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Detectorists find beautifully decorated Viking brooches; changing the history of the Isle of Man

About 10 cm long, oval bronze brooches of convex shape with silver wire decoration and bird reliefs date from around 950 AD. They were worn in pairs exclusively by Viking women to fasten the straps of their dresses. Although the Isle of Man is famous for Viking finds, no brooches of this type have been found here until now.

Early medieval gold cross with runes reveals unknown Anglo-Saxon name

A gold cross-shaped pendant discovered near Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland, England, bears an inscription with the hitherto unknown Anglo-Saxon name "Eadruf". It was found by a prospector with a metal detector on the banks of the River Tweed. Very few comparable examples are known to date, and this cross is the only one with runic inscriptions.

Ireland's oldest ink pen discovered in medieval fortress

A medieval pen dating from the 11th century was discovered at Caherconnell Fort in the Burren area of County Clare. The shaft of the dip pen is made of hollow bird bone, the nib of bronze. It dates from a period in which literacy was very rare and even the educated elite used classical bird pens at the time.

Archaeologists stunned by detector discovery of 1,000-year-old gold earring

The National Museum of Denmark has announced the discovery of a rare gold earring from the 11th century. The jewel, unique in the world and never before seen in Denmark, was discovered in a field in western Jutland using a metal detector. The find marks a breakthrough in understanding the interconnectedness of the worlds of Vikingers and the Middle East...

Luxury grave goods from around the known Bronze Age world found in Cyprus

Archaeologists in the Cypriot town of Hala Sultan Tekke near Larnaca have uncovered a two-chambered tomb from the Late Bronze Age. The tomb dates from 1400 to 1300 BC. It contained a rich assortment of more than 500 pieces of imported luxury goods made of gold, silver, bronze, ivory, precious stones and richly decorated vessels from many cultures across the Mediterranean, the likes of which have never been found in Cyprus before.

41,500-year-old pendant found in Poland, the oldest of its kind on the continent

The artefact from the Polish cave Stajnia was found together with other objects in 2010, but only recently a study investigating its age was published. Radiocarbon dating has placed the pendant at 41,500 years ago, which is at least 1,500 years older than previous evidence of the production of similar artefacts by the earliest members of Homo sapiens in Europe. The object, decorated with puncture curves and smoothing, has thus "become" the oldest known decorated mammoth pendant in Eurasia.

The first reconstruction of a Neolithic necklace and a grave that will change the textbooks

A necklace made up of more than 2,580 beads has been discovered in a 9,000-year-old grave in the Neolithic village of Ba`ja, north of the city of Petra in southern Jordan. It has now been completely restored, the first time scientists have been able to make an authentic reconstruction of such an old and intricately crafted piece of jewellery.

Thirteen-year-old detectorist finds a treasure trove of Bronze Age axes on her third expedition

Milly Hardwick, from Suffolk, was searching a field near Royston in Hertfordshire on only her third detector event when she noticed a particularly strong signal.

Exploration of the Merovey pottery workshop brought previously unknown information and findings

Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of kilograms of well-preserved ceramics from the period between the 6th and 7th centuries AD. The discovery was made in the village of Sevrey in eastern France. Among the vessels in excellent condition are variants and types not previously recorded anywhere; the information found significantly increases knowledge of pottery production in the early medieval period.

Detectorist finds 2,000-year-old Roman dagger, leads to discovery of unknown battlefield!

An amateur archaeologist using a metal detector has discovered a well-preserved decorated dagger of a Roman soldier from the middle of the 1st century BC. The find brought a team of archaeologists to the site, who subsequently uncovered hundreds of artefacts from the "lost" battlefield on which Roman legionaries fought the Raetians in an attempt to consolidate Roman power in the Alpine region.

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