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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Lecture on the Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet at Kendal Museum
The Westmorland Gazzette reports that there will be a lecture on the Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet held at Kendal Museum on October 1st at 19:30. To book a seat call the Kendal Museum on 01539 815597 or email info@kendal.ac.uk. You … Continue reading
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Tagged Crosby, Crosby Garrett Helmet, detecting, detector, finds, kendal, lecture, metal, museum, Roman
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Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet Latest News
The BBC is reporting that an anonymous donor has not only pledged £50,000 to the Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet Appeal, but has promised to match every contribution to Tullie House Museum’s appeal fund pound for pound. No reports, as yet, … Continue reading
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Tagged Crosby, Crosby Garrett Helmet, Cumbria, detecting, detector, finds, metal, Roman
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Reviews of Metal Detecting Related Books
Over the coming weeks I am going to start reviewing metal detecting and metal detecting related books. I’m not going to stick to newly released titles, I’m planning to write up some very old treasure hunting classics and other books … Continue reading
Posted in Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Hoard Finds, Metal Detectors
Tagged Books, detecting, metal, reader, Related, Reviews, suggestions, wanted
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The Westmorland Gazette Reports on Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet Appeal
The Westmorland Gazette has posted a story on the fundraising effort to keep the Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet in Cumbria. The Westmorland Gazette reports that, so far, the public have donated £25,000 towards the appeal fund and that staff at … Continue reading
Posted in Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Museums
Tagged Appeal, Crosby, Garrett, Helmet, House, museum, Roman, Tullie, Westmorland Gazette
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Interesting German Metal Detecting Site
I haven’t seen many English language sites from detectorists in Germany, but i found this one recently. He has certainly made some interesting finds, including a sub-machine gun from world war two! It is a real shame that there aren’t … Continue reading
Our biggest visitor figures ever? Probably!
It has been really great to see so many new people signing up on the metal detecting forum and reading the blog over the last few weeks! However, it seems the spammers have given up on the forum for the … Continue reading
Posted in Metal Detecting, Site News
Tagged blog, detecting, detector, finds, forum, members, metal detecting blog, metal detecting forum, new, welcome
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Precious Rocks, Gems and Minerals Magazine Partwork, Sample of Spanish Gold
A new partwork, called Precious Rocks, Gems and Minerals, caught my eye at the news agents today. On the cover, a small bottle containing pieces of gold leaf: The gold in the bottle was mined at Spain’s Rio Tinto mines, … Continue reading
Posted in Gem and Fossil Magazines, Metal Detecting Magazines, Rockhounding
Tagged Gems, gold, Magazine, Minerals, Partwork, Precious Rocks, romans, Sample, Spanish
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Alan Turing’s Silver Bars – Story From an Old Issue of Treasure Hunting?
Anybody remember this story? Alan Turing, the genius who cracked the German Enigma coding machines, was said to have converted all of his money into silver bars and then concealed them somewhere in Bletchley Park. At the end of the … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Treasures and Hoards, Metal Detecting
Tagged Alan, bars, Bletchley Park, bullion, detecting, hunting, Magazine, metal, silver, treasure, turing, Turings
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Photographing metal detecting finds with a cheap digital microscope, Part II
A couple more shots with the cheap, perhaps too cheap, digital microscope. Roman coin of Gallienus:Roman coins picturing mythical creatures are among my favourite finds, so I’m glad this one came out pretty well!Not bad! Now for a hammered silver: … Continue reading
Posted in Metal Detecting Finds, Photographing Metal Detecting Finds
Tagged cheap, coin, detecting, detector, digital, finds, Gallienus, hammered, metal, microscope, Roman, silver
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Donate Online to the Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet Appeal
http://www.justgiving.com/Tullie-House-Crosby-Garrett-Roman-Helmet-Appeal You can now donate to the Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet Appeal online via JustGiving.com. Here’s the blurb from the page: “Help Tullie House ‘keep it in Cumbria’ The rarest Roman helmet to be found in Britain in over a … Continue reading
Posted in Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Portable Antiquities Scheme
Tagged Appeal, Crosby, donate, Garrett, Helmet, Online, Roman
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Photographing metal detecting finds with a cheap digital microscope
I’ve been messing around with a cheap digital microscope to see how useful it would be for photographing metal detecting finds: Coin of Crispus minted in London, pretty blurry. Coin of Magnentius with very early roman christian iconography. The picture … Continue reading
Posted in Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Photographing Metal Detecting Finds
Tagged cheap, chi-rho, detecting, detector, digital, finds, London, magnentius, metal, microscope, mint, Photographing, plon, Roman
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First photographs of the new Frome hoard display
http://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/sets/72157624836220901/ Coins from the Frome hoard go on display at the British Museum! With thanks to portableant who posted the link via Twitter.
