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Mushroom pickers had a harvest: one carved a silver treasure when he fell off his bike, another dug up a 3,000-year-old sword

This autumn was really rich in mushrooms. Bogusław Rumiński from the Polish village of Jezuicka Struga was also aware of this, and on 22 October he got on his bike and went mushroom picking. On the way, his front wheel got stuck in a rut and, unable to get out, Rumiński fell off. He reached out his hand to cushion his fall. When he picked himself up, he saw in his palm - together with a handful of dirt - six silver coins...

140 km from the Czech border, a unique Germanic princely grave from the time of the Migration of Nations is discovered

Between Brücken and Hackpfüffel in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, a richly furnished grave of a Germanic nobleman was found in a mound dating from 480 - 530 AD. Six women and eleven animals were buried in a circle around the prince. According to experts, this is the most important archaeological site in Germany in the last 40 years...

Depot of female Fanny

When you have a smart dog, anything is possible...

Papal seal in order of 1.5 millionth treasure

The number of reported archaeological finds in the UK recently reached the 1.5 million mark. This incredible number was achieved by the discovery of a 13th century papal seal.

Husband and wife find a treasure; they get 1.3 million crowns as a reward

A young couple from the Slovak Liptov region found a cup with silver and gold coins from the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries in the soil near the village of Likavka, which was disturbed by wild boars at the beginning of last year. The Slovak RTVS station reported this week on the experts' findings and the amount of the reward.

In the grounds of a 14th-century Polish castle, detectorists discovered a Jewish treasure from World War II

A depot of silver artefacts hidden in the period around the Second World War was discovered in the ruins of a castle in Nowy Sącz in southern Poland. Detectorists from a local association were searching for possible second-war munitions near the castle tower when a representative of the association reported a very strong signal. At first, he thought he had just come across a rusty piece of metal. But after removing it, he found a silver treasure in perfect condition...

12. 6. 1771

12.6. 1771 Finding of the underwater treasure

It is estimated that the treasure of the underwater treasure consisted of up to seven thousand gold coins. It was found on 12 June 1771 after the flood by a poor farmer. The depot was subsequently seized by the local prince, who ordered thorough searches. Straws were torn up and even the floors were ripped out.

Nazi gold is in the well, says the daily

Researchers have declassified more information from an SS officer's diary, which is said to contain information about hidden Nazi treasures. Much of it is believed to be in a well at the Polish baroque Hochberg residence near the Czech border.

Leiden museum buys rare Viking jewel discovered by metal detector

A silver braided pendant in the shape of a ring was acquired by the Dutch museum Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (RMO) in Leiden. It was discovered while searching in a ploughed cornfield near Hoogwoud on Christmas Eve last year. It has now become part of the national collection - it was bought from the detectorist for an as yet undisclosed price. The museum ranks it as one of the most important finds of the period, and adds it to a unique collection of other jewels from a hoard at nearby Westerklief...

Since 1997, over 11,000 legally recognised metal detector treasures have been discovered in England

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) has completed 20 years since its inception. The results include. A publicly accessible database of recovered artefacts, new archaeological sites and finds, which to date numbers nearly 1.5 million objects, a terrifyingtens of thousands of collaborating archaeologists across the country, hundreds of participating museums and institutions, and hundreds of thousands of collaborating members of the public, including tens of thousands of children.

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