Rare gold coin worth £15,000 is found by an amateur treasure hunter who thought it was a bottle top. A rare gold coin dating back to the 15th century has been unearthed by an amateur treasure hunter – who thought it was a bottle top. The prized coin was struck during the brief 86-day reign…
Metal detecting enthusiast Patricia Richmond finds 700-year-old gold ring in farmer’s field. A metal detectoris unearthed a 700-year-old gold ring during an early morning hunt in a farmer’s field in Houghton Green. Patricia Richmond found the medieval ring during a hunt in land near Peel Hall Farm in October. A treasure trove inquest at Warrington…
500 year-old shipwreck loaded with gold found in Namibian desert. Diamond miners recently discovered a ship that went down 500 years ago after draining a man-made lagoon on Namibia’s coast. While shipwrecks are often found along Africa’s Skeleton Coast, this one just so happened to be loaded with $13,000,000 worth of gold coins. It also…
Black Country metal detectorist to cash in on once-in-a-lifetime find. A treasure hunter from Wolverhampton has unearthed an artefact find that is expected to net him a cash windfall. Colin Pearson found a 14th or 15th century gold reliquary when out with the Bloxwich Research and Metal Detecting Club. The 70-year-old found the 34mm by 28mm…
Treasure hunters have discovered a hoard of Spanish gold coins from the 18th century that are worth around £2.9m. The 350 coins have lied scattered on the Atlantic sea bed off the coast of Florida for the past 300 years. The coins originate from a fleet of 11 Spanish galleons that sank during a…
15th Century Ring Found By Treasure Hunter Sells For £35,000. The British Museum has confirmed a local man with a metal detector discovered a 15th century relic on one of his walks. A treasure hunter unearthed a small fortune after a ring he discovered turned out to be a 15th century jewel worth a whopping…
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—Some 2,000 spirals made of gold have been unearthed in a field in south-western Zealand, where four gold rings and six gold bowls have been found in the past. The spirals date to the Bronze Age, between 900 and 700 B.C. “Maybe the spirals were fastened to the threads lining a hat or parasol.…
Ring found in Bridgnorth reveals a wealth of facts. A ring and hook thought to be more than 500 years old were found in Shropshire, an inquest heard. An expert from the British Museum said the two items found in Bridgnorth, which would have been owned by “high-status people”, showed the wealth of some folk in…
Farmer finds 2,500 years old gold bracelets near Jaslo in the Subcarpathia, Poland. Gold artefacts initially dated to 1600-400 BC have been unearthed by a farmer near Jaslo in the Subcarpathia. The objects have been taken to the Sub-Carpathian Museum in Krosno. During field work near Jasło, a farmer found three gold bracelets tied with golden…
Historical jewellery which has lain undetected for centuries has been unearthed across the county. A Bronze Age hoard of gold bracelets from the Forest of Dean, an early medieval gold finger ring dug up in a village south of Gloucestershire, a 350-year-old silver thimble found in the Stroud district, and a post-Medieval silver-gilt spoon will…