Tag: metal detecting
Metal Detectorist Finds Bar Copper Worth Thousands in Connecticut Town
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .... There's a reason that metal detectorists go back to the field day in, day out. Whether the hunt turns out...
Rare Medieval British Coins Discovered by Metal Detectorists Sell at Auction
By Dix Noonan Webb ...... Two rare and noteworthy Medieval English gold coins were sold at Dix Noonan Webb on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in...
Treasure (Rhode) Island? Henry Every and Yemeni Coins Found in New England
By Oliver Hoover for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... On April 1, 2021, the Associated Press ran a story about a handful of small silver...
Rare Australian Half Sovereign Discovered by Metal Detector
Heritage Auctions will be offering a rare Australian Half Sovereign gold coin that was recently discovered by a metal detector in New Zealand. This...
Metal Detectorist Finds Hoard of 99 Anglo Saxon Silver Pennies
Anglo Saxon Silver Pennies by Dix Noonan Webb ...... Thirty years ago, a fortune-teller asked builder Don Crawley to pick three cards from a full...
Recently Announced Hoard Second Largest Find of Norman Coins Ever in UK
Norman Coins Hoard by Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .... After seven months of processing the find, the British Museum in London announced on Tuesday, August...
How One Metal Detectorist Discovered the Seaton Down Hoard of Ancient Roman Coins
The Seaton Down Hoard by Alex Lemaire for CoinWeek ..... Laurence Egerton is a 51-year-old semi-retired builder in the United Kingdom who spends his spare...
Detectorists Find Medieval Coin Hoard of King Edward Silver, Gold Nobles
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .... Earlier this month, a coin hoard dating to the late 13th and early 14th centuries was uncovered by a...
Metal Detecting Brothers Unearth Ancient Roman Coins in Belgium
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ...... One of the many fascinating aspects of coins from Ancient Rome is that they are found over a very...
English Museum Acquires Hoard of Ancient Gold Coins from Gallic Wars
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ....... A hoard of 10 gold coins discovered in Kent in 2016 is finally on display at a nearby...
Metal Detectorists Find Silver Coin Treasure Hoard Linked to King “Bluetooth”
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .... On April 16, archaeologists in northern Germany announced the discovery of a hoard of about 600 silver coins linked...
Group of 17th-Century Silver Coins Found in Northern Ireland Declared Treasure
By Everett Millman - GainesvilleCoins.com ....... For reasons of historical economic privation by its powerful neighbors in Great Britain, Ireland does not have a reputation for yielding...
English Gold Coins – Detectorist Finds Rare Richard III Half Angel Near Bosworth Field
By Dix Noonan Webb ...... A rare gold coin dating from the brief reign of Richard III has been found by a metal detectorist just...
Colonial Coins: ANS Releases Latest Issue of Colonial Newsletter
The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of The Colonial Newsletter (CNL). Founded in 1960, CNL...
Metal Detectorist Finds Once-in-a-Lifetime Hoard of Rare Ancient Roman Coins
Many dating back to the time of Mark Antony and Cleopatra By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .... As reported in the UK press last week,...
Metal Detecting – U.K. Ranks Its Top 20 Treasures
By Everett Millman - Gainesvillecoins.com ...... Most aspiring treasure hunters are aware that Great Britain is essentially the metal detecting treasure capital of the world Aside...
Viking Silver Coin Hoard Found in Denmark
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ....... Two men with metal detectors struck it big earlier this month when their find in southern Zealand (Denmark)...
Ancient Coins – After Three Years, Excavation of Jersey Hoard Complete
By Shaquille Brissett for Gainesville Coins .... On Sundays friends Reg Mead and Richard Miles would take to the fields of Grouville, in the Bailiwick...
Silver Coins from English Civil War Discovered
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ....... During one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of Britain, the three-part conflict known as the...
Ancient Coin News – Metal Detectorist Challenges Alton Hoard Value
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ....... In 1996, a Briton who was interested in archaeology and metal detecting as a pastime discovered one of...
First Read: Numismatic Archaeology of North America: A Field Guide
First Read, a continuing series of essays about classic and contemporary works of numismatic literature... Review by Charles Morgan for CoinWeek ..... Numismatic Archaeology of North...
Massive 145-Ounce Gold Nugget Found with Minelab GPZ 7000 Metal Detector
By Minelab ...... The ‘Friday’s Joy’ gold nugget is expected to bring more than $250,000 AUD. It was discovered in a worked-over area at the...
Dancing with the Universe – The Infamous Wanborough Hoard of Atrebates Coins
By Wayne Sayles - Ancient Coin Collecting with the kind permission of John Hooker I'm sure that most are quite familiar with the infamous Wanborough Hoard...
Gainesville Coins: Gold and Silver Treasure Update
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ....... Unlike perhaps any other location on Earth, the United Kingdom has an incredible abundance of gold and silver...
Metal Detectorist Finds Treasure Hoard of 8,000 Ancient Roman Coins
By Shaquille Brissett for Gainesville Coins .... Another roman Coin Hoard found with metal detector There are times when persistence pays off in a big way....
Gainesville Coins: Crime Doesn’t Pay for Treasure Finder
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ....... Treasure hunting is a fantastic hobby and pastime. It not only can pay off handsomely for a determined...
World Coins – NGC Grades Most Valuable English Coin 1344 Double Leopard
1344 Edward III “Double Leopard” NGC has graded a rare "Double Leopard" that recently sold privately for the highest price ever paid for an...
Gainesville Coