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17. 4. 2017

17 Apr 2017 Authorities search for owner of gold hidden in piano

The British authorities dealt with an interesting situation four years ago. They were looking for the owner of gold hidden in a piano. The treasure was found when the instrument was tuned by an expert in Shropshire, central England.

16. 4. 2016

16 Apr 2016 Viking coins in Northern Ireland

The two rare Viking coins were discovered with a metal detector by Brian Morton, then a forty-three-year-old full-time carer. Experts say the coins are linked to a Viking raid on a nearby monastery. They are the first coins of their kind found in Northern Ireland.

15 Apr 2011 A jug of coins discovered during renovation of the house

The builder Richard Mason of Lindisfarne (an island off the coast of north-east England) discovered a collection of gold and silver coins. They were in a jar hidden in the cellar. One of the coins depicts Clement VIII, who refused to annul Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon in the sixteenth century.

14. 4. 2018

14 Apr 2018 Hulvácký Treasure

Four years ago, a gentleman and his son went for a walk in Ostrava-Hulváky and discovered a treasure. It was nearly a hundred silver coins. According to experts, someone probably hid the coins during the riots in the seventeenth century.

4/13/2016 He got 108,000 for a jug with 284 coins

The reward of 108 thousand crowns was given to the forester who found the treasure near Ujčov in the Žďár region. Specifically, he discovered a jug of 284 coins. He preserved it in an exemplary manner and handed it over to the Museum of the Highlands in Jihlava. The region decided to receive 80,000 more than it is legally entitled to.

12 Apr 2016 Bread from the time of Jan Hus

An interesting discovery was announced six years ago by archaeologists in Brno. Specifically, two charred loaves of bread from the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Archaeologists have not recorded a similar discovery in recent times.

11 Apr 2015 Hartenberg Treasures

The ruins of Hartenberg Castle have amazed archaeologists for years. Many interesting artefacts have been found there. For example, toys that children used to play with in the Middle Ages or a pot almost half a metre high.

10. 4. 2017

10.4.2017 Ceramic vessels with bronze objects

Archaeologists uncovered the ceramic vessel buried in the ground five years ago in the Přerov region. It contained three thousand-year-old bronze objects. These included, for example, circular jewellery or a so-called phalera made of bronze sheet with richly wrought decoration.

9 Apr 2018 Ninety-year-old senior finds pot full of coins

A man who found a treasure in his garden in Čeliv, Benešov region, behaved in an exemplary manner. The damaged ceramic vessel and its surroundings contained 583 coins minted between 1350 and 1455. The 90-year-old senior dug up the depot right in front of the onion.

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.

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