Treasure Hunting

What Fifty Years of Detecting Has Taught Me

Posted on May 26, 2026 by David

When I first started metal detecting in the early 1970s, the hobby was very different from what it is today. Detectors were crude by modern standards. Most required constant adjustment, depth was limited, and discrimination was basic or non-existent. There were no online videos, no forums, no downloadable maps, and very few books dedicated to […]

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Ten Leagues from Land’s End: Re-examining the Mystery of the Merchant Royal

Posted on March 18, 2026 by David

On 23 September 1641 an English treasure ship vanished somewhere beyond the Cornish horizon. The Merchant Royal was said to be carrying bullion and jewels worth a king’s ransom. Contemporary reports valued the cargo at around £400,000 — an enormous fortune in the seventeenth century and one of the richest losses ever recorded in British […]

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Treasure of the Atocha

Posted on July 24, 2025 by David
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Pirate Treasure Discovered

Posted on July 16, 2025 by David

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/lost-ship-with-103m-pirate-treasure-discovered-off-africa-s-largest-island/ar-AA1IDV6Z?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ab0dbc521a444fd18e1e1946a22615ad&ei=25

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British Metal Detectorists go to Jail over undeclared Viking Treasure

Posted on April 29, 2025 by David

https://allthatsinteresting.com/british-metal-detectorists-viking-treasure

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Cocos Island Treasure

Posted on July 25, 2024 by David

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/webcontent/web-content/vi-9uChB7tpFizupw?vid=jZvDKnQb6-Y&provider=yt&ocid=msedgntp&cvid=6b78291e0477498d9d52da2a9fb0ad32&ei=36

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UK Top Treasure Areas

Posted on May 17, 2024 by David

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/where-in-the-uk-you-are-most-likely-to-find-buried-treasure-full-list/ar-BB1mqTzn?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ce34783779fd43b0bd53d78ba5477cbd&ei=33

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World’s Most Valuable Missing Treasures

Posted on March 10, 2024 by David

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/28-of-the-world-s-most-valuable-treasures-that-are-still-missing/ss-AA1aKvub?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=db640e91a2ff4ac0963a88e3ab4087d8&ei=20

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Legendary shipwreck’s treasure

Posted on February 26, 2024 by David

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-san-jose-galleon-robot-to-start-recovering-treasure-colombia-says/

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Metal detectorist unearths ancient king’s 1,500-year-old gold ring

Posted on February 26, 2024 by David

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/metal-detectorist-unearths-ancient-king-s-1-500-year-old-gold-ring-in-surreal-moment/ar-BB1iSl1Z?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b6dff68e30734f1d9c296ffb778ee0c4&ei=26

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