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Metal Detecting Finds in South Korea

1 published discovery in the Jewellery category from South Korea — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.

Jewellery from South Korea

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Famous findLate 5th or early 6th century AD · found 1921

The Gold Crown of Geumgwanchong: Korea's first Silla crown, found by a tavern-keeper

South Korea · JewelleryRef 230

In September 1921 a tavern-keeper extending his house in Gyeongju, South Korea, dug into an ancient tomb. Inside was the first gold crown of the Silla kingdom ever found, with tree- and antler-shaped uprights hung with jade, and tens of thousands of beads.