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Three-month test of X-Terra Elite - the best detector on the border of pro class not only for beginners

I know, a very bold statement. Moreover, it is not customary to evaluate a tested device right at the beginning of an article. But a detector costing just over 12,000 that uses the latest multi-frequency technology and features adopted from professional machines with a terrifyingtens of thousands more expensive, is waterproof, has excellent parameters, decent ranges and quality separation with discrimination, is really unrivalled in its class! The following 2,439 words will hopefully explain why...

Archaeologist finds a hoard of Iron Age and Roman coins, now auctioned for several million

748 gold and silver coins from the period between 206 BC and 47 AD, Sixty-three coins from the hoard have since been claimed by three museums and the remaining coins have now been sold at auction.

Silver Viking bracelets in original context

Four beautiful silver Viking bracelets were discovered on a hillside near the Norwegian farm Årdal in the village of Hjelmeland. Each is unique and all are in perfect condition. They were hidden under the floor of a Viking house that burned down in the 9th century...

An unusual cemetery of the Priory culture and a warrior's grave with a perfectly preserved Roman situla in Poland

Archaeologists have uncovered a richly furnished Iron Age war grave in a cemetery in Kazimierz Wielka, Poland. It contained iron weapons and, in particular, a very rare surviving Roman bronze urn - a situla from the younger pre-Roman and early Roman period between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century AD.

The world's biggest detector event - lots of unique finds and a treasure trove of gold coins

Last weekend Detectival 2024 took place in Hertfordshire, England. The event, which brings together thousands of detectorists and history enthusiasts, produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in years - from Roman and Celtictreasures, silver and gold coins, to early medieval and Saxon finds, including rare imports, to the discovery of a hoard of 18th century gold guineas. ...

On the floor of the 10th century house lay gold coins from the 6th century

Gold coins of the East Roman emperor Justinian I the Great were discovered during the excavation of a medieval house in the village of Debnevo in northern Bulgaria. The coins were apparently discovered by early medieval builders in the ruins of a Byzantine house on which they built a new house...

2 100-year-old Roman silver coins discovered near Sicily

A rare set of 27 silver Roman coins from the Republican period of the 1st century BC has been discovered on the island of Pantelleria. It is in the same place where other silver coins of the same period were discovered 14 years ago, and near the recent discovery of statues of three emperors.

The silver vessel from the Galloway Viking hoard is much older and not from Europe

1.September 2014, detectorist and former professional soldier Derek McLennan discovered the richest collection of rare objects from the Vikings period ever found in Britain or Ireland. On the exact day of the tenth anniversary, experts made an unexpected announcement - the main "star" of the hoard - a silver the lidded vessel, is not of European origin from the Carolingian period, but hundreds of years older, and it comes from the Middle East...

700 years old silver coins from the Black Forest

One of the largest medieval coin hoards in southwestern Germany was found in a trench for a pipeline near the swimming pool in Glottertal. The coins, dating from the early 14th century, were discovered by an authorised worker during routine supervision of the excavation.

Archaeology student finds silver Viking treasure with a detector

In a field near Elsted in the spring, an archaeology student discovered a hoard of seven silver Viking bracelets. First he found one, then a week later he returned to the site and discovered six more. Dating back to around 800 AD, they date from the very beginning of the Viking Age and indicate widespread Viking connections.

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