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Taking up a vein with a metal detector Minelab Gold Monster 2000

A few days ago Petr was testing the Gold Monster 2000 with a colleague. You can see how such a pre-purchase test from an extremely experienced gold miner looks like on the video.

Find of the century: detectorist on sick leave goes for a walk, discovers 1,500-year-old gold treasure

While testing a new metal detector, Erlend Bore discovered an extraordinary set of gold objects on the island of Rennesøy near Stavanger: nine bractate pendants, three rings and ten beads. Experts at the Archaeological Museum of the University of Stavanger immediately hailed it as the find of the century.

Competition for a Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope

ZWO has launched an exciting international competition for all astrophotography fans - the Seestar S30 Pro Post-Processing Challenge. It's not about shooting in the field, but about creative processing of raw astronomical data. And the prize? The latest model of the Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope .

The most beautiful metal detector find December 2025

The last round of our regular 2025 competition is here, and at the end of the month we'll round up the 12 finalists who will compete for the Minelab Manticore metal detector in February.

A unique hollow cross with a preserved relic was discovered in ancient Lystra

Archaeologists in central Turkey have discovered an extraordinary artefact: a sealed and still unopened bronze reliquary cross from the 9th-11th centuries with its original contents. The discovery was made during a systematic excavation of an early medieval church in the ancient city of Lystra in today's Konya province. To avoid damaging its contents, experts have so far only cautiously peered inside...

He bought a fake and passed it off as an archaeological find to enrich himself. Now he's been convicted

Jason Price was due to discover a beautiful 1st-4th century Roman horse brooch in a field near Leasingham in 2019. After being taken by archaeologists it was valued by the coroner, and Price later collected about £140,000 from the museum. In fact, it was a fake, which he even repeated four times.

Incredible coincidence, a detectorist found a Slavic cross that matches the form discovered in 1983

A small bronze pendant in the shape of a cross in a ring from the 10th century was found by a metal detector on the outskirts of West Havelland near Berlin. Its significance is quite extraordinary: it was cast in a mould that was discovered elsewhere 43 years ago. The unique combination of mould and product is quite extraordinary in archaeology.

Unprecedented Roman figurine of a feline beast and a barbarian with a severed head

A detectorist in Harlow, England, has discovered a Roman sculpture of a cat-like beast dating from the 1st to 2nd centuries. It was originally part of a harness. It's the only one of its kind ever discovered in Britain. It has now been declared a treasure.

Manual for Metal Detectors Minelab Vanquish Series 60

For those who have already pre-ordered or are simply interested, the manual for the Minelab Vanquish 560 and 460 metal detectors is now available.

While working in the field, they ploughed up a 17th century silver treasure

Farmers in Poland made an extraordinary discovery during last year's agricultural work. In their own field, they came across a collection of silver coins, small jewellery and other artefacts from the 17th century.