Treasure
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A bulldozer driver levelling a recreation ground for a hockey pitch unearthed a hoard of 3,339 Roman coins.The coins, mainly of silver, include depictions of an elephant and a hippopotamus, animals which must have seemed exotic monsters to the Romano Britons through whose hands they passed. read more Digger driver unearths 3,300 Roman coins reversing…
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A man in England went exploring with a metal detector and made the discovery of a lifetime: an exquisitely preserved Roman-era grave filled with artifacts, including bronze jugs, mosaic glassware, coins and hobnails from a pair of shoes, all dating to about A.D. 200. read more: Man With Metal Detector Finds Roman-Era Grave : Discovery…
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Henry Westphal is tired. It’s July 4, 1999, a Sunday. He and a friend are climbing the Mittelberg or “Central Hill,” a small mountain near Nebra, in central Germany. Both men know of ancient ruins located here. Equipped with two metal detectors, they hope to find something of value. read more: The Amazing Sky Calendar…
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A TRAIN thought to be packed with treasure looted by the Nazis could be just one of three hidden in secret tunnels in Poland, experts said last night. read more: REVEALED: The tunnels that may hide 3 Nazi trains full of looted treasure | History | News | Daily Express
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To the folks at UFO Sightings Daily, NASA’s archive of Mars images from its Curiosity rover is better than a candy shop. Every visit yields a new treat.”Alien critter found on Mars, gazing at rover,” reads the headline on a post published on Monday. If you squint at the accompanying image, which is so zoomed-in…
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The mystery of King John’s treasure – lost somewhere in the Wash in 1216 while travelling to Swineshead is being examined in a new book.’The Lost Treasure of King John’ by Richard Waters chronicles the mystery with new up-to-date research. read more Book aims to shed light on mystery of King John’s treasure – Boston…
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A hoard of Anglo Saxon coins worth over £1 million has been discovered by metal detectorists on a Christmas dig.The massive hoard of more than 5,000 silver coins was found on Sunday, December 21, at an end-of-year rally on farmland near Lenborough. read more Silver coins worth £1m found on farm – Buckingham Advertiser.
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Hundreds of ancient coins and ancient artifacts were found at a suspected antiquities thief’s house in Beit Shemesh last week after the man was caught in the act at a nearby archaeological site, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. read more Antiquities thief busted with over 800 ancient coins | The Times of Israel.
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A coin minted more than 1100 years ago and uncovered in a field near Mildenhall has been declared treasure at an inquest.The silver penny from the reign of Edmund when he was king of East Anglia was found in December by a man using a metal detector with the permission of the landowner, the inquest…
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The mystery surrounding the contents of a Viking pot has been solved after researchers carried out a CT scan on the ancient artefact.Archaeologists had been unable to open the pot to see what was inside, but its weight suggested it was full of treasure. read more CT scans of treasure chest reveal hidden brooches, gold…
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A hoard of 22,000 Roman coins has been unearthed on land near Seaton in East Devon.The “Seaton Down Hoard” of copper-alloy Roman coins is one of the largest and best preserved 4th Century collections to have ever been found in Britain. read more Treasure hunter discovers hoard of 22,000 Roman coins | Western Gazette.
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In 1988, treasure hunter Tommy Thompson uncovered tens of millions of dollars of gold from the shipwreck of the S.S. Central America sunk deep off the coast of South Carolina. He has since become a fugitive, disappearing with millions of dollars owed to his investors. The “ship of gold” that Thompson found is currently being…
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A gold medieval ring found by a Stockton businessman has been confirmed to be treasure.Ian Bisset, 59, from Fairfield, was metal detecting on cultivated land at Red Hall Farm, next to Castlelevington, when he got a sharp signal from his detector.He started digging down through the soil and when he reached around six inches deep,…
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When it was minted 350 years ago, there wouldn’t have been much change from a slap-up meal and a few of pints of ale.Today the silver threepenny coin that amateur treasure-hunter John Stoner dug up in a farmer’s field would probably buy the entire farm. read more Minted! Dug up in a Midlands field, a…
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A PRICELESS collection of Roman bling, buried to protect it from Britain’s warrior queen Boudicca, has been found under a busy High Street. read more Priceless Roman artefacts that escaped Boudicca found by archaeologists in Colchester | UK | News | Daily Express.
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Time to channel your inner Jack Sparrow. Buried treasures aren’t just pirate myths. While there are a few legendary pirate booties still allegedly floating around, troves of valuable items still await claim. read more 7 Mysterious Treasures the World Is Still Looking For.
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As I tend to watch movies for a living, periodically I am faced with potential career choices that might be more lucrative for me. A stint aboard a space mining freighter for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation is a bit too futuristic for me, and I’ve missed the boat for enrolling in med school or law school.…
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Archaeologists are aiming to remove and clean up to 500 coins a week for the next three years from a hoard found encased in mud, Jersey Heritage says. read more BBC News – Jersey hoard experts aim for 500 coins a week over three years.
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Stolen artefacts and shipwrecks filled with gold and silver, and a priceless gift stolen by the Nazis all top the list of dream finds for Indiana Jones wannabes. read more The world’s most hunted lost treasures | Herald Sun.
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Climber Daniel Roche finds necklaces, bracelets, pendants from an Air India Boeing 707 that crashed in 1966 with 117 people on board, saying the gems looked as though they had been “placed there the previous day” read more French treasure hunter finds 50 pieces of jewellery on Mont Blanc from Air India crash 48 years…
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A 23-year-old man who unearthed treasure worth up to €575,000 with a metal detector is facing embezzlement charges after trying to claim his windfall as his own. read more Treasure hunter facing jail time over golden find – The Local.
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When a Normandy homeowner told the workmen extending her property to “let me know if you find any treasure”, she was only joking.The three builders, however, had a secret. Unbeknown to their employer, who lives in the Eure department, they had indeed found a cache of gold ingots and coins buried in her garden ……
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A sleepy village in Lincolnshire has been thrust into the limelight after a £12,000 diamond fell from space into the parish.London jeweller 77 Diamonds attached a cushion cut diamond to a helium balloon and launched it into the skies from a field in Derbyshire. read more Treasure hunters scramble to find £12,000 diamond dropped from…
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A father and son found eight late Roman coins – which archaeologists believe came from a hoard near Mildenhall – an inquest has heard. read more Coins discovered by father and son are latest from Mildenhall treasure hoard | Newmarket Weekly News | Newmarket Jobs, Sports & Newmarket Property | Cambridge News.
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Experts say the pre-Bronze Age ornament is one of the most significant recent archaeological finds ever discovered in the UK. Mini-archaeologists Joseph and Aidan Bell and their friends Luca and Sebastian Alderson were taking part in a community excavation at Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, when they saw a glint of gold in the soil. read more Expensive…