Greetings to all treasure hunters! I found the Celtic Staters at the end of January. If you read this article to the end, you may understand why I turned in the staters and admitted to finding them with a detector. I think sticking to the Treasure Hunter's Ten Commandments has always been my credo in detecting. The whole thing was actually triggered by a lecture on gold jewellery found near Mšeč and Řevničov given by the archaeologist Katerina Blažková with whom I have long worked.
Teknetics has added a new device to its range of detectors, designed for beginners and intermediate searchers, the Teknetics Liberator. It is a richly equipped and 2D coil detector, which was priced close to ten thousand CZK, but now thanks to special prices from Teknetics it will be sold for 6 490 CZK including VAT!
The Polish detector group Świętokrzyska Grupa Eksploracyjna has discovered several hoards of silver and gold coins associated with the infamous "adventurer", false prophet and robber Antoni Jaczewski, who made his fortune on the superstition of people seeking a cure during a plague epidemic..
The third year of the Living History festival focuses on the culture of the first centuries AD in Bohemia and popularises the Germanic tribe of the Marcomanni, whose homeland is believed to be in Bohemia.