Posts Tagged With: gold

40 Real Forgotten Treasures Still to be Found

Posted on August 19, 2023 by David
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Amazing Roman treasure finds sold for a fortune

Posted on August 9, 2023 by David

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/amazing-roman-treasure-finds-sold-for-a-fortune/ss-AA1eSfDT?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=afc9dec6506e44c180e316b8ead73d8d&ei=18#image=1

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Gold Hoards Found in Bizarre Places

Posted on July 29, 2023 by David

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/these-huge-gold-hoards-were-found-in-bizarre-places/ss-AA1eiDbW?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d3e2f5bff4534c7f8e397f7132a48e87&ei=22#image=1 The Folkestone gold mini bars (1 ounce and 2 ounce) I suspect were buried using an auger to take them out of range of metal detectors and encourage deep digging to sculpture the beach. I did make a couple of searches there but found little other than washers which had been liberally scattered to […]

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Building Site Treasures

Posted on July 22, 2023 by David

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/you-won-t-believe-what-these-people-found-on-a-building-site/ss-AA1dVZQC?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e6eea8d0b8314d1f9820b79d4ac765bd&ei=35#image=1

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Recent Finds

Posted on March 14, 2023 by David

Roman Shipwreck Found https://coinsweekly.com/roman-shipwreck-found-in-the-adriatic-sea/ Hiker Stumbles Across Roman Hoard https://www.newsweek.com/hoard-roman-coins-hiker-stumbles-lost-ancient-site-1786875 Dutch Metal Detecting Find https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-historian-finds-medieval-treasure-using-metal-detector-2023-03-09/ Israeli Treasure Found https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/israeli-teens-discover-trove-of-1100-year-old-gold-coins

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Detectorist Sues FBI

Posted on March 6, 2023 by David

https://fortune.com/2023/02/18/fbi-civil-war-gold-dents-run-pennsylvania-lawsuit-dennis-parada-finders-keepers-detectorist/

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1800 Years Old Roman Signet Ring Found

Posted on February 9, 2023 by David

https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/a-1800-year-old-roman-signet-ring-engraved-with-the-goddess-of-victory-found-in-a-field-in-somerset

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Ten of the most valuable treasures ever found

Posted on May 29, 2022 by David

https://interestingengineering.com/10-of-the-most-valuable-treasure-troves-ever-found

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Gold!

Posted on August 27, 2014 by David

I switched back to baiting the Anderson PMR-II with pure silver on the basis that it should cover almost the entire spectrum of desirable finds, including solid gold, while reducing the apparent sensitivity to gold plate. It worked! It wasn’t long before I was holding an Iron Age gold stater coin, which I had dug […]

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Metal Detecting on the Coast: The Ultimate Guide by Edward Fletcher

Posted on August 17, 2014 by David

Coastal detecting is quite neglected in Britain but if you know how to work beaches and foreshores it can be more consistently rewarding than searching inland sites. And not just for modern coinage and gold and silver jewellery aplenty, for with a little application you can make the same range of finds from Bronze Age […]

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