1 published discovery from New Zealand — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.
Global Finds has 1 find from New Zealand, a famous historical find. It is filed under coins. It is the 1855 Sydney half sovereign, struck at the Sydney Mint in 1855.
The law: In New Zealand, 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 2020 Joe McGregor, detecting a beach at Tauranga in New Zealand after a day of bottle tops and rubbish, nearly threw away another one. It was an 1855 gold half sovereign from the Sydney Mint, struck in the Australian gold rush, of which only about 40 are known on the market.
