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The most beautiful metal detector find of August 2024 - qualification

The qualification for the most beautiful find of August is here and again there is a lot to choose from.

Collector 2024

We are pleased to invite you to this year's largest collectors' meeting in Central and Eastern Europe - Collector 2024! This year lovecpokladu.cz will be participating again and we would like to invite you to visit our booth 509 in Hall 2.

2 100-year-old Roman silver coins discovered near Sicily

A rare set of 27 silver Roman coins from the Republican period of the 1st century BC has been discovered on the island of Pantelleria. It is in the same place where other silver coins of the same period were discovered 14 years ago, and near the recent discovery of statues of three emperors.

The silver vessel from the Galloway Viking hoard is much older and not from Europe

1.September 2014, detectorist and former professional soldier Derek McLennan discovered the richest collection of rare objects from the Vikings period ever found in Britain or Ireland. On the exact day of the tenth anniversary, experts made an unexpected announcement - the main "star" of the hoard - a silver the lidded vessel, is not of European origin from the Carolingian period, but hundreds of years older, and it comes from the Middle East...

The most beautiful metal detector find of July 2024

The July round of the most beautiful find of the month is here and there were a lot of submissions.

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.