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A pot full of gold coins discovered in an Indian temple

The treasure was found by workers clearing land near the Akilandeswari shrine belonging to the Jambukeswarar temple complex in southeast India. According to a local numismatist, the treasures date back to the 17th century and are worth over ₹2.3 million...

According to the British Museum, detectorists have discovered a record number of treasures

The British Museum announced on Tuesday that in 2019, citizens of England, Wales and Northern Ireland reported a record 1,311 finds that were defined as treasure. A total of 81,602 artefacts were reported and deposited in the PAS system last year - with more than 90% of the detector finds....

Detectorist finds 600-year-old gold and diamond brooch of incalculable value

London's Victoria & Albert Museum has acquired a unique medieval gold brooch from a detectorist's find. The brooch is the only one of its kind ever found in the UK. There are only seven known to exist in the whole world.

Unique gold bulla from detectorist's find sold to British Museum for £250,000

A Bronze Age golden eyeball, discovered two years ago by an anonymous detectorist at an undisclosed location in Shropshire, has now been declared a treasure and sold to the British Museum. The significance of the find is reflected, among other things, in the price tag of over £7 million. Experts say it is the most significant Bronze Age find in England in a century...

Discovery of the 2,800-year-old tomb of a Picenian prince, the only one of its kind in Italy

The richly furnished unique tomb of a pre-Romanesque prince may have been irrevocably destroyed - a new sports complex was planned to be built on the site. However, the plans were scuppered literally at the last minute by aerial and then geophysical surveys.

Celtic gold coins from the Iron Age have been declared a treasure

A set of 19 Iron Age gold coins was discovered last February near Blythburgh in Suffolk. They were found by a detectorist over an area of about 10 by 19 metres. Experts say it is a "truly unusual" find in the East Anglian region. The coins have now been declared a treasure trove and museums are racing to see which will acquire them for their collections...

For 30 years, they believed the story that led them to the record-breaking discovery of hundreds of millions of coins

A staggering 750kg pile of coins from the 2012 discovery by detectorists Reg Mead and Richard Miles was recently recognised as a new world record for the number of coins in a single Iron Age assemblage. With a total of 69,347 Roman and Celtic coins, the depot surpassed the 42-year-old find of 54,951 coins in Wiltshire.

Archaeologists find tombs of high priests and royal officials in Egypt

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities last Thursday announced what is reportedly one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of recent years: The tombs of the high priests - worshippers of the god Thoth, their families and top officials from three dynasties.

1,000-year-old graves of Scandinavian warriors found in Poland

Four richly furnished graves found in the middle of the medieval cemetery of the village of Ciepłe in eastern Poland contained the remains of Scandinavian men with complete armour. The furnishings and type of graves differed from all the others. The warriors have therefore raised many questions among archaeologists and historians, including who they were, why they are buried here and where they came from. The last question has only recently been answered by DNA analysis.

Since 1997, over 11,000 legally recognised metal detector treasures have been discovered in England

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) has completed 20 years since its inception. The results include. A publicly accessible database of recovered artefacts, new archaeological sites and finds, which to date numbers nearly 1.5 million objects, a terrifyingtens of thousands of collaborating archaeologists across the country, hundreds of participating museums and institutions, and hundreds of thousands of collaborating members of the public, including tens of thousands of children.

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