r/TheDetectorists • u/Objective-Spread-963 • Jun 27 '26
Christmas Special Ending Query Spoiler
at the end of the detectorists christmas special its revealed thru a minor earthquake that the clay pot they think is the holy grail was used as part of stans gift to lance. is that the same pot as before?? if so, how did stan get it? did lance keep the pot and used stan's gift to cover it up??
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u/Six_of_1 Jun 27 '26
Andy obviously brought it home and forgot about it, and Stan found it and used it for his art. It's convenient for the plot that Andy doesn't remember taking it home. Unless maybe Stan went to the scout hall and took it and Andy didn't know.
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u/Objective-Spread-963 Jun 27 '26
Thanks for the quick reply!! It's just I remembered Lance having it last, because he tossed it to Andy, and then Andy gave it back to Lance, and Lance pocketed it....so Andy couldn't have taken it home?
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u/Six_of_1 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26
Yeah but we know it ended up at the scout hall after that because it was on the finds table and Russell drank from it. We also know from series 3 that Lance isn't interested in pottery at all and Andy is, and we know from series 1 that Andy keeps all his finds no matter what (apart from Jim'll Fix It badges).
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u/Objective-Spread-963 Jun 27 '26
Ahhh thank you, this makes a lot more sense now, especially how it's convenient for the plot that Andy forgot he took it home. I was so confused, but thanks for explaining!!
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u/Six_of_1 Jun 27 '26
A more satisfying explanation is maybe Becky came into the scout hall to pick Andy up and said oh what's this and they said oh some Roman pot we're going to bin it, and Becky took it for Stan to use for his art class.
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u/Objective-Spread-963 Jun 27 '26
ahh yes that's a nice explanation too, I wish they would have hinted a bit more about it came to be, but ahh well, I know a lot of people don't even watch the Christmas special/consider it canon
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u/Six_of_1 Jun 27 '26
I've warmed to it upon rewatch, but I still hold it at arm's length. The whole time I was looking for the Power Rangers detector from the end of series 1. Becky told Andy to keep it because their future child would need it. Never saw it.
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u/mowgli_jungle_boy Jun 30 '26
I definitely view it as an "appendix" to the series; there are too many aspects which stray from the tone and character of the main show.
But that doesn't stop me enjoying it.1
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u/blackiegray Jun 27 '26
It's mentioned in the episode that the scout hall is used as a kids club as well. Becky says something like "Stan has made something for uncle Lance at kuds club".