Tudor gold found in the river Thames: Tiny haul of delicately crafted 16th century beads, studs and aglets discovered by mudlarks who scour the shore. Treasure hunters searching the banks of the Thames have unearthed a tiny trove of Tudor gold. The pieces include delicately crafted beads, studs and aglets – metal tips for laces…
Research by the BBC has revealed Norfolk as the best spot for treasure hunters. But is everything as it seems? Of all the treasures found in the ground, fewer than 5% are discovered by professional archaeologists. More than 90% are unearthed by amateur treasure hunters armed with metal detectors – devices originally devised for hunting…
Now That’s a bargain! Ancient Egyptian seal believed to show Ramesses the Great is discovered in a charity shop costing £12. Archaeologist James Balme has come across an ancient Egyptian seal that could be more than 3,000 years old, among people’s discarded junk while trawling the website of a charity shop in Hertfordshire. He paid just…
A teenage treasure hunter found more than he bargained for after discovering a massive stash of deadly weapons. James Cork was out with his metal detector searching for bits of old scrap when he snagged a haul quite like any other – a suspected IRA weapons dump. James, 16, was taking part in magnet fishing,…
A seaside town is bracing itself for a gold-rush after a German artist buried £10,000 worth of bullion on a beach as part of an arts festival. Michael Sailstorfer has hidden thirty 24-carat gold bars on Folkestone’s Outer Harbour beach. People are being encouraged to dig for the gold after low tide at 16:00 BST.…
Published by The Argus, written by Neil Vowles, Monday April 9th 2012 “Fishermen could find a new profession as treasure hunters. English Heritage is launching a year-long pilot scheme in Sussex this month in an attempt to create an ordered log of historical finds uncovered by the fishing community. The heritage group is working with…
Published by VCStar, by Alicia Doyle, Friday 6th January, 2012 “The first time Steve Baird went treasure hunting with a metal detector, he found less than $1 in coins. “But I was hooked,” recalled Baird, 44, of Simi Valley, whose first detector was a Whites 6000DI.” – Taken from Article …
By Nancy Chen, Ksby.com, Published Tuesday July 5th 2011 Nancy Chen reports how Mr Gil Rivera and a team of metal detectors sifted the sand of Pismo beach, after a fireworks event, to find lost treasure. “As tens of thousands of people left local beaches after fireworks shows Monday night, a whole new crowd headed the opposite…