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Pupil discovers ancient coin from Troy during a walk

A 13-year-old student found a very strange coin while walking in a field in Berlin's Spandau district. It comes from ancient Ilion (Troy) and was minted between 281 and 261 BC. Within Berlin, this is the first documented find of Greek antiquity directly in a hoard context. It remains a mystery to experts.

A prospector with a metal detector found a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age depot

A set of bronze jewellery from the Late Bronze Age was discovered at Wilschdorf near Dresden. Ronald Meißner, a certified associate of the Saxon State Office for Archaeology, found it using a metal detector.

Bronze Age treasure discovered under a planned wind farm

During the construction of a wind park near Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony, a depot of Bronze Age jewellery was discovered. This is the first such find in the northern Harz foothills since 1967 and the first to be professionally investigated in situ.

Treasure of silver coins under the church floor

A treasure trove of over a thousand silver coins from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries was discovered in the Church of St. Andrew in Barczew, Poland. The coins were stored in a glazed ceramic cup; they filled it to the brim. It has now been presented in the Archdiocesan Museum of Warmia.

Stolen 2,400 year old golden helmet from Coțofenești found after a year

The Dutch and Romanian authorities have managed to track down one of the most valuable artefacts of the Dacia heritage. The golden helmet, an extremely rare part of Romania's national treasure, was stolen in a spectacular robbery of the Drenthe Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, where it had been temporarily loaned from Romania. Along with it, three gold bracelets were also stolen.

He hastily retrieved the hidden treasure. Silver coins from the Glencoe Massacre

In 2023, a hoard of coins was found in Glencoe, Scotland, linked to a raid by the MacDonald clan in 1692. They were lying in the ruins of a fireplace after the owner's house had been raided by a crew of cunning men. It will now be displayed in a local museum, not far from the site of its discovery.

A detectorist has discovered a rare Viking ring with runic inscriptions

An early medieval silver and gilt ring with runic text was found in a field near the village of Quadring in Lincolnshire, England. It was discovered by amateur detectorist Rafal Wesolowski. And as he said, it's the discovery of a lifetime.

Unprecedented discovery of Roman cargo at the bottom of a Swiss lake: swords, chariots and hundreds of objects

A large collection of Roman artefacts from a shipwreck dating back to the early 1st century has been discovered in Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Although the ship itself has not survived, its cargo of around 600 objects has - many in perfect condition. The find is completely unique, unparalleled in Europe.

A ticket for a 2,000-year-old coin? It's like time travel.

The unusual story of an ancient coin has intrigued experts at Leeds Museums and Galleries. The journey of the tiny coin, which was used to pay for bus fares, began more than two thousand years ago in ancient Carthage.

Unexpected signal: a detectorist discovers a golden "gullgubbe"

A very rare gold object from the Iron Age has been discovered in southwestern Norway with the help of a metal detector. The so-called "gullgubbe" - a tiny and extremely thin gold plate with a depiction of figures - is one of those rare finds.

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