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23.11.2010 Gold table worth £6.6 million

23.11.2010 Gold table worth £6.6 million

Viky
7715 3
On the streets of post-war Berlin, a Holocaust survivor traded a gold plate for a pack of cigarettes. It later turned out to be a rare artefact from a museum worth £6.6 million. But the woman's family can keep the item.
22.11.1932 Gold Celtic coins from Stary Kolin 22. 11. 1932

22.11.1932 Gold Celtic coins from Stary Kolin

Viky
10157 10
In the 1930s, a mass discovery of gold coins was made in the northern part of the Klejnárka River. Originally, they were in two bags, but they disintegrated over time. The treasure contained a total of 1.7 kilograms of gold.
Detector detected the largest hoard of counterfeit coins

Detector detected the largest hoard of counterfeit coins

Elmara
24547 2
The largest hoard of counterfeit coins to date was discovered by metal detectorist John McGimpsey (64) in a field in North Staffordshire. Specifically, it was 332 coins buried by a counterfeiter 220 years ago. The man from England only started searching with the detector during the covid pandemic.
Badger found Roman treasure

Badger found Roman treasure

GM4PRO
7289 4
Last year's storm Filomena near Grado in the Spanish region of Asturias produced heavy snow and freezing rain. Apparently at the time, a badger was searching a cave near its den in a desperate attempt to find food. While digging one of the holes, he came across the largest collection of Roman coins ever discovered in northern Spain.
21.11.2003 The steamer was carrying a golden treasure

21.11.2003 The steamer was carrying a golden treasure

Viky
29959 1
Twenty thousand twenty-dollar coins were carried by the paddle-wheel steamer Republic, which left New York on October 18, 1865. Two days later, however, a storm hit the ship and its cargo went down. The treasure was not recovered by underwater archaeologists until 2003.
Golden bracelet from Konopiště

Golden bracelet from Konopiště

cobasico
9866 4
I recently presented here through a brief article the discovery of 31 images, representingof art objects looted at the end of April 1945 by SS soldiers at Konopiště and the search for them. As I wrote last time, among the objects in the pictures there are several that were not stolen at that time and remained in the castle. One of them is a beautiful massive gold bracelet with a portrait miniature.
20.11.2017 Buckle from the first century

20.11.2017 Buckle from the first century

Viky
4063 2
A small but very rare depot was discovered four years ago by archaeologists in the Velké Meziříčí cadastre. They came across a metal clasp from the older Roman period. It was used to fasten clothes. The object is in the collection of the Museum of the Wallachia Region.
19.11.1980 Seuso Treasure 19. 11. 1980

19.11.1980 Seuso Treasure

Viky
5133 4
At the end of 1980, the corpse of archaeologist József Sümegh was discovered in a cellar on Köszár Hill, where he had committed suicide. He is said to have discovered about forty silver artefacts, including large wrought-iron bowls, jars and other decorated vessels. The so-called Seuso treasure was recovered by Hungary six years ago.

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