Published by Yorkshire Evening Post, Wednesday 5th December 2012 A medieval silver brooch has become the latest historic treasure to be unearthed in Wakefield district. A treasure trove inquest at Wakefield Coroner’s Court heard how the brooch was found by a Castleford man who had been metal detecting on farmland in North Elmsall in September last…
Published by York Press, Wednesday 12th December 2012 A RYEDALE woman has been reunited with two rings belonging to her late father after they were lost in fields four months ago. Louise Boddy, from Amotherby, had been wearing the silver and gold rings on a chain following her father’s death in July. While walking her…
Published by BBC News Jersey, Sunday 16th December 2012. Jersey Heritage has said it is hoping to secure more help to examine a Bronze Age coin hoard found in the island. Neil Mahrer, from Jersey Heritage, is separating the hoard of about 70,000 coins, which have fused together after hundreds of years in the ground.…
Published by Staffordshire Hoard, December 18, 2012 Archaeologists working for Staffordshire County Council and English Heritage made the discovery when they were on site following the recent ploughing of the same field at Hammerwich, near Lichfield. Approximately 90 pieces of gold and silver have been recovered in this work; many of these items weigh less…
Published by This is Staffordshire, written by Maryann Astle, Tuesday 18th December 2012. ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered 90 more pieces of the Staffordshire Hoard – in the same field as the original find. The discovery was made by archaeologists working for Staffordshire Council and English Heritage when they were working on the site following the…
Setting up Garrett Euro Ace? This is the sixth video in a series of hints & tips to help and improve your metal detecting skills and techniques. Nigel Ingram, from Regton, presents the whole series. Garrett metal Detectors ) Hobby Metal Detecting
Published by BBC Norfolk News, 29 November 2012 A hoard of coins minted during Henry VIII’s reign and found by a metal detector enthusiast in a Norfolk field may have been buried to keep it safe during Kett’s Rebellion in 1549. The 14 silver groats, found in a field in Wymondham, were pronounced treasure by…
Published by Art Daily.org JERUSALEM.- White Gold: Revealing the World’s Earliest Coins is the first public display of an outstanding group of five hundred miniature masterpieces from two important collections of electrum coins. The exhibition provides an intimate glimpse into the dawn of coinage, shedding light on the story of one of the most important…
Published by The Guardian, written by Maev Kennedy, Monday 3rd December 2012 When the battered metal helmet turned up in a field on the outskirts of Canterbury, the archaeologists had to peer at it carefully to be sure it wasn’t a relic from a careless American GI in the second world war — albeit one with eccentric…