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World Gold Panning Championships 2024

We invite you to the prestigious World Gold Prospecting Championships, which this year will be held in the picturesque surroundings of the Valley of the Lost Adits, right in the area of the Gold Mining Museum. This historic site is located just two kilometres west of the town of Zlaté Hory. In the article you will also find how-to guides on panning for gold.

The history of the ancient Olympics: honour, glory, wealth vs politics, bribes and fraud

The ancient Olympic Games were one of the competitions between representatives of city-states. From the beginning, they were a political tool to assert dominance over others. The results were often manipulated. At various times, some city states refused to participate and exerted political pressure to promote their own interests, while others were excluded from the Games. The history of the Olympics is full of controversy and myth, in many ways no different from that of modern...

British PAS: 1.7 million total finds, a record 53,000 finds and almost 1,400 treasures in a year

The British Museum has recently published its latest annual report on the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), a programme for recording archaeological finds for the public. It shows that 53,490 archaeological finds were reported in 2022, including 1,378 defined treasures, the highest number ever recorded in a single year...

We photograph and publish the findings

In this article I would like to discuss the main principles of how we should take pictures and add findings andprepare photos before we publish them in the LP catalog or even need help identifying them.At the same time, we'll talk about some of the most common mistakes we encounter with published finds that we should avoid. Again, this needs to be reminded

How it works at the hallmark office

There are several branches of the Assay Office in the Czech Republic, so you don't necessarily have to go to Prague as in my case. Anyway, the services provided should be the same in all branches.

Dating of horse shoes

Horseshoe, probably the most common iron find during forest expeditions. Most prospectors dig it up by mistake and then hang it on a tree or leave it on a stump. Yet these are some of the oldest objects commonly encountered during a search, and can be useful clues to understanding the site.

First Republic moneyboxes, treasure boxes, spinning-wheels and keys to them. Part 3.- cash boxes of other manufacturers

In the last episode, we will look at cassettes of other production than the most common Tresoria, as it was not only a domestic phenomenon, similar cassettes can be found in neighboring countries.

First Republic moneyboxes, treasury boxes and keys to them, part 2 - Tresoria moneyboxes

Looms were very popular in the 1920s and became a common part of all households, so there were quite a lot of them and a large number still survive. Sadly, as I wrote in the last installment, the vast majority were without keys and often with damaged locks. And since I think many of you have one at home, here you will find a detailed description of each type in my collectionand detailed photos of the mechanisms and keys that can help you repair your cassette and make a matching key.

First Republic moneyboxes, treasury boxes and keys to them, part 1.

First of all, it is necessary to move to the context of a time when silver was still paid in silver, and a little while before that in gold, and allall money was backed by gold from the national treasure, on which the Czech nation had partly deposited...

Technical principles of metal detectors

There are currently four basic principles of metal detector function. The different principles have a number of advantages and disadvantages between them. Especially in the depth of range, the ability to detect small objects, the ability to distinguish the types of metals detected and the method of use.