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The beginner's luck of a young detectorist - a sword from the 17th century

Ten-year-old schoolboy Fionntan Hughes, from Derrylaughan, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, was given a new Minelab Vanquish detector for his birthday and had great luck with it on his first day: He found a sword that was about 300 years old.

A coin treasure worth three million crowns was discovered in the field behind the pub

Forty-year-old detectorist Luke Mahoney went out with his friends Dan Hunt and Matt Brown on Sunday, July 26, for a legal detector survey of a 15-acre field near Ipswich. He must have felt that he was going to be lucky that day, because he found a gold coin first thing in the morning and managed six pence before noon. But he was far from knowing what he could look forward to after lunch.

Over 1000 years old ointment can destroy the strongest bacterial biofilm (recipe inside the article)

In 2015, microbiologists from the University of Nottingham, with experts in Anglo-Saxon texts, investigated a 10th-century recipe for treating eye infections. A combination of onion, garlic, wine and beef bile in a bronze or brass vessel was thought to reliably kill bacteria, acting as an antibiotic.

Dozens of treasures found in gardens during coronavirus clampdown

England's "Lockdown" during the coronacrisis forced hundreds of thousands of Britons to adjust their interests and hobbies to enjoy them at home. For treasure hunters, it meant an opportunity to do a really honest search of their own back gardens. The result is many amazing reported treasures...

Roman coins, jewellery and other items found at racecourse in England

Chelmsford City Racecourse management have asked the local Braintree Metal Detecting Club if they could help them open a new racecourse. This is because one of the last layers of the racecourse was made of local soil and the detectorists were tasked with clearing it of any sharp metal objects that could potentially injure the racehorses...

She inherited a detector and found two Anglo-Saxon objects worth half a million

Fifty-four-year-old Mel Hollwoger had the great fortune of startingwoman when she inherited a metal detector and within the first three months found two very rare Anglo-Saxon artefacts near her home in Aldborough, Norfolk.

Mysterious Anglo-Saxon brooch

The British Museum examined an Anglo-Saxon brooch recovered by a metal detectorist in Norfolk. But experts have been unable to pinpoint its exact origins. It was found in a field where the owner had soil brought in.

War bunker in the garden

In the garden of his house, Lee Moran and his daughter discovered a hidden World War II bunker. Although the existence of the shelter was publicly discussed, there was no tangible mention of it anywhere. And so it remained hidden for decades.

Treasures from a teacher's collection auctioned for a million

History teacher Gordon Taylor has always enjoyed walking through the fields, looking for fragments of artefacts and traces of ancient human activity. In 1962, he found a fragment of human bone near Irby in Lincolnshire. This discovery led to a 17-year-long exploration and the discovery of 72 mostly female graves and hundreds of unique objects dating from between 450 and 625 AD.

More unique detectorist finds declared treasure

Gold ring from 400 - 200 BC, which is only the sixth of its kind to be found in England, and a medieval silver brooch with two centaurs dating from between 1200 and 1300, have beenThe Covid-19 crisis was investigated by video conference between Coroner John Ellery of Telford & Wrekin, experts from the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) and one of the finders..

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