FLIGHTY TREASURE

 After  seeing  odd   items on   the British  Antiques Roadshow  being valued at  astronomical amounts, Little Darwin  is  seriously  considering   flying  the above   highly desirable ,  rare ,  rusty  artwork   , from  Darwin , to  London  in  the  hope  that  it  will  be  declared   worth  a  king's  ransom  , in  which case it will be flogged  off  presto, the  proceeds  lodged  in  a  Swiss  bank account . 

The  unique  object  was   apparently awarded  to the winner of  a  l985  car rally  which  involved the  Darwin Aero Club and  the Darwin Press Club.

It once had  pride of place in the Darwin garden of  the late journalist , Neil Dibbs . When Neil was a reporter in London he  used to  scour  the  banks of  the Thames  with  a  metal detector  looking  for valuable  Roman  and  British  coins. 

It was joking  said  that  he also went  looking for the weapon wielded  by Jack  the  Ripper . 

In  the Northern  Territory , where he became a  newspaper editor, ministerial press secretary and member of  the  influential  Friday Club,  he took part in  digs , that's him on the  right,  at  the old  mining  centre of  Pine Creek,  with a  display  of  Dutch case  gin  bottles  and   chinese  jars .

The scruffy person with him on the dig is believed to be a member of the Little  Darwin team .

(Plane , Darwin, Dibbs.)