An Antiques Roadshow guest was left aghast by the value of a 中世 石/投石する 長,率いる she 設立する in her drain during Sunday's episode.
The BBC roadshow rolled in to the Ulster Folk Museum in Northern Ireland for the programme this week.
Valuer Adam Schoon was 現在のd with the large 石/投石する 長,率いる, which he 述べるd as 'fantastic', 特に when he learned the guest had つまずくd on the item by 事故.
She explained: 'I was digging up drains and I just so happened to dig 負かす/撃墜する and 攻撃する,衝突する 石/投石する, and I pulled him out and there he was,' 誘発するing 専門家 Adam to exclaim: 'Good grief!'
After きれいにする the 長,率いる, the guest wondered if it might once have been a garden ornament, but said: 'The more I cleaned him I thought, "No I am not sure.".'
An Antiques Roadshow guest (pictured) was left aghast by the value of a 中世 石/投石する 長,率いる she 設立する in her drain during Sunday's episode
Valuer Adam Schoon was 現在のd with the large 石/投石する 長,率いる, which he 述べるd as 'fantastic', 特に when he learned the guest had つまずくd on the item by 事故
Adam said the item's 注目する,もくろむs were 'very reminiscent of a Celtic style', 追加するing: 'I think to myself that here we are in Northern Ireland where the Celts 存在するd and 石/投石する 長,率いるs like this go 支援する literally over 2,000 years.'
'The style of this one, I think, is third century AD,' he said.
Adam said he lived in the North of England and told the guest 類似の 長,率いるs had been fo und の近くに to?Hadrian's 塀で囲む 以前, 示唆するing the piece could date 支援する to 1066.
He went on to value the item, 説 it could fetch £5,000 at auction, leaving the guest stunned.
It comes after a guest on BBC One's Antiques Roadshow was astonished to learn the enormous value of a centuries-old ピストル he brought in during last week's episode.?
He had not spent a 選び出す/独身 penny on the 'astounding' 陳列する,発揮する 武器, which was given to him by his stepfather who 'wasn't 利益/興味d' in what what meant to be a gift for him.
The show's 専門家 Robert Tilney was impressed by the gun's 'highest possible 質', 特に after learning it had been '乾燥した,日照りの 解雇する/砲火/射撃d' and broken in the past.
'This is a 最高の,を越す 質 贈呈 piece,' Mr Tilney 発言/述べるd, before 詳細(に述べる)ing that it was most likely from the 1770s or 1780s.
He went on to value the item, 説 it could fetch £5,000 at auction, leaving the guest stunned (Antiques Roadshow 専門家?Adam Schoon pictured)
He then took テレビ視聴者s through the gorgeously intricate design of gold and silver running 負かす/撃墜する the バーレル/樽 of the ピストル.
Beginning with the 二塁打-バーレル/樽d muzzle, which was embossed with a 'fabulous' burst of gold at the point from which the 武器 解雇する/砲火/射撃d.
The 専門家 continued: 'Here, gold chasing [running his finger に向かって the sight.
'The two cartouches are the Turin proof 示すs.?
'This is silver inlay work of the finest possible 質 - a superb lion mask here with gilt 一連の会議、交渉/完成する it.'
Mr Tilney then 公表する/暴露するd what he would 推定する/予想する to see such an item fetch at auction - a breathtaking £15,000 to £20,000.
At first, its owner could only 召集(する) a 'wow'.?
A guest on BBC One's Antiques Roadshow was astonished to learn the enormous value of a centuries-old Italian ピストル (pictured) he brought in during last week's episode
The 陳列する,発揮する 武器 was 時代遅れの around the 1770s and 1780s, and given a £15,000 to £20,000 valuation
The show's 専門家 Robert Tilney was impressed by the gun's 'highest possible 質', 特に after learning it had been '乾燥した,日照りの 解雇する/砲火/射撃d' and broken in the past
Mr Tilney ran 負かす/撃墜する the 'fabulous' designs embossed の上に the バーレル/樽 to two cartouches denoting that it (機の)カム from Turin, Italy, seen at the 底(に届く) of the image
'It's just a fabulous piece,' the 専門家 追加するd.?
'Not something that a small boy should have played with, but we'll 許す you - it's wonderful. Thanks so much for bringing it in.'
The owner had 述べるd how the Italian ピストル had been given to him when he was a 十代の少年少女, and it had since been through the wars - albeit only metaphorically.
His stepfathe r had been given the gun as a 現在の by a 商売/仕事 partner, but 'later on, he wasn't 利益/興味d, so I received it from him'.