A treasure from the Middle Bronze Age was discovered near Budyně nad Ohří. A set of nineteen bronze objects consisting of tools, weapons and jewellery was discovered in a field on the outskirts of the town by a detectorist who handed the artefacts over to the Podřipské Museum in Roudnice nad Labem...
So the preparation for the service to the cradle of Hussitism, South Bohemia, is over. The trunk of the car filled with material up to three times its maximum and just one last thing...
In May we got a good portion of finds and some of them are literally from the category of dreams, despite the fact that it is a very sad time for polers (like me).
It has to be said that the April round of the most beautiful find of the month is 99.99% decided by the kind of margin I'd expect to find a big lump of gold, not an ornate bronze knife. But thanks to that, we can start qualifying for May today, and since there were a lot of finds in May, there is a lot to choose from.
An exceptional treasure of early medieval denarii from the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries was discovered in the Kutná Hora region. The first coins were found by a woman walking in a field. Archaeologists were called in and used metal detectors to find more. In total, more than 2,150 coins were discovered, probably minted in the Prague mint from imported silver...