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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...

Pot

I don't know what to write about such findings, as I am a complete beginner. In fact, I never thought I'd ever be interested in detectoring. When my partner came home with the news this February that he was going to get a detector, I found it terribly comical. When he started coming home with bits of metal that he had carefully cleaned and started describing what it might be, I started to wonder what era it might be from and what the story behind it might be...

Gold coin from the 17th century

He usually searches for lost jewellery and then returns it to its owners. But in November, a prospector from England managed to find a gold coin - a guinea. It dates back to the 17th century.

The jar found in Jerusalem a month ago has now given a surprising golden testimony

The small vessel was discovered during an archaeological survey prior to the construction of a new elevator shaft in the Jewish Quarter of the Israeli capital.

Extremely rare auresus EID MAR sets new world record

A gold coin of Brutus from 42 AD, which celebrates the successful assassination of Julius Caesar and is only the third known of its kind, was auctioned for a record price at a London auction house on Thursday last week. In doing so, it beat most experts' estimates by almost eight times!

222 years old coin near the church

The historically significant coin was found by metal detectorist Shane Houston near the church. It's a copper cent from 1798. It's the first U.S. federal penny.

Two young detectorists found two very rare coins, they will be sold at auction

Sixteen-year-old Reece Pickering found a coin of the last Anglo-Saxon king at Topcroft in Norfolk and fifteen-year-old Walter Taylor found a silver penny from 1106 in Essex. As the coins were single and do not meet the Treasure Act, they can be auctioned into private hands. There is already a lot of interest in the auction; it will take place on 26-27 October and the preliminary estimate of the final price for both coins is about 100,000 crowns.

He lost his job to a coronavirus, found a treasure trove of silver coins from the 13th and 14th centuries in the autumn

A few small shiny objects of irregular shape were found by an unemployed tourist by chance. He noticed a hint of reliefs, e.g. a dragon, and the objects seemed to be silver. He therefore reported the discovery to the Regional Heritage Office in Trnava, which sent archaeologists to the site. In the meantime, the instructed finder disguised the site and did not interfere further with the excavation.

Searching the Brakteat Depot, or it's always important to choose the right tactics

Probably most of you have already noticed the discovery of a rather rare bracketed depot from the times of Přemysl Otakar II. I have to confirm to everyone that at least for us, who in cooperation with archaeologists helped to trace the depot and especially for ourclimbers, it was really an indescribable feeling when one silver coin after another was being dug up, and what's more, it was bracketed.For abetter idea, you canwatch the video

Depot of female Fanny

When you have a smart dog, anything is possible...

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