A workman at a French winery was stunned when he discovered nearly 500 U.S. gold coins while working on a renovation project at the winery.Bonhams […]
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Video captures treasure hunter’s big find
An underwater camera was rolling as a treasure hunter made a big discovery on the ocean floor that could be worth hundreds of thousands of […]
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More Sunken Treasure Recovered; 13,500 Gold, Silver Coins Found At 1857 Shipwreck
More than 13,500 gold and silver coins and “significant items of cultural heritage” have been recovered off the coast of South Carolina as Odyssey Marine […]
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Walsall treasure hunter almost threw away rare brooch because he thought it was ‘tat’
A metal detector enthusiast is celebrating after uncovering an extremely rare Roman brooch – just four months after taking-up the hobby.Craig Pulley found the jewellery […]
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‘Significant’ Suffolk seal find declared treasure
A silver seal matrix uncovered by a metal-detecting enthusiast is a “significant find”, experts have said.The oval-shaped item, featuring an engraved Roman gemstone mounted within […]
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Roman coin hoard discovered in a cave in Peak District
It’s a beauty spot which is something of a national treasure but a cave in the Peak District has been hiding actual treasure for more […]
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Gold treasure found in the ground to go on show at Royal Cornwall Museum
A new display of Cornwall’s treasures, including hoards of Roman gold and items from the Bronze Age will go on show at the Royal Cornwall […]
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Ireland’s ancient treasure and the man who found it
Cork antiquarian and businessman Robert Day – the founder of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society – assembled one of the largest private collections of […]
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Vindolanda dig unearths rare Roman gold coin
A rare gold coin bearing the image of Roman emperor Nero has been unearthed in Northumberland.Deputy director of excavations Justin Blake, left, with Marcel Albert […]
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Ancient Coins and Looting
“Let’s think of an ancient coin as a murder weapon. No one would disagree that going into a crime scene before the investigators arrive and […]
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Viking Age Revninge woman: an exceptional find
newly discovered female figurine amulet from Revninge in the east of Denmark represents a very interesting find due to her remarkably detailed Viking Age dress. […]
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Tudor ring is the latest find for Keighley treasure hunter From Bradford Telegraph and Argus
A Keighley charity fundraiser who only took up metal detecting as a hobby late last year has discovered another precious historical artefact.Riddlesden resident, Stephen Auker, […]
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Archaeologists put World’s largest hoard of Celtic coins on display at Jersey Museum
Two years after a pair of metal detectorists found the world’s largest collection of buried Celtic coins, the Le Catillon II hoard is about to […]
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Golden treasure hoard found in Phatthalung
The Fine Arts Department will take control of the field where an ancient hoard of buried gold was found in Phatthalung’s Khao Chaison district last […]
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‘As a treasure hunter, you dream of something like this happening’
In a rain-lashed field in deepest Dorset, treasure-hunter David Spohr yesterday moved to a familiar refrain: squelch… splosh… ping!The big hope is that the “ping” […]
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Viking and Anglo-Saxon rarities to stay in Yorkshire as museum buys “incredible” Bedale Hoard
Found by a metal detectorist on a little-known swathe of Viking Yorkshire in May 2012, the Bedale Hoard – including an inlaid gold sword pommel […]
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Amazing Discoveries of Anglo-Saxon Treasure
Imagine firing up your metal detector, waving it back and forth over the earth rhythmically. You hear the long-awaited ping, and begin to dig into […]
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Buried treasure in Wiltshire
A bottle that was dug up on a farm in Wiltshire has sold at auction for almost £8,000. The farmer who discovered it on his […]
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A lost treasure worth $375,000 is buried somewhere along this river
On June 26, 1876, Lt. Col. George A. Custer led 263 soldiers against several thousand Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. The Battle would be known as […]
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Treasure find sparks hopes of new Staffordshire Hoard | Stoke Sentinel
BURIED treasure uncovered by a pub landlord could go on display at Stoke-on-Trent’s main museum.The 10 valuable pennies – dating back roughly 900 years – […]
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Ten Viking Hoard Finds You Haven’t Heard About
The Silverdale hoard and the Vale of York hoard were discussed a lot both in the press and the blogs. However, there are at least […]
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Shipwreck hunter recovers first gold from what could be $80m find
Odyssey Marine Exploration NASDAQ CM:OMEX announced Monday that it recovered nearly 1,000 ounces gold from its first reconnaissance dive to the SS Central America shipwreck […]
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No flogging the church treasure
A Hampshire parish has been prevented by a court from selling off a “treasure” – a 500-year-old helmet with visor – even though it has […]
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Metal detectorists unearth Viking gold
After hours of searching through the mud with metal detectors, treasure hunters Frank Pelle and Bent Gregersen made the discovery of their lives on a […]
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Metal detector man’s Roman coins find
A charity fundraiser who recently took up metal detecting shrugged off his novice status to pull off a major archaeological discovery.Stephen Auker, 57, found dozens […]
