony is a legend. We are terrible in this country for under valuing our wonderful history and heritage. Im so proud to be English when I learn about our history.
I'm sure someone was angry about losing that coin! It's beautiful, wow what a find.
Great episode! good to see the constructional history of something going back so far brought to light.
Wow what a great dig Now that brought me back in time Fantastic. With the draw bridge and a great hall just incredible. And best of all is the gold coin.
Loved this program watching it with my dad. Such a shame it got cancelled.
It is now back on UA-cam, crowd sourced episodes. Had some new people and new hosts, but Tony has come back recently.
Living the dream. Just to be around an ancient castle much less digging up history around it. Incredible. Fascinating.
This was a great episode!!! Amazing finds! And amazing detective work!
What a find that gold coin is.
3:50
Couldn't give ole Phil a chainsaw could ya lol
That Coin is Stunningly Beautiful. Amazing Find
Helen,Raksha,& Bridgid are the Charlie's Angel's of Time Team??
2 of them aren’t even female.
Well done. It's a wondrous thing to discover what you were not really looking for.
I adore how Time Team is packed with archeological content from the first minute! Time Team's cinemagraphic secret is the journey it takes us on. Time Team's charm is the passion and personalities of the people involved. Time Team is archeological documentary done right!
4 sentences, all using ‘time team’. Fascinating.
I love Time Team! Every time I watch it, I remember friends of mine who were doing postgraduate work in the 1960s at Birmingham University, Edgbaston with a group of others, one of whom was Mick Aston! He hasn't changed (much)
A very interesting episode.
One find after another.
With a gold coin on top.
Great dig and finds. You explained it very nicely.
love love this show! i was just as excited about that gold coin! I wanted to pop into the old moat and start digging.
I have a feeling that the person that dropped that noble coin was more than a bit peeved. Wonder if they sent a serf into the moat waters to find it?
Lol, the serf tasted the water when he found the coin and hid it again saying "what coin?", Then later he couldn't find where he'd hid it.
May well have tossed it there on purpose, throwing coins into water for luck/wishes etc is a common superstition. Throwing a gold coin to show off is the ultimate move.
Why do people always refer to me as a serf? I kindly offered to retrieve said coin, and decided mid search that the lesson was worth the price
I've been lucky enough to find some lovely things when detecting and the thought about the person who lost each one does run through your mind. Perfect example, I found a lovely Victorian horseshoe sweetheart brooch; all that was wrong with it was, a broken pin (presumably it fell off the unsuspecting owner's jacket or coat). Imagine how distraught the poor woman would have been, losing such a precious item given to her with love - imagine having to tell your sweetheart that you lost it. There is of course a story behind so many of the things we find when detecting and it is one of the most fascinating aspects of the hobby. Incidentally, I had the brooch restored so it is ready to go again. I am single at the moment, but hoping to find someone I can give that to in the future.
My favorite episode!
It’s brilliant this, isn’t it?! So fantastic.
Love the series. Ainsworth is the man. Almost always spot on. Can't help noticing that all the female grad students dress the same way.
lovely to rewatch these on full screen thanks
Not only do i like this show, it is singlehandedly saving my algorithm.
Don't think I have seen a man anywhere so giddy as that metal detectorist.
Wow, what a find! Henry the V is a hero of mine. Amazing.
That was awesome, thank you so much for sharing I really enjoyed it
I love TT! Wouldn't it be great to sit down with that crew, have a pint and just listen to the stories!
I wished they had longer than 3 days! Dig it all up! I want to see it all! Lol
Time Team was a favourite back in the day! :)
This show is so wholesome
Results wise, the greatest Timeteam episode, i think
That gold coin is so beautiful, even if it wasn't gold it's still amazing
Faye "is" so great, so beautiful. Love these episodes with her wish there were more.