How to find hoards with a metal detector - How to Find Hoards - Introduction - Suffolk
Hoards Found in Suffolk
A great many hoards have been found in Suffolk, including two of the most important hoards ever discovered in the UK, the Mildenhall treasure and the Hoxne hoard.
Mildenhall
Above: The Great Dish and other Items from the Mildenhall Treasure. Photos courtesy of Estel Images licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5
The Mildenhall Treasure. Discovered by Sydney Ford and Gordon Butcher in 1942 or 1943. Probably the most important roman treasure ever discovered in the UK. The Great Dish had been damaged by the plough.
Hoxne
Above: A Reconstruction of the Hoxne treasure chest with a small amount of the treasure inside. Photograph by Mike Peel.
The Hoxne Hoard, one of the largest hoards of roman gold and silver ever discovered. Found by Eric Lawes on the 16th November 1992. Over 14,000 coins and around 200 other items.
Bibliography
The Late Roman Gold and Silver Coins from the Hoxne Treasure by Peter Guest ISBN: 0714118109
The Hoxne Treasure: An Illustrated Handbook Roger Bland, Catherine Johns ISBN: 0714123013
Treasure Hoards of East Anglia by Mark Mitchels, Countryside Books, ISBN 9781846741470
Hoard Hunting County Guide
Below is a county by county guide to hoard finds. These lists should not be considered exhaustive and new material will be added as more information and sources become available. All of the locations listed should be considered private property until proven otherwise and the proper permissions obtained, preferably in writing, in advance of any visit. Some hoard sites are scheduled ancient monuments, be very sure that any location you wish to metal detect on is not a protected archaeological site.
- Hoards Found in Bedfordshire
- Hoards Found in Berkshire
- Hoards Found in Buckinghamshire
- Hoards Found in Cambridgeshire
- Hoards Found in Cheshire
- Hoards Found in Cornwall
- Hoards Found in Cumberland
- Hoards Found in Derbyshire
- Hoards Found in Devon
- Hoards Found in Dorset
- Hoards Found in Durham
- Hoards Found in Essex
- Hoards Found in Gloucestershire
- Hoards Found in Hampshire
- Hoards Found in Herefordshire
- Hoards Found in Hertfordshire
- Hoards Found in Huntingdonshire
- Hoards Found in Kent
- Hoards Found in Lancashire
- Hoards Found in Leicestershire
- Hoards Found in Lincolnshire
- Hoards Found in London
- Hoards Found in Middlesex
- Hoards Found in Norfolk
- Hoards Found in Northamptonshire
- Hoards Found in Northumberland
- Hoards Found in Nottinghamshire
- Hoards Found in Oxfordshire
- Hoards Found in Rutland
- Hoards Found in Shropshire
- Hoards Found in Somerset
- Hoards Found in Staffordshire
- Hoards Found in Suffolk
- Hoards Found in Surrey
- Hoards Found in Sussex
- Hoards Found in Warwickshire
- Hoards Found in Westmorland
- Hoards Found in Wiltshire
- Hoards Found in Worcestershire
- Hoards Found in Yorkshire