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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..

Gold from the garden

A rare gold coin, approximately 500 years old, was found by a woman in the garden of her home in Portsmouth, England. She borrowed the metal detector from her son when she was bored.

A secret bunker from World War II

In Scotland, workers found a secret World War II bunker during a logging operation. Apparently, it was used by Churchill's Secret Service. It was known for its unconventional practices. When threatened with capture by the enemy, they committed suicide.

According to the British Museum, detectorists have discovered a record number of treasures

The British Museum announced on Tuesday that in 2019, citizens of England, Wales and Northern Ireland reported a record 1,311 finds that were defined as treasure. A total of 81,602 artefacts were reported and deposited in the PAS system last year - with more than 90% of the detector finds....

Detectorist finds 600-year-old gold and diamond brooch of incalculable value

London's Victoria & Albert Museum has acquired a unique medieval gold brooch from a detectorist's find. The brooch is the only one of its kind ever found in the UK. There are only seven known to exist in the whole world.

Unique gold bulla from detectorist's find sold to British Museum for £250,000

A Bronze Age golden eyeball, discovered two years ago by an anonymous detectorist at an undisclosed location in Shropshire, has now been declared a treasure and sold to the British Museum. The significance of the find is reflected, among other things, in the price tag of over £7 million. Experts say it is the most significant Bronze Age find in England in a century...

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