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The mystery of Egyptian treasures on the grounds of a Scottish school

In 1952, a student at the private Dalhousie School at Melville House was punished with menial garden work. While hoeing a flower bed, he came across what looked like a potato. But instead of a tasty eggplant-like tuber, he discovered a 4,000-year-old Egyptian masterpiece. It was the first artifact of 18 others discovered by various schoolchildren over the next 30 years.

They went "to war" in Poland, discovered a treasure trove of gold coins

Three detectorists searched for World War II remains in a forest near Szczecin in northwestern Poland. They were expecting some buttons, discarded items, maybe badges and maybe a few coins. But instead they came across an unprecedented hoard of American and Russian gold coins from the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

Detectorist finds 3,000-year-old huge Bronze Age treasure in the Alps

A treasure dating back to the 12th to 11th century BC was discovered at the site of a Roman battle in the Oberhalbstein Alps with the help of a metal detector. It contains over 80 bronze objects weighing a total of 20 kg. It is the largest and most important Bronze Age treasure ever found in the canton of Graubünden...

Jewish Treasure from World War II

Last week, a Jewish treasure from the Second World War was uncovered during construction work in Polocka Street in Łódź. In the last six months, this is the second similar set of objects stored in fear of the Nazis, quite possibly collected by several families together before being transported to a concentration camp.

Royal jewels from Mšece and Řevničov

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Detectorist discovers 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman silver coins

An amateur prospector with a metal detector stumbled upon a unique coin hoard near the town of Padea in the Romanian district of Dolj, about 150 km west of Bucharest on the Romanian-Bulgarian border. The hoard contained 1,168 Roman silver coins dating from the third century, when the area was wracked by heavy fighting.

5.5.1950 Hrozov treasure

The treasure was found 73 years ago on the bank of the Hrozovský brook. They were bronze coins. Interestingly, they came from the region of Carthage. The oldest coin from the depot dates back to around 200 BC.

Amateur gold prospector with his Equinox 800 discovers a multi-million dollar gold nugget

A lifetime discovery in the form of a giant gold nugget was made by an amateur detectorist in a field in Victoria, Australia. The man, using a detector not primarily designed to find gold, was exploring an area known as the "Golden Triangle", which during the 19th century was the site of a gold nugget. the epicenter of the Australian gold rush, when his detector detected a large stone laced with gold veins.

Uproar in auction circles: the historically most expensive aureus EID MAR is a fraud!

When the unique golden aureus EID MAR was auctioned for $4.2 million in October 2020, a new world record was set. Few would have guessed at the time that the coin had been stolen from Greece and the owner of renowned London auction house Roma Numismatics would be arrested and charged with theft, possession of stolen property, conspiracy and fraud...

22 May 1970 The Vltavotyn Treasure was discovered by masons in a chimney

Renaissance cups and ducats were found by workers during the reconstruction of the house No. 252 U Modré Hvězdy on the square in Týn nad Vltavou. There are several theories as to who owned and hid the objects. According to experts, it is a very rare Renaissance work.

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