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The most beautiful find of September 2023 - qualification

The qualification for the most beautiful find of September is here!

DIVORCED MEZE - 70 years since the end of the first stage of collectivisation

A few days ago I was driving between Oslov and Vlastec in South Bohemia and my attention was drawn to a Stalinec crawler bulldozer standing by the roadside in a field. Looking behind it at the wide ploughed fields, the idea for an article on this topic flashed through my mind. My ancestors were farmers, my grandfather was a farmer and we still own a nice few acres of fields and meadows. Therefore, this topic is somehow close to my heart even though the consequences of this action were fatal.The ploughing up of meadows and copses is nowadays often associated with landscape ecology, and this intervention in the Czech landscape was clearly a serious intervention and it changed and irreversibly damaged the Czech landscape.

Detectorist finds two 1,800-year-old Roman cavalry swords

Glenn Manning discovered two Roman Spatha swords using a metal detector. They were in use in Britain from about the middle of the 2nd to the end of the 3rd century. The swords and their accessories were stored in their wooden scabbards, a small part of which survives. Experts are talking about an unprecedented find...

The most beautiful metal detector find of August 2023 - final

This time the 12th best were in the August finals!

Amateur diver discovers what is believed to be the oldest cannon in Europe

A cannon from the 14th century was discovered in the sea off the west coast of Sweden. According to an international research team led by maritime archaeologist Staffan von Arbin from the University of Gothenburg, it is probably the oldest ship's cannon in Europe. It provides an insight into the early period of naval weaponry and takes the history of this type of gun forward by at least a century.

Thursday 28 September and Friday 29 September 2023 will be closed for operational reasons

We apologize to all our customers, but the Lovcepokladu.cz headquarters in Jílové u Prahy will be closed on Thursday 28 September and Friday 29 September 2023 for operational reasons.

Waterworks worker discovers beautiful golden neckpieces from the Iron Age

In Cavandia, northwestern Spain, an inspecting waterman found gold neckpieces dating from the 5th to 2nd centuries BC. They are characterised by their high quality and variety of goldsmithing techniques and decorative motifs. It is the most important necklace find in Asturias and one of the most important discoveries of Iron Age Spain.

Thunderstreak

The Iron Curtain has fallen. The Czechoslovakians rejoiced in their newfound freedom and I was finally able to dig up another American plane. This time a jet fighter bomber!

He found a unique Celtic iris, refused to sell it

Detectorist Michael Schwaiger discovered a Celtic gold coin with a star pattern in the middle in a cornfield on the banks of the Lech River near Denklingen, Bavaria. Only three other irises marked in this way are known, and this is the first and so far the only one with a verified discovery site.

Roman siege camp under the fortress of Ulaka

The last archaeological research of our Slovenian internship took place near Lake Cerknica in the south-west of the country. One of the two Roman siege camps, located 300 m northwest of the fort itself, was investigated.