Archaeology

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Public collection helped save Viking's most valuable treasure, finder gets 57 million

A book could be written about Derek McLennan and his "Galloway" treasure. Three years ago, this Scottish good-natured sympathiser and great promoter of detector detecting found the so-called "Galloway". "Galloway Treasure"; the largest and most valuable silver and gold Viking set ever found in the islands. The deadline for raising funds to purchase the treasure is at the beginning of November. And so, as well as the great feeling of discovering national history, Derek can also be warmed by the reward that will land in his account in the next few days...

Archaeological news not only for metal detectors 6/2017

A 2000-year-old baby bottle found in Turkey, A Viking buried in a ship was discovered in a square in Norway, Ancient Greek fortress uncovered in southern Russia, Archaeologists find more tombs in Egypt, a goldsmith's mummy is newly discovered.

Cyprus 2016 with CTX 3030 metal detector

This whole somewhat frantic trip started the Sunday before last at the shopping mall, when I got tired of constantly looking at last-minute tours. We went around to about 3 travel agencies in the mall asking for Greece or Spain and taking one of the first reasonable offers. The destination or similar attributes don't matter and about 7 hours later we are standing in Prague airport waiting for our flight to Larnaca.

Contents of Galloway Viking treasure pot finally revealed!

Scottish detectorist Derek McLennan discovered a unique Viking treasure some time ago, consisting of many pieces of silver, gold and other artefacts, including a magnificent pot with previously hidden contents. However, that finally changed last week when the contents were finally removed and made public after being preserved by experts following previous scanning. What was hidden in the pot took the breath away from even the most experienced experts...

How was Moravia Minelab Day

In the article you can see photos from the event and also read some of the measured results and the best settings for each detector.

Dream Depot

Last year brought one literally unbelievable find. As it is in these cases, chance helped everything.

Minelab day in Uherský Brod

So we have finished the meeting in Uherský Brod. The weather was good this time and I think everything was tested except Eureka. The slope polygon prepared by Olda and Pavel was great and a lot of searchers were surprised how it is with the ranges.

7 hours with Minelab - Minelab Detector Owners Club meeting

Photos and description of Saturday's event, which was worth it for fans of the metal detector brand Minelab.

Celtic oppidum series, part four: the oppidum in Hainburg was rebuilt by archaeologists

In the next part of the series on Celtic oppids we will look at Austria, specifically Hainburg. Two thousand years ago, a fortified town stood on a local hill called Braunsberg.It was located at the so-called Uher Gate, which was the junction of the Amber and Danube routes, important for long-distance trade at the time.

Archeo metal detector finds

Bronze knife Czech-Palatinate culture BC1 ca. 1350 BC