15 March 2012 Nearly 3,000 silver Roman coins found four years ago by a metal detector enthusiast in Sussex are to go on display in the county. The High Weald hoard, discovered by Tim Symonds about 30 miles north of Brighton, has been bought by Brighton’s Royal Pavilion and Museums. The coins, worth about £40,000,…
Published by World-Archaeology, Thursday April 12th , 2012 The site, in Rone parish, was investigated last Thursday (April 5) on the final day of a county-wide archaeological survey of sites thought to be threatened by looters. After receiving strong signals from a metal detector, Museum of Gotland archaeologists found a bronze barrel filled withsilver coins about…
Published by Wales Online, Saturday 25th Feb 2012 A BRONZE Age hoard thought to have been buried more than 3,000 years ago as an offering to the gods was yesterday declared treasure after being found on a Welsh farm. The collection of 13 bronze artefacts, including part of a bronze bracelet, fragments of a large…
Posted by The National Geographic, written by Andrew Howley on February 4, 2012 The Dark Ages are a little bit brighter now that viewers can see for themselves the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found. Visitors to the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C. have the chance to view pieces from the Staffordshire Hoard for one more month, before the treasure is…
Published by BBC News Cumbria, Tuesday 17th April 2012 A fundraising appeal is under way to keep a Viking treasure find within South Cumbria. The Furness Hoard of Viking Treasure was found a year ago at an undisclosed site by a metal detector enthusiast. Campaigners need to raise £50,000 to buy and put it on…
By Jill Draper / McClatchy-Tribune News Service Published: August 12. 2012
Nigel very recently visited the XP HQ inFrance. So we thought we would give you a whistle stop tour of inside the factory and to introduce some of the XP employee’s. Here we can see the production team in action at the XP facility. Everyone of the team is dedicated to producing the highest quality…
Published by Daily News, the Voice of Tehama County since 1985 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MCT) – They look for places where pioneers heading west climbed from covered wagons to assess a creek crossing. Places where blue coats and gray coats camped and perhaps traded gunfire. Places where families picnicked and played at the water’s edge. And when…
Published by Green field Reporter, Jenny Peter, Vincennes Sun-Commercial, Friday 10th August. VINCENNES, Ind. — To the untrained — or maybe unwilling — eye, Nobert Brown’s extensive collection of glass bottles, coins and beat-up looking toys and jewelry might look like, well, like a pile of junk. But not to him. “It’s the thrill of the hunt…
Published by Surrey Mirror, Thursday 2nd August, 2012 A BARMAN and gardener at a Reigate pub was devastated after he lost a family heirloom while trimming hedges. Will Gandey, 20, was clearing weeds and cutting back shrubs at the Skimmington Castle in Bonny’s Road, Reigate Heath, when he realised the gold ring he was wearing had fallen…