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Hundreds of perfectly preserved artefacts uncovered by melting glacier in Norway

Archaeologists recently published a study documenting rare artifacts from a long-forgotten trail in a mountain pass beneath the melting Lendbreen glacier in Norway. Among the many items found were thousand-year-old skis, arrows, tools, clothing and the remains of a dog with collar and leash.

Extremely rare royal seal and tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty artifacts found in China

The golden seal of a Ming Dynasty prince was discovered by archaeologists at a 17th-century battlefield site near the Minjiang River in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The seal is made of solid, high-quality gold. It is the first find of its kind in China; according to archaeologists, the priceless value...

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..

Man finds one of the largest Roman coin hoards in Poland while collecting scrap metal

At the end of last year Mariusz Dyl was looking for deer drops in a field near Cichobórz, south of Hrubieszów, when he came across ploughed-up silver Roman coins. He originally collected them and took them home...

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...

Treasure hunters discover gold coins and a watch that recorded the time of the ship's sinking

On the night of June 14, 1838, a boiler on the steam excursion boat Pulaski exploded off the coast of North Carolina. Within a short time, the ship sank with 128 people on board, including U.S. Congressman William B. Rochester and many other wealthy and prominent individuals. Only 59 lucky people survived. Recently, divers discovered gold and silver coins of considerable value near the wreck, and most notably a gold watch that stopped shortly after the explosion...

300-year-old coin hoard of a one-eyed priest found in Slovakia

A set of coins from the early 18th century was discovered in a covered cup under the floor of the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Obisovce, near Košice in eastern Slovakia.

A pot full of gold coins discovered in an Indian temple

The treasure was found by workers clearing land near the Akilandeswari shrine belonging to the Jambukeswarar temple complex in southeast India. According to a local numismatist, the treasures date back to the 17th century and are worth over ₹2.3 million...

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....

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