1 published discovery from Bermuda — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.
Global Finds has 1 find from Bermuda, a famous historical find. It is filed under jewellery. It is the Tucker Cross, late 16th century, lost about 1594.
The law: In Bermuda, as in most countries, archaeological finds are protected by national heritage law: report anything old or unusual to the national heritage authority, and never dig at a known site or export a find without permission.
In September 1955 the Bermudian diver Teddy Tucker found a gold cross set with seven emeralds on a 16th-century Spanish wreck off Bermuda. In February 1975, hours before the Queen opened the island's new maritime museum, it was found to have been replaced by a fake. It has never been recovered.
