A Metal Detectorist Dug up 52,503 Roman Coins
In 2010 a detectorist near Frome found a pot holding 52,503 Roman coins, the largest Roman hoard ever found in a single container in Britain. He stopped digging and called in the experts.
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Metal Detecting Finds in England
56 published discoveries from England — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.
Discoveries from England
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Metal Detectorists Thought They'd Hit the Jackpot When They Discovered a Gold Bracelet Dating to the Bronze Age.
At a detecting rally near Carlisle, two friends found three complete Bronze Age gold torcs, about 3,100 years old. The rally was also a protest against plans for the UK's largest electricity substation.
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‘It’s a dream come true find’: Metal detectorist unearths medieval gold cross
A detectorist at a club rally on the Isle of Sheppey found a small gold reliquary cross, engraved with Christ on one side and the Virgin and Child on the other, with its pearl and pin still in place.
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'Once in a lifetime' ring found in Cotswolds sells for thousands
A gold ring set with eight hogback diamonds, found by a detectorist at Wormington in Gloucestershire, has sold at auction for £17,000. It dates from the late 16th or early 17th century.
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A Metal Detectorist Unearthed a 17th-Century Ring Linked to Westminster Abbey
A detectorist near Preston found a 17th-century gold memorial ring made in memory of Westminster School's most famous headmaster. Westminster School has now bought it at auction.
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Army bomb disposal team descends on Blyth after metal detectorists discover grenades in field
Members of a Northumberland detecting club found two Mills grenades in a field at Blyth. The Army's bomb disposal team identified them and destroyed them in a controlled explosion.
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'Extremely rare' 14th century gold ring found by detectorists in Suffolk
Two friends about to give up for the day found a 14th-century gold seal ring in a Suffolk field. Its griffin intaglio and inscription may link it to Matilda of Lancaster, Countess of Ulster.
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15th-Century “Blood of Christ,” St. Margaret Rings found by Metal Detectorist in North Yorkshire
A semi-retired architect found two 15th-century gold devotional rings in fields near Northallerton within four months. One, an enamelled "Blood of Christ" ring, sold for £17,000, three times its estimate.
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