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A collection of found coins sold for 2.3 million

A trio of prospectors with metal detectors were very lucky to discover 142 rare silver coins two years ago. The treasure sold for £81,000, or £2.3 million.

The mystery of the Iron Age frog mass grave

More than 8,000 frog skeletal remains have been discovered by archaeologists near Cambridge in the United Kingdom, lying in a 14-metre-long trench near a roundhouse in an Iron Age settlement. Frog bones are occasionally discovered individually at archaeological sites, but a mass frog "burial" is unprecedented.

7.4.1945 Coggalbeg's treasure

A beautiful gold jewel and two gold wheels were discovered in 1945 by an Irish farmer in a bog. The treasure remained hidden until 2009, when the treasure vault was robbed by thieves. Fortunately, the precious artifacts were recovered.

A detective found a flaccid Roman phallus without testicles in the form of a pendant

This New Year's Eve in Higham, Kent, detectorist Wendy Thompson discovered a 1,800-year-old silver pendant of unusual design. It is the only pendant of its kind in the PAS database and experts define it as an item of national significance. It has now been declared a treasure...

Ancient Roman Message from Hadrian's Wall: the 13th penis and a very personal insult

A stone carving of a penis with an inscription from the 3rd century was discovered at Hadrian's Wall. A soldier was also mocked in a way familiar to us today when someone from his neighbourhood took his name in an artistic representation of an insult.

Detectorist finds world's unique, 2,000-year-old Roman brooch in the shape of a horse

The so-called Leasingham horse-shaped copper alloy brooch is quite unique in the archaeological record. It was discovered with his metal detector by Mr Jason Price in a field near Leasingham in the summer of 2019. There is no other of its kind. Although it has not been declared a treasure, it has now been acquired for the collection of Lincoln Museum.

Individual finds of Iron Age coins were declared treasure after 27 years

The 2,000-year-old coins were gradually found by a single detectorist between 1993 and 1995 in the Dursley area of Gloucestershire. Experts have dated them to between 50 BC and AD 10. They are associated with a tribe known as the Dobunni, the coroner, who has now declared the coins treasure, said in a report.

14. 3. 2013

14 Mar 2013 Treasure hunter finds Roman lead coffin

The ancient Roman coffin was discovered nine years ago in Leicestershire by a treasure hunter. It was made of lead and experts say it's worth around £200,000. It probably belonged to a wealthy Roman family.

Stolen valuable Darwin notebooks were anonymously returned in a pink gift bag

A pink gift bag was recently found on the floor of a public area of Cambridge University Library. Inside was a custom-made archive box containing 2 notebooks protected by food-grade foil. It was soon discovered that these were Charles Darwin's notebooks stolen over 20 years ago. Inside was a printed message: Happy Easter.

A 15-year-old girl found a nearly two-thousand-year-old Roman ring, a 13-year-old found a bronze depot

Jessica Millington found a 3rd century Roman silver ring with a red carnelian in August 2020. It depicts Nemesis, the goddess of righteous retribution. She is one of the next successful finders of the new emerging generation of British detectorists...

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