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Manticore’s new full-text search ;-)

We’ve launched a new full-text search engine called Manticore on Lovci Pokladů, which searches virtually the entire website. Give it a go and let us know if it fails to find something, if the results don’t make sense, or if there’s anything else about it that annoys you.

A 3,000-year-old treasure was stolen from the museum. The thieves made off with almost 10 kg of gold

One of the most significant Bronze Age gold hoards in Europe was stolen on Thursday. Gold worth 41 million crowns disappeared from a museum in Villena, Spain. The perpetrators apparently distracted the police with a false alarm in another part of the town so that they could carry out the theft ‘undisturbed’.

Traffic restrictions on 28 and 29 May

On 28 and 29 May, the Jílové branch will be closed. We will normally be handling online orders, but personal collections, lessons etc. will not be possible due to construction work in the shop.

Blood, iron and forgotten depots: where in the Czech landscape does the past speak through detectors?

The Czech landscape is a fascinating open-air archive, where every field or forest ravine can be a potential place where time has stood still...

Support for Peace whose leukemia returned vol.2

I was hoping that my next post here would be about some nice silverware, or at least about the fact that I finally "kicked" my battle with leukemia to a successful end. Unfortunately, fate has thrown another big piece of scrap under my coil - chemotherapy didn't work and I have to prepare for a second bone marrow transplant.

We guarantee delivery of the package under the tree for orders placed before 21 December 2025

Guaranteed delivery of orders until 21.12.2025 and working hours at lovecpokladu.cz between holidays.

Happy 28th October 2025

What happened in Prague and Brno on 28 October 1918

HAVE YOU DONE A GOOD DEED TODAY?

Life sometimes has a bitter taste and an active person becomes someone who is dependent on the help of others.

Museum displays 200-year-old condom with naked nun and three priests

A unique artefact that combines history, eroticism and art is on display at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum: A nearly 200-year-old condom adorned with a provocative illustration of a nude nun choosing between three priests with tracked penises. This exceptional exhibit is part of the "Safe Sex?" exhibition, which focuses on sexuality and sex business in the 19th century.

First Republic moneyboxes, treasure boxes, spinning-wheels and keys to them. Part 4 - Tresoria cash box

A couple of days ago I managed to steal two wallets again in my hexagonal terminology, because as usual they were without keys, I had no choice but to keyto make the key again and to preserve the information about this type for future generations and the unfortunate ones who get their hands on the same type of wallet as traditionally without a key.

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