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A detective found a treasure trove of bronze axes and spears

A set of twenty artefacts found by a metal detector near the village of Llanddeusant in Carmarthenshire dates from 1000 - 800 BC. It contains 20 artefacts - including three types of bronze axe, a broken spear, etc. It was declared a treasure late last month by Paul Bennett, chief coroner for Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.

21.4.1873 The Trade Handbook discovered the treasure of the King of Troy

First he made money and learned foreign languages. Even as a young boy, the merchant Heinrich Schliemann dreamed of discovering the Trojan treasure. Although some thought him a fool, he went for it, and in 1873 he fulfilled his childhood dream.

14. 4. 2018

14 Apr 2018 Hulvácký Treasure

Four years ago, a gentleman and his son went for a walk in Ostrava-Hulváky and discovered a treasure. It was nearly a hundred silver coins. According to experts, someone probably hid the coins during the riots in the seventeenth century.

21. 3. 2004

21.3.2004 Cirebon Treasure

Glass objects from Mesopotamia, crystal statues of the Fatima dynasty, pearls from the Persian Gulf, rare porcelain and gold products from Malaysia. All of these precious objects were part of the so-called Cirebon Treasure, which experts have estimated to be worth $80 million.

A 15-year-old girl found a nearly two-thousand-year-old Roman ring, a 13-year-old found a bronze depot

Jessica Millington found a 3rd century Roman silver ring with a red carnelian in August 2020. It depicts Nemesis, the goddess of righteous retribution. She is one of the next successful finders of the new emerging generation of British detectorists...

Roofer finds medieval gold cross with detector, sells it at auction for hundreds of thousands

The so-called Throckenholt cross from the detector find was heading to auction with a maximum estimate of £8,000. But in the end, the gold medieval cross sold at auction for much more than anyone had estimated.

30. 11. 2012

November 30, 2012 Jílovský treasure contained 3662 coins

Nine years ago, 3,662 coins were discovered during excavations on a farm near Jílové near Prague. The depot contained Prague grosz and 3 krejcars. Someone probably hid it at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

Detectorist finds 2,000-year-old hoard of gold Celtic irises

The detector find by an amateur archaeologist is the first Celtic gold hoard discovered in Brandenburg and the second largest found in Germany. According to experts, "the value of the ancient treasure must have been immense", archaeologists are talking about the find of a lifetime.

19. 11. 1980

19.11.1980 Seuso Treasure

At the end of 1980, the corpse of archaeologist József Sümegh was discovered in a cellar on Köszár Hill, where he had committed suicide. He is said to have discovered about forty silver artefacts, including large wrought-iron bowls, jars and other decorated vessels. The so-called Seuso treasure was recovered by Hungary six years ago.

They got millions of pounds for the biggest hoard of coins

A multi-million pound reward has finally been reaped by a pair of metal detectorists who discovered the largest Celtic coin hoard of all time in Jersey in 2012. The hoard eventually contained nearly seventy thousand coins.

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