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Archaeologists uncover richly furnished tomb of 6th century girl

During the reconstruction of the infrastructure around the Wettsteinplatz district in Basel, Switzerland, the richly furnished grave of a 12-year-old girl from the 6th century was found. Since work began in 2021, several early medieval graves have been discovered, but they have been badly damaged by previous construction. The girl's grave is the first excellently preserved and also richly furnished grave of this period. It contained, among other things, iron ingots, belt buckles inlaid with gold and a considerable amount of beads...

Stolen valuable Darwin notebooks were anonymously returned in a pink gift bag

A pink gift bag was recently found on the floor of a public area of Cambridge University Library. Inside was a custom-made archive box containing 2 notebooks protected by food-grade foil. It was soon discovered that these were Charles Darwin's notebooks stolen over 20 years ago. Inside was a printed message: Happy Easter.

Finally: Amendment brings a number of benefits to detectorists

According to a recently published poll by the renovated PSL (Pull Someone's Leg) agency, most detectorists are willing to work exclusively under similar conditions to those in the much-vaunted UK. So ideally 100% reward for a find and legal search anywhere. Until now, the maximum reward in the Czech Republic was 10 % of the value of the treasure. Provided, of course, that it was not a discovery by a detector, but an accidental discovery. Because, as all archaeologists know, any search with a metal detector is basically a safe bet. But today, things are changing fundamentally...

Detectorist discovers unique gold necklace, heralds discovery of Iron Age settlement

At Ilsted in southern Denmark, a neckcloth dating from 400 - 550 AD was discovered with the help of a metal detector. It was found by an archaeological associate of the Museum of Southwest Jutland. He immediately contacted the archaeologists who, in cooperation with other detectorists, examined the entire field. They discovered a settlement with long Scandinavian houses from the late Iron Age.

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.

England recognises detectorists' contribution: medieval pendant millionth public find

A pendant discovered at Binbrook, Lincolnshire, has become the millionth reported archaeological discovery by the public. A report by the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) says that nearly 50,000 artefacts were reported in the last year, 91% of which were metal detector finds, with around one in 50 being declared treasure.

Cooperating detectorist finds extremely rare Roman gold coin from the 3rd century

A double aureus from the joint reign of Emperor Volusian and his father Trebonianus Gallus was discovered in Kaposvár, Hungary. Their reign lasted less than two years, so coins of this period are very rare. Volusian gold coins are among the rarest, double gold coins are extremely rare. This is the first such find in Hungary.

A detectorist found a very rare medieval gold brooch - a prayer amulet

A unique medieval gold brooch with inscriptions from 1150 to 1350 AD has been discovered in Wiltshire, England, with the help of a metal detector. The jewel is exceptional in its quality workmanship, impeccable styling and above all its double meaning - the text depicts a prayer written in Latin and also an abbreviation of a Hebrew incantation that was supposed to protect against evil powers...

Detectorists discover gold and silver pagan sacrifices; changing experts' views

Dozens of early medieval gold and silver coins and jewellery have been discovered near Hezingen in Twente. They were found with the help of metal detectors by two amateur archaeologists who went searching with permission in the Springendal nature reserve near the German border. They reported their discovery to Portable Antiquities Netherlands (PAN)...

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