Finds and rescue research abroad

Subcategories

• Nálezy nejenom s detektorem ve Velké Británii a Irsku 204
• Nálezy nejenom s detektorem ve Skandinávii 53
• Nálezy nejenom s detektorem v západní Evropě 138
• Nálezy nejenom s detektorem kovů ve východní Evropě 55
• Nálezy nejenom s detektorem na blízkém východě 50
• Nálezy nejenom s detektorem v Číně 16
• Nálezy nejenom s detektorem kovů v Rusku 3
• Nálezy nejenom s detektorem kovů v USA, severní a jižní Americe 37
• Nálezy v Asii a Oceánii 7
• Nálezy nejenom s detektorem kovů v mořích a oceanech 26

Divers found the Enigma in a fishing net

German divers from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), searching for discarded fishing nets in the Baltic Sea, came across a surprising thing. From the water they pulled out a rare Enigma cipher machine used by the Nazi army during World War II.

The bodies of two men in Pompeii, apparently a slave and his master

Once again, Pompeii has proven to be an incredible place for research. This is evidenced by the discovery of two male bodies under about two metres of ash. Apparently they were a slave and his servant who were trying to save themselves during the rampage of the Vesus volcano.

Budding detectorist finds unique coin depot from the Viking period

A handful of scattered silver coins were found in a ploughed field near Brobyværk on the Danish island of Fyn by detectorist and amateur historian Claus Gundersen. When he contacted the Museum of the Archipelago and an archaeologist arrived at the site, they found a container with hundreds of silver coins. Much to everyone's surprise, it turned out that there was another vessel lying deeper in the ground. Also filled to the brim with coins, but with the remnants of the cloth in which the coins were placed...

Rare medieval knife rejected by archaeologists, detectorist paid for analysis and convinced them

Rare medieval knife rejected by archaeologists, detectorist paid for analysis and convinced themScottish History buff and budding detectorist Craig Johnstone searched the woods near Penicuik for traces of the 1666 battle. But on that day he made a find that at first not only he, but also the archaeologists he approached, thought was a modern affair and refused to accept. But they were wrong by several hundred years...

Students discover unknown 15th century text hidden in an invisible layer of a medieval manuscript

First-year students at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York have discovered a lost text on the pages of a 15th-century manuscript, which they traced back to a unique method they developed themselves.

Seal with the Greek god Apollo

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old seal in Jerusalem bearing the image of the god Apollo. But the owner was probably neither Greek nor Roman, experts say. The seal is made of brown jasper.