Archaeology

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• Finds and rescue research in the Czech Republic 415
• Finds and rescue research abroad 605
• Archaeological reports 2
• Treasure Hunters and Archeo Treasure Hunters 2010 events 174
• Exhibitions 4
• Expeditions 0
• Archaeological finds submitted on LP 0
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Pot of 2,500-year-old gold coins discovered in Turkey

In the ancient city-state of Notion in Turkey, a wine vessel filled with gold coins of the "daric" type was discovered. They date from the 5th century BC and were probably minted in Sardis, about 100 km from the site of the discovery. This is the first ever hoard of gold coins in Asia Minor discovered in an archaeological context. It changes the view of the chronology of Persian coins.

Report on the discovery of a unique collection from the Migration of Nations

After nearly sixteen centuries and two years, the Hostim depot, headed by unique glass cups, is seeing the light of day...

Mystery of anonymous Bronze Age axes solved

As we reported in a previous article, two Bronze Age axes were sent anonymously to the National Museum of Ireland last month. As it is illegal to search for archaeological artefacts with a metal detector in Ireland, the sender was concerned about criminalisation. After being challenged by the archaeologists and assured that he was not facing any penalties, he eventually turned himself in and brought the archaeologists to the "crime" scene.

Detective anonymously sent his find to museum; fears conviction

The National Museum of Ireland recently received a package containing two perfectly preserved Bronze Age axes. The donor was an anonymous metal detectorist who wanted to share his common cultural heritage, but at the same time fears criminalisation - in Ireland, metal detecting is banned and carries a heavy fine and imprisonment. It is one of the countries where, thanks to a strict law, the vast majority of finds end up in privatecollections, and people who would like to cooperate in safe circumstances prefer to search in secret.

When you find a horse or a dog

A few days ago a very nice and unique find appeared on LP. Since we were looking for the identification, I finally called the finder and added a small interview to the find.

When I started selling my finds...

On Saturday I decided to repay my debt to the company and went to a small family festival in Hlásná Třebáň organized by the local volunteer fire brigade.

Massive gilded "royal" ring from the 14th century

The rare ring was discovered during an archaeological research carried out by researchers from the National Institute of Archaeology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the citadel of the medieval fortress of Kokalyan Urvich. The ring was lying in a carved tomb from the late 14th century and is directly linked to the ruler.

Traditional drawing of the search engine - find of the month of July

The traditional draw for the Minelab Pro Find 20 competition from all LP searchers who took the time to nominate their top 5 finds of the month.

When the first axe is found

Finding such an axe might seem like a common thing to some, but it really isn't. There are 71 of this type of axe with lobes in the entire history of "history hunters" so far. This makes it clear that the find is exceptional, most searchers will never find it, and I think it should be treated as such. The article includes a joint interview with the axe finder, Nebelix.

The most beautiful find of July 2024 - qualification

A new qualification is here and a number of wonderful finds have come together again. Last round was exciting right up to the last few minutes and I have to say we enjoyed it very much. To make things a little more interesting, we managed to get a top detector back into the competition after a long time.