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Roman gold coins, jewellery, precious stones and other treasures of detectorists, an example of a working collaboration

The Danish National Museum pays tribute to amateurs with metal detectors with a special exhibition. The curators praise a specific Danish law that obliges detectorists to report and hand over their discoveries to museums in exchange for a reward - a finder's fee: "When the first metal detectors appeared in the 1980s, some wise museum directors were astute enough toand knew we had to work with these people," says National Museum curator Line Bjerg.

Reverse process: 3000-year-old original recognised in replica sword after 100 years

For nearly a century, the Field Museum in Chicago has housed a sword that was thought to be a modern replica of a Late Bronze Age weapon. It has now been identified as an authentic sword from between 1080 and 900 BC. and its special story draws visitors to an exhibition about the first wealthy communities of Europe.

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