Metal detectors and treasure hunting

14. 4. 2018 Viking treasure from the 10th century

Brooches, a necklace, hundreds of coins, but also a piece of jewelry resembling Thor's hammer. All this was contained in a tenth-century treasure from which a pair of seekers with metal detectors rejoiced three years ago. They found beautiful objects on the German island of Rügen.

13. 4. 2021

13. 4. 2011 Slavonic burial ground near the Blanka tunnel

An important Slavic burial ground was discovered by archaeologists ten years ago during the construction of the Blanka tunnel in Prague. There were dozens of graves in which, in addition to human remains, there were also jewelry. According to the first information, the remains belonged to people who lived at Prague Castle or its forecourt.

Extremely rare golden medieval seal declared a treasure

Last June, a metal detector near King's Lynn found a unique medieval seal with an engraving of an elephant carrying a "war tower" on its back. It is only the third golden seal that the British PAS (Portable Antiquities Scheme) has ever recorded and at the same time the first with an depicted elephant ...

The most beautiful find of March 2021 - final

The most beautiful findings of March are here.

12. 4. 2021

12. 4. 2017 Gold Celtic jewelry

Twenty thousand visitors a month were attracted to the museum by gold jewelry from the Iron Age, which was found by a finder with metal detectors in Great Britain. They discovered three necklaces and one bracelet, which experts say are 2,400 years old.

11. 4. 2014

11.4. 2014 Golden ring with Christian and pagan symbols

Seven years ago, a museum in Essex, England, exhibited a remarkable 1,400-year-old ring found by a finder with a metal detector. There are both Christian and pagan symbols on the jewelry.

10. 4. 2014

April 10, 2014 Goldfish from the 7th century

Barry Shannon is a passionate fisherman. However, he did not fish out his most valuable discovery from the pond, he found it in a field with a metal detector. It was a gold object from the seventh century, which resembles a fish.

Vědci zveřejnili princip tzv. „Mechanismu z Antikythéry“ – prvního počítače na světě

Výzkumní pracovníci Londýnské Univerzity zhotovili digitální model 2 150 let starého mechanického přístroje Antikythéra, nejstaršího známého počítače světa. V článku najdete dechberoucí záběry a podrobný popis principu fungování stroje, který předvídal s dokonalou přesností pohyby slunce, měsíce a všech pěti starověku známých planet.

9. 4. 2011

9. 4. 2011 Traktorista objevil zbytky Messerschmittu

Letecký poklad našel před deseti lety traktorista na Českobudějovicku. V Korosekách byla totiž na konci druhé světové války továrna. A traktorista narazil na úkryt se součástkami z legendárního Messerschmitu. 

March 8, 2008 A nine-year-old boy found 7,000 coins

An seven-year-old boy from the Swedish town of Lund found an incredible 7,000 medieval coins while he and his grandfather were looking for old cannonballs. He found a treasure from the thirteenth century. Its value was at least $ 250,000.