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Austrian Find of the Century: Celtic gold and silver from Bohemia

Austrian Find of the Century: Celtic gold and silver from Bohemia

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A unique treasure trove of Celtic gold and silver jewellery and coins has been discovered in Austria. The sensational find may have been deposited as an offering to the gods in the 1st century BC. The main artefact of the assemblage is a solid gold tusk necklace, as well as a gold bracelet, four ornate gold rings and silver Boeotian coins.
On Friday the 13th discovered an extremely rare gold pendant that is unparalleled

On Friday the 13th discovered an extremely rare gold pendant that is unparalleled

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Charlie Clarke had only been detecting for six months when he came across the find of a lifetime: he was surveying a field in Warwickshire and picked up a strong, fairly deep signal. As soon as he dug his spade into the ground, he said, he squealed like a little schoolgirl: "My voice sounded really quite high," the laughing Birmingham café owner described the moment he found an early-Tudor pendant with the royal initials.
Roman gold coins, jewellery, precious stones and other treasures of detectorists, an example of a working collaboration

Roman gold coins, jewellery, precious stones and other treasures of detectorists, an example of a working collaboration

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The Danish National Museum pays tribute to amateurs with metal detectors with a special exhibition. The curators praise a specific Danish law that obliges detectorists to report and hand over their discoveries to museums in exchange for a reward - a finder's fee: "When the first metal detectors appeared in the 1980s, some wise museum directors were astute enough toand knew we had to work with these people," says National Museum curator Line Bjerg.
Japan's largest circular mound hid the longest sword and mirror

Japan's largest circular mound hid the longest sword and mirror

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In the Tomio Maruyama burial mound from the second half of the 4th century. The largest iron sword ever found and the largest bronze mirror were discovered - objects unparalleled in the Japanese archaeological record. Archaeologists speak of finds of national significance.

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