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Volunteers discover 1,100-year-old hoard of pure gold coins

The discovery of more than four hundred ninth-century gold coins could help archaeologists better understand the region's history. The treasure was discovered by two young temporary workers during archaeological work on a hillside in Yavne, Israel. At the time of their discovery, the coins were worth the value of a luxury villa in a prestigious area of the capital.

Confirmed, the barbarian Goths were as skilled jewellers as the Romans

A recently published study, which investigated nearly 2,000-year-old graves near the northern Polish village of Weklice, confirmed that the góGothic jewellery making and metalworking methods were on a par with Roman jewellers of the time.

The first and immediately lifetime find of a budding archaeologist: hundreds of weapons and tools from the Bronze Age

A young archaeologist has discovered the largest Bronze Age assemblage yet found in what is now London. Harry Platt's find from the autumn before last represents a total of 453 artefacts, dating from 800 to 900 BC and is the third largest of its kind ever discovered in the UK overall.

Two bridges, a unique axe and a sword from the 10th century discovered in the Polish lake Lednica

Archaeologists have mapped the bottom of the western part of the Polish lake Lednica. They have discovered the remains of bridges from the time of the first Polish rulers and also early and high medieval artefacts - including a silver-plated axe or a cross-decorated sword...

3,000-year-old horse harness from detector find changes archaeologists' findings

Detectorist Mariusz Stepien found a rich Bronze Age assemblage near the Scottish border. A rich collection of buckles, a sheathed sword with a complete hilt, as well as a unique horse harness with ornaments, leather and wood remnants from the Late Bronze Age (1000 - 800 BC). This is the first find of its kind in Scotland and the method of attaching the various parts of the harness is the first time it has been seen in Britain...

The beginner's luck of a young detectorist - a sword from the 17th century

Ten-year-old schoolboy Fionntan Hughes, from Derrylaughan, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, was given a new Minelab Vanquish detector for his birthday and had great luck with it on his first day: He found a sword that was about 300 years old.

First items from the largest sunken treasure in modern history go up for auction

Archaeologists have announced that the cargo recovered from the SS Central America represents one of the most lucrative finds in 150 years. Some of the newly uncovered more than 3,000 gold coins, silver coins and gold dust from the California Gold Rush will be offered at auction.

A coin treasure worth three million crowns was discovered in the field behind the pub

Forty-year-old detectorist Luke Mahoney went out with his friends Dan Hunt and Matt Brown on Sunday, July 26, for a legal detector survey of a 15-acre field near Ipswich. He must have felt that he was going to be lucky that day, because he found a gold coin first thing in the morning and managed six pence before noon. But he was far from knowing what he could look forward to after lunch.

Detectorists in cooperation with archaeologists discovered a 14th century battlefield

Hundreds of arrowheads and crossbows dating back to the first half of the 14th century were found in the forest area of Biała Góra near Sanok, Poland. They probably come from the battle of the last Piast king Casimir III. Great, who conquered several small fortresses in the area around 1340.

Over 1000 years old ointment can destroy the strongest bacterial biofilm (recipe inside the article)

In 2015, microbiologists from the University of Nottingham, with experts in Anglo-Saxon texts, investigated a 10th-century recipe for treating eye infections. A combination of onion, garlic, wine and beef bile in a bronze or brass vessel was thought to reliably kill bacteria, acting as an antibiotic.

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