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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.

Dozens of treasures found in gardens during coronavirus clampdown

England's "Lockdown" during the coronacrisis forced hundreds of thousands of Britons to adjust their interests and hobbies to enjoy them at home. For treasure hunters, it meant an opportunity to do a really honest search of their own back gardens. The result is many amazing reported treasures...

Archaeologists find unique medieval mould for making jewellery and medallions

A rescue archaeological excavation in Chur, Switzerland, in the canton of Graubünden has yielded the discovery of a rarestone jewellery mould and other evidence of the busy medieval craftsmanship there. The mould was used for the production of jewellery and religious objects; it is an extremely rare find, the first of its kind in the canton. In the whole of Switzerland, only a few similar moulds have been discovered in Bern, Basel and Winterthur.

Norwegian student uses metal detector to find evidence of unknown Viking marketplace

A fifty-three-year-old archaeology student at the University of Tromsø has discovered evidence of a previously unknown Viking trading centre in the village of Sandtorg in northern Norway. Using a metal detector, Tor-Ketil Krokmyrdal found silver currency, pins, jewellery and a large number of iron and other artefacts.

Remains of an Aztec palace and ruins of Hernán Cortés' house found in Mexico City

Archaeologists from the National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) found a charity pawnshop from the second half of the 18th century under the northern part of the building. pre-Hispanic basalt floor slabs dating from the reign of the ruler Axayácatl (1469-1481) and the remains of Cortés' 1521 mansion in Tenochtitlán.

Thousand-year-old walls change previous assumptions about Poland's first capital

In Poznan, Poland, archaeologists have discovered part of a defensive wall from the late 10th century. A rescue survey prior to the construction of a new apartment building uncovered a massive stone and wooden wall seven metres below the current ground level. The new discovery is likely to rewrite the history of Poland.

Roman coins, jewellery and other items found at racecourse in England

Chelmsford City Racecourse management have asked the local Braintree Metal Detecting Club if they could help them open a new racecourse. This is because one of the last layers of the racecourse was made of local soil and the detectorists were tasked with clearing it of any sharp metal objects that could potentially injure the racehorses...

Husband and wife find a treasure; they get 1.3 million crowns as a reward

A young couple from the Slovak Liptov region found a cup with silver and gold coins from the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries in the soil near the village of Likavka, which was disturbed by wild boars at the beginning of last year. The Slovak RTVS station reported this week on the experts' findings and the amount of the reward.

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