Archaeology

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700 years old silver coins from the Black Forest

One of the largest medieval coin hoards in southwestern Germany was found in a trench for a pipeline near the swimming pool in Glottertal. The coins, dating from the early 14th century, were discovered by an authorised worker during routine supervision of the excavation.

Archaeology student finds silver Viking treasure with a detector

In a field near Elsted in the spring, an archaeology student discovered a hoard of seven silver Viking bracelets. First he found one, then a week later he returned to the site and discovered six more. Dating back to around 800 AD, they date from the very beginning of the Viking Age and indicate widespread Viking connections.

A rare omegidine pin from the Roman-Provincial environment found by the detector

At the beginning of June Tobias-red added a beautiful and very well preserved pin from the Roman period to the LP artifacts catalogue. Little did he know that it would become the subject of specialist interest and even win the Find of the Month competition. The pin so intrigued Elmar that he arranged an interview with the finder. At the end of the article you will also find a statement from the archaeologist with whom the finder is in contact...

Pot of 2,500-year-old gold coins discovered in Turkey

In the ancient city-state of Notion in Turkey, a wine vessel filled with gold coins of the "daric" type was discovered. They date from the 5th century BC and were probably minted in Sardis, about 100 km from the site of the discovery. This is the first ever hoard of gold coins in Asia Minor discovered in an archaeological context. It changes the view of the chronology of Persian coins.

Report on the discovery of a unique collection from the Migration of Nations

After nearly sixteen centuries and two years, the Hostim depot, headed by unique glass cups, is seeing the light of day...

Mystery of anonymous Bronze Age axes solved

As we reported in a previous article, two Bronze Age axes were sent anonymously to the National Museum of Ireland last month. As it is illegal to search for archaeological artefacts with a metal detector in Ireland, the sender was concerned about criminalisation. After being challenged by the archaeologists and assured that he was not facing any penalties, he eventually turned himself in and brought the archaeologists to the "crime" scene.

Detective anonymously sent his find to museum; fears conviction

The National Museum of Ireland recently received a package containing two perfectly preserved Bronze Age axes. The donor was an anonymous metal detectorist who wanted to share his common cultural heritage, but at the same time fears criminalisation - in Ireland, metal detecting is banned and carries a heavy fine and imprisonment. It is one of the countries where, thanks to a strict law, the vast majority of finds end up in privatecollections, and people who would like to cooperate in safe circumstances prefer to search in secret.

When you find a horse or a dog with a metal detector

A few days ago a very nice and unique find appeared on LP. Since we were looking for the destination, I finally called the finder and added a small interview to the find.

When I started selling my finds...

On Saturday I decided to repay my debt to the company and went to a small family festival in Hlásná Třebáň organized by the local volunteer fire brigade.

Massive gilded "royal" ring from the 14th century

The rare ring was discovered during an archaeological research carried out by researchers from the National Institute of Archaeology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the citadel of the medieval fortress of Kokalyan Urvich. The ring was lying in a carved tomb from the late 14th century and is directly linked to the ruler.