Family of treasure hunting scavengers recovered the lost piece of a 300-year-old religious necklace. Gold filigree necklace sacred to Spanish priests was found off central Florida’s east coast. The square-shaped ornament is believed to be from 1715, when a fleet of Spanish ships were hit by a hurricane. Ownership will be divided between the state…
Craig Pulley found a rare brooch while scouring a field on the outskirts of his home town, Aldridge, near Walsall. He almost threw away his incredibly rare find, believing it to be junk. Last week Birmingham Museum confirmed the significance of Craig’s discovery. It’s an Aesica brooch, measuring 60mm by 40mm, dating between AD70 and…
Funerals are sad events, and for some of us, there will be a guard of honour to arrange a final goodbye. As for metal detectorist Jonny Burgin, he would definitely appreciate the efforts made by his friends from the Amber’s Digs metal detector group, as they formed a guard of honour that had not swords…
Garrett ATX Pulse metal detector I heard that a new Garrett PI detector was coming out so I headed straight for the website to check it out. What I seen I was not expecting…wow it looked military and very well made. I was on the e-mail to Nigel to ask if I could test it,…
A hobbyist from Devon has unearthed a solid gold coin lost by a Roman soldier around 1400 years ago. Metal detector enthusiast Stephen Lovering made the discovery last week after scouting an area believed to house the remains of a lost village. Heavy to hold and about the size of a 5p piece, the Heraclius…