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Search in the sea, this time Sardinia!!

Last July I spent my holiday in Calabria in the south of Italy, and I must say I was quite successful. Five gold rings was my record from the sea, which will be hard to beat...

Rare metal detector find in Peenemünde

When I was planning a holiday with my family by the Baltic Sea, I was worried about leaving my beloved locations in the Czech Republic, where my favourite farmer was ploughing pretty deep...

FESTIVAL GERMANIA SUBACTA | 30.-31. 8. 2024

The fifth edition of the Roman-Barbarian festival GERMANIA SUBACTA is coming!

A Bronze Age axe has been discovered in the sea off the Norwegian coast

A Bronze Age axe was discovered on the seabed off Arendal in south-eastern Norway at a depth of 12 metres. According to the specific hollow shape, it is specifically from the Middle Bronze Age and dates back to approximately 1100 BC. This is the first prehistoric metal artefact discovered in Norwegian waters and possibly the first evidence of a shipwreck from this period...

The most beautiful metal detector find of June 2024

The June finals are here and there are 12 finalists. Even though this month is usually weaker for finds, as the fields turn golden and are not accessible, there were still many beautiful finds.

The beauty of old iron - special competition of History Hunters

Iron has been with us since prehistoric times and the first objects made from meteoric iron can be dated back to 5000 BC. The actual discovery of its production may have been made by accident during the reduction of copper inMesopotamia, it is possible that the first iron droplets processed by humans were in the world as early as 4500 BC.AD.

The history of the ancient Olympics: honour, glory, wealth vs politics, bribes and fraud

The ancient Olympic Games were one of the competitions between representatives of city-states. From the beginning, they were a political tool to assert dominance over others. The results were often manipulated. At various times, some city states refused to participate and exerted political pressure to promote their own interests, while others were excluded from the Games. The history of the Olympics is full of controversy and myth, in many ways no different from that of modern...

The oldest Christian artifact in Bulgaria and the first with the name of Christ

A silver amulet from the second half of the 2nd century or the beginning of the 3rd century was discovered in the grave of a young man at the site of the Bulgarian archaeological park Deultum-Debelt. It contains the first mention of Christ, the first sign of the cross and the first mentions of the archangels Gabriel and Michael. It is the oldest Christian amulet discovered on the territory of Bulgaria...

British government to allocate 7.5 million to Celtic coin hoard research and public engagement

The Le Catillon II treasure was discovered in 2012 by two detectorist friends, Reg Mead and Richard Mile, after searching for it for over thirty years. The coin depot, dating from around 40 BC, was eventually discovered in a field in east Jersey at a depth of just over 1m. The Crown later sold it to the Jersey Government and at the same time pledged financial support for its research and education...

A team of archaeologists and detectorists have discovered missing parts of a bucket from the ship's most famous burial

During a detector search and excavation, a team of archaeologists, conservators and volunteers from the popularTV show Time Team, the British National Trust and FAS Heritage, missing parts of a 1,500-year-old copper bucket from the famous Sutton Hoo ship burial.