Crosby Garrett Helmet Appeal Update – Save the Crosby Garrett Helmet for the Nation
http://www.tulliehouse.co.uk/romanhelmetappeal Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery have updated their Crosby Garrett Helmet Appeal page with an updated donations form (thankfully this one is in the far more accessible .PDF format) and a BBC News 24 video about the discovery … Continue reading
Viking silver ingot found on Isle of Man declared as treasure
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/isleofman/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8995000/8995795.stm A viking silver ingot weighing 20 grams has been declared treasure on the Isle of Man. The silver ingot was found by John Crowe in October 2009, in a field in Andreas. (With thanks to TheSearcherMag, who posted this … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreas, detecting, detector, finds, ingot, isle of man, John Crowe, metal, silver, viking
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How to donate to the Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet Appeal
I just received a reply from the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery about how to donate to the Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet Appeal: “People can phone and pledge their donation on 01228 618743 or they can fill the attached … Continue reading
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Tagged Appeal, Crosby, Crosby Garrett Helmet, detecting, detector, donate, finds, Garrett, Helmet, Roman, Tullie House museum
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Roman cavalry helmet found with metal detector may go abroad at auction – The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/sep/13/roman-helmet-metal-detector-cumbria The Guardian have picked up the story of the Crosby Garrett helmet, in the online edition at least, I haven’t checked the print version. With thanks to portableant, who posted this story on twitter.
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Tagged Crosby Garrett Helmet, detecting, detector, finds, Roman, the guardian, Tullie House museum
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Crosby Garrett Helmet Now on Portable Antiquities Scheme Website
The entry for the Crosby Garrett Helmet is now available on the Portable Antiquities Scheme Website: http://www.finds.org.uk/news/stories/article/id/195 There is a interesting quote from Roger Bland, Head of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, at the Portable Antiquities Scheme web site: “It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Crosby Garrett Helmet, Cumbria, detecting, detector, finds, Helmet, Roman, Tullie House museum
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Tullie House launches urgent appeal to keep Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet in Cumbria
From: http://www.tulliehouse.co.uk/romanhelmetappeal “Please help us to keep this signifcant find in Cumbria. See the images below. Pledge your support by phoning Tullie House on 01228 618743 or join our Tullie House facebook group Tullie House launches urgent appeal to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged Crosby, Cumbria, detecting, detector, Garrett, Helmet, metal, Roman, Tullie House museum
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Metal Detecting Accessory Bargain of the Year – Mini Spade for Under £4
Take a look at this: Silverline Mini Round Nose Shovel. That has to be the metal detecting accessory bargain of the year, a mini spade delivered from Amazon.co.uk for under £4! I can’t comment on the quality because I haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Diggers For Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Accessories, Metal Detectors
Tagged bargain, cheap, detecting, detector, digger, metal, mini, spade, trowel
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Earliest Known Sighting of Halley’s Comet – Comets and Meteors on Ancient Greek and Roman Coins
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11255168 It seems the ancient greeks spotted Halley’s comet in 466BC. This got me thinking about ancient greek and roman coins that depict comets or meteorites (or at least appear to depict a comet or meteorite). There are more than … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Greek Coins, Coin Collecting, Roman Coins
Tagged ancient, Coins, comet, greek, halleys, meteor, meteorite, Roman, Tigranes the Great
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