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2,500 Norman coin hoard becomes England’s most valuable treasure find

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2 months ago

Detectorist’s hoard of 1,000-year-old coins that could rewrite English history sells for millions

The Independent

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9 months, 1 week ago

How detectorists thrashed archaeologists at their own game

The Telegraph

Thankfully, cases like Jones’s are incredibly rare and most in the detectoring community report an inclusive, shared desire to contribute to history. “Like any hobby, there are people out there that are not in it for the love of history but are what I call treasure seekers – because they want to find something they can sell on,” says Sophie …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Rare 17th century ring found in a field by a metal detectorist could fetch up to £16,000 at auction

Daily Mail

A 17th century ring found in a field by a metal detectorists could sell for up to £16,000 at auction. An expert says the ring, which is believed to date back to the 17th century, is believed to have been worn by Dorothy Ashfield, who was born in 1594 Nigel Mills, Artefact and Coin Expert at Noonans,says the ring is …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Treasure Island! Metal detectorists made a record 1,378 discoveries in Britain last year - with Norfolk named the top spot for stumbling on riches

Daily Mail

Finds of buried treasure broke records last year in England and Wales – driven in part by a Covid-inspired boom in metal detecting. Pictured is a find on a farm in Devon in 2021 On the rise: There were 1,378 discoveries in total, according to provisional figures for 2022, which if confirmed will be the highest number of finds since …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Britain’s secret army of metal detectorists – who are outdoing archaeologists

The Telegraph

But it was the final image that held my attention – a series of holes dug on a Scheduled Monument, a legally protected archaeological site, and filled back in. Nighthawks are also known to ‘launder’ objects obtained illegally by ‘planting’ them on organised metal-detecting rallies then pretending to find them, conferring on them a legitimate provenance. In a recent interview …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Metal detectorist unearths 1,150-year-old Viking board game

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It was later on after showing many of our finds to the Fitzwilliam Museum …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Diana Rigg, Who Played Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, Dead at 82

News 18

Diana Rigg, a commanding British actress whose career stretched from iconic 1960s spy series The Avengers to fantasy juggernaut Game of Thrones, has died. She undoubtedly raised my acting game when we made On Her Majesty’s Secret Service together in 1968-9.” In later life, she played Olenna Tyrell — the formisable Queen of Thorns — in Game of Thrones, receiving …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Quest to find Bonnie Prince Charlie's long-lost gold may have been in vain

The Telegraph

It has been a long-held obsession of the metal detectorists who spend much of their spare time poring over the Scottish Highlands to track down Bonnie Prince Charlie’s missing gold. History tells us that the gold was sent on two French ships by Louis XV in support of the Prince’s Jacobite rebellion against the English. All that the clansmen loyal …

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2,500 Norman coin hoard becomes England’s most valuable treasure find

Detectorist’s hoard of 1,000-year-old coins that could rewrite English history sells for millions

How detectorists thrashed archaeologists at their own game

Rare 17th century ring found in a field by a metal detectorist could fetch up to £16,000 at auction

Treasure Island! Metal detectorists made a record 1,378 discoveries in Britain last year - with Norfolk named the top spot for stumbling on riches

Britain’s secret army of metal detectorists – who are outdoing archaeologists

Metal detectorist unearths 1,150-year-old Viking board game

Diana Rigg, Who Played Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, Dead at 82

Quest to find Bonnie Prince Charlie's long-lost gold may have been in vain