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Gold panning on the Otava River

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A detective found a treasure trove of bronze axes and spears

A set of twenty artefacts found by a metal detector near the village of Llanddeusant in Carmarthenshire dates from 1000 - 800 BC. It contains 20 artefacts - including three types of bronze axe, a broken spear, etc. It was declared a treasure late last month by Paul Bennett, chief coroner for Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.

30. 4. 2012

30.4.2012 Archaeologists pulled hundreds of finds from the mud

Archaeologists were very pleased with the findings in the Old Town Pond in Telč. Hundreds of objects, including coins, were pulled out of the mud. In the past, there were roads leading through the pond's bottom, and people lost not only coins but also rings there.

29. 4. 1811

29.4.1811 Roman treasure from Backworth

In 1811, a Roman treasure was found near Hadrian's Wall. He read several gold and silver artifacts such as jewelry or a pan. But in addition, 280 coins that had mysteriously disappeared.

Detectorists repeatedly find Roman gold coins, more to come in the field

The 2,000-year-old treasure was deposited before the Roman invasion of Britain. The coins have been ploughed up and moved from their original site near Norwich over the centuries, and have been found repeatedly by various detectorists in recent years. They were the finest coins of their day, and were even made into jewellery. Today they are very rare...

28. 4. 2000

28.4.2000 Hallaton Treasure - 5000 coins and a beautiful military helmet

In the year 2000, the village of Hallaton in Leicestershire made a significant contribution to the history of Great Britain. There, prospector and metal detectorist Ken Wallace discovered Britain's largest Iron Age depot. The hoard included 5,000 coins and a gold-plated military helmet.

He discovered a cache of Viking silver coins in a field

The Finnish metal detectorist Oskari Heikkilä was very happy to discover Viking silver coins in the field. There were a total of twelve pieces, some of them apparently used as jewellery. They date back to the 10th century.

The search for Nazi gold

It is said that Adolf Hitler ordered his henchmen to smuggle looted gold and art treasures out of Germany in submarines. Treasure hunter Roger Miklos has claimed to have discovered one in the past. But he died four years ago, and now other treasure hunters are trying to decipher his legacy.

27. 4. 2017

27.4.2017 Forest traded for a castle ruin

Miroslav Šuhaj from Žďár nad Sázavou fulfilled his long-time dream. Even as a young boy he dreamed of having a castle. Five years ago he succeeded. He traded the forest for the ruins of Chrenovice Castle near Ledec nad Sázavou.

26. 4. 2012

26.4.2012 The largest gold nugget in Britain

Ten years ago, then 60-year-old Vincent Thurkettle discovered a gold nugget about the size of a small hen's egg on the seabed near Moelfre. It probably came from a Royal Charter ship that sank in a hurricane in 1859.