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Most Beautiful Metal Detector Find December 2025 - Qualification

The last qualification for the most beautiful find of the year 2025 comes a bit late

Incredible discovery in Norfolk: a complete Celtic carnyx and a boar's head banner

A legendary Celtic brass instrument has been discovered in Thetford, England: a complete iron lyre-shaped trumpet - the so-called carnyx. It is only the third find of this type in Britain and the best preserved and most complete in the world. A boar's head flag - the first of its kind in Britain - also lay beside the carnyx.

Evolution of Czech mammoths

Mammoths are often perceived by the public mainly through their last representative - the woolly mammoth. However, the real picture of their occurrence in Bohemia is much more varied and diverse than it seems at first sight.

One extra dot = triple the price. Detectorist finds unique Celtic coin from the Iron Age

The coin was discovered by a prospector with a metal detector near Lelley Hull in East Yorkshire. It is an extremely rare gold staters of the Corieltavi tribe, of the "Five-Pellet Domino" type, dating between 50-10 BC. It was auctioned on Thursday for three times the price of a regular four-pellet staters.

Ohře Valley 1813

Forgotten defensive line from 1813 in the Ohře valley. Professor Martin Gojda will present the story of the discovery of the field fortifications built against the armies of Emperor Napoleon and show how modern archaeology reads the traces of the Napoleonic Wars in today's landscape.

Pre-sale of the new line of detectors Minelab Vanquish 60 is here!

An educated guess is that the first metal detectors of the new series should be here on February 15. The article also includes the first videos introducing the V360 and V560 control menus.

Barbarians in East Bohemia

Who were the "barbarians" in East Bohemia? Archaeologist Jan Jílek, PhD will present the earliest history of the region through the eyes of archaeology, specific findings and the context that shaped the local landscape long before the arrival of the Slavs.

Archaeologist with metal detector finds early medieval gold ring with stone

The ring, dating from the 9th to 11th centuries, was discovered by archaeologist Linda Åsheim of the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) using a metal detector while supervising a drainage excavation in the historic core of Tønsberg, Norway. It lay at a depth of only 7 cm and was completely intact, in its original context. The discovery is exceptional in the Norwegian context.

The most beautiful metal detector find November 2025

The month flew by and the 12 most beautiful finds made it to the November finals.

A 13-year-old boy discovered a very rare 700-year-old sword pommel with inscriptions

Schoolboy Lucas Cunliffe from Newton Aycliffe in County Durham has discovered the unique decorated hilt end of a medieval sword using a metal detector . It bears a devotional inscription, crosses and other engravings. Experts have tentatively dated it to the 13th century. It is an extremely rare find - there are only six other similar examples in the whole of Britain.