Treasure
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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 will offer at auction June 3 in Los Angeles the Champagne Lanson Bonnet Vineyard Collection of 497 Coronet and Saint-Gaudens gold $20 double eagles, bearing dates between 1851 and 1928.…
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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 dollars.Related New stop signs planned for site of… Murder for hire plotter gets new trial 2 women sought in jewelry store thefts Suspected meth lab busted on the… Former Riviera…
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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 Exploration NYSE: OMEX continues its search of the SS Central America shipwreck site. via More Sunken Treasure Recovered; 13,500 Gold, Silver Coins Found At 1857 Shipwreck.
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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 while scouring a field on the outskirts of his home town, Aldridge, near Walsall. And the 50-year-old almost threw away his “once in a lifetime” find, believing it to be…
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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 a Lombardic inscription, was used to emboss a wax letter seal.The seal, found in the area of Saxmundham, Suffolk, was declared treasure at an inquest in Lowestoft. read more BBC…
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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 than 2,000 years.A precious hoard of Roman and Late Iron Age coins has been found in Reynard’s Cave, Dovedale – the first time coins from the two separate civilisations have…
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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 Museum on July 21.The display of has possible by a significant grant from the Art Fund, supported by The Headley Trust, through their Treasure Plus funding programme. read more Gold…
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Cork antiquarian and businessman Robert Day – the founder of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society – assembled one of the largest private collections of art, archaeology, weaponry and ancient gold Ireland has ever seen. read more Ireland’s ancient treasure and the man who found it | The Cork News.
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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 Deputy director of excavations Justin Blake, left, with Marcel Albert, who uncovered the rare coinIt is the first gold coin to be found at the Roman fort site of Vindolanda…
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“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 absconding with the bloody knife, cleaning it and then putting it in a private collection would seriously compromise the case. But this is what happens when looters descend on an…
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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. On April 22, 2014, Paul Uniacke had started to explore a field near Revninge with his metal detector – several items had already been recovered when to his astonishment a…
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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, who recently found dozens of ancient silver Roman coins at a site in his own neighbourhood, has now uncovered a 16th century Tudor ring. read more Tudor ring is the…
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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 go on public display in a tale of life in northern France and the Channel Islands, covering the Roman occupation of Gaul and featuring a Roman chariot burial from Normandy.…
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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 weekend, sparking a local, frenzied rush to dig up the treasure. read more Golden treasure hoard found in Phatthalung | Bangkok Post: news.
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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” will be Mr Spohr’s metal detector homing in on something ancient and precious hidden beneath the soil. Unfortunately, like most treasure-hunters, he spends a lot of time digging up old…
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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 and a never-seen-before silver neck ring and neck collar – will go on public display at the Yorkshire Museum after being bought for £52,000 following a successful fundraising campaign. read…
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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 the dirt, not knowing if you’ll find a tin can, or something a little more interesting. Now imagine discovering that ping was set off by a treasure from the 7th…
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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 land kept it on a shelf for over 50 years until his son decided to find out its previous history. Consultation with a specialist at Woolley and Wallis Salerooms in…
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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 The Battle of Little Bighorn. According to some historians, Captain Grant Marsh was making his way on the steamboat “Far West” to provide General Custer with reinforcements and supplies. read…
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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 – have attracted the interest of experts at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery after being declared as treasure. read more Treasure find sparks hopes of new Staffordshire Hoard | Stoke…
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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 10 more Viking hoards that have been discovered during the last 10 years, which you probably have not heard about. read more Viking Hoards — Ten Viking Hoard Finds You…
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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 site last month.The wreck was discovered in 1988 and the Florida-based company said during the dive, gold bars and other artifacts were clearly visible on the surface of the shipwreck…
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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 not been kept in the church since 1969. The ruling has wide implications for many Anglican churches with treasures that cannot remain on show, often for reasons of security. read…
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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 ploughed field in the Danish island of Bornholm earlier in April. read more: The Archaeology News Network: Metal detectorists unearth Viking gold.
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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 of ancient silver Roman coins at a site in Riddlesden.They are all more than 1,700 years old and date from the time of Roman emperors such as Hadrian, Trajan and…