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Category Archives: Metal Detecting Hoard Finds
The Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain
The list of the Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain – the original manuscripts, written in Welsh, date from the 15th and 16th centuries, but they almost certainly draw on paper sources and oral traditions that are far, far … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Famous Treasure Finds, Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Hoard Finds
Tagged Britain, detecting, detector, finds, greatest, hoards, Island, metal, Thirteen, Treasures
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Dallinghoo/Wickham Market Hoard – metal detecting find fund-raising
Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service have apparently begun a fund raising effort to secure the Dallinghoo/Wickham Market Hoard of 840 Iron Age gold staters found by two metal detectorists in 2008. The Dallinghoo/Wickham Market Hoard is one of the largest … Continue reading
Posted in Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Hoard Finds, Treasure Act of 1996
Tagged Coins, Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Dallinghoo, detecting, detector, fund-raising, gold, hoard, Ipswich Museum, Iron Age, metal detecting, metal detecting find, metal detector, staters, Wickham Market
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‘Treasure house’ of the North Thames tribes discovered – largest find of Iron Age gold in UK history
Metal detectorists in Hertfordshire discover the ‘Treasure house’ of the North Thames tribes – the single largest find of Iron Age gold in history. Found just outside St. Albans, the hoard of 52,504 gold staters and over 200 neck torcs … Continue reading
Rare Carausius ‘Clasped Hands’ Denarius being offered by Dix, Noonan and Webb
Dix, Noonan and Webb are offering a very rare Carausius ‘Clasped Hands’ Denarius in their December 9th coin auction: Carausius, Argenteus, London, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. clasped hands, 4.19g/6h (cf. RIC 549; cf. Shiel 14-20). Very fine … Continue reading
Silver cup with Athena seated from the Hildesheim Treasure
Probably the finest known example of the Roman silversmith’s art: Silver cup with Athena seated from the Hildesheim treasure, discovered on October 17, 1868 on Galgenberg Hill in Hildesheim, Germany. Dating from the first century AD, this cup may have … Continue reading
Frome Hoard Fundraising – The 1st of February 2011 deadline draws closer
Somerset Museum in Taunton has until February 1, 2011 to raise the £320,250 purchase price of the Frome Hoard. On top of the purchase price, money also needs to be raised to cover the ongoing costs of conserving the 52,503 … Continue reading
PASt Appeals – New Web Site to Promote Fund Raising For Portable Antiquities?
I’m thinking about starting a new web site to help raise awareness of the fundraising efforts of museums wanting to purchase coins and artefacts under the Portable Antiquities Scheme. At the moment there is no central web site where you … Continue reading
Book on the Frome Hoard to be Released on October 11
The British Museum is releasing a book on the Frome Hoard! Found in April 2010 by metal detectorist Dave Crisp, the Frome Hoard consisted of a very large roman pot filled to the brim with 52,503 Roman coins. The coins … Continue reading
Posted in Books About Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Hoard Finds, Roman Coins
Tagged book, british, Carausius, Coins, crisp, dave, detecting, detector, finds, Frome, Frome Hoard, hoard, museum, new, press, 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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Metal detectorist finds hoard in Westmorland
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/8365174.Historian_finds_hoard_of_Roman_coins/
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Tagged detecting, detector, gazette, hoard, hoards, metal, westmorland
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