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Historical artefacts worth millions of crowns have gone missing from repositories of reported finds

Valuable artifacts from the detector finds were moved to an unknown location for fear of looting. Precious treasures and parts of the surrendered files were lost from secure storage, apparently stolen by someone with access. It is feared that they have been sold to private collections in the USA.

Detectorists discover Scotland's largest medieval coin hoard

A huge collection of 700-year-old silver coins has been found in a field near the village of Dunscore in Dumfries using metal detectors. Archaeologists are talking about an absolutely amazing discovery. The hoard is now being catalogued by experts, and is likely to be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds...

He hid a Celtic chieftain's ring worth £30,000 in a cupboard

For almost thirty years, a collector hid a rare Celtic chieftain's ring in a cupboard, which was discovered in Yorkshire by a prospector with a metal detector. The jewel dates from around 100 BC. The collector is likely to come into a nice chunk of change. Experts say the jewel is worth around £30,000.

2 100 years old gold coins in beef bone

The Lynn Museum's new exhibit is an intriguing reminder of a 19-year-old discovery. Specifically, a trove of golden staters from the 1st century BC that were embedded in a hollowed-out bovine femur. They were found using a metal detector during an archaeological excavation of an early medieval burial site.

Archaeological Society saves 1,700 items from sale in Anglo-Saxon collection

The collection of more than 1,700 Anglo-Saxon artefacts dating from the 6th to 7th centuries AD was acquired by the Kent Archaeological Society just before it managed to be sold at public auction last Friday. The Ozengell collection includes many beautiful pieces of jewellery, clasps, weapon fittings, glass, beads and pottery. All the items were found in an Anglo-Saxon burial ground near Ramsgate in Kent.

As I was in Scotland on the farm starving

Feel free to ask what you specifically want to know. I'm not some professional searcher myself. I report actual finds that are under the term treasure, the object must be over 300 years old, or be made of precious metal-silver, gold...

Detectorist finds unique golden sword head from the 8th century

An extremely rare, 1,300-year-old gold head decorated with intricate patterns and garnets was found by a hobby prospector with a metal detector. It has now been acquired by the National Museums of Scotland. It is the first and only one of its kind ever found in Scotland. It's worth up to a million crowns.

500-year-old pendant found by metal detector declared a treasure

The circular reliquary pendant was found in May near Stroud in Gloucestershire by detectorist David Mallows of the Wyvern History and Detection Club in Harescombe. At an inquest in Gloucester last Thursday, the coroner was told it dated between 1400 and 1540, contained precious metals and met the requirements of a treasure.

Gold coins found under the floor sold for a staggering amount

More than 260 coins were discovered by a couple in 2019 while renovating the kitchen of an old house in Ellerby, East Yorkshire. They were lying in a container between a concrete slab and 18th-century floorboards. A preliminary estimate of their price was around £200,000. However, international attention grew after the story was published, raising the original estimate many times over.

Perfectly preserved gagate jewellery in a Bronze Age burial mound

A unique, beautifully crafted 4,000-year-old necklace was discovered during an archaeological dig on the Isle of Man in 2019. The jewellery was made up of 122 black amber beads in seven rows above each other. It has now been declared a treasure and will be displayed for the public to see.

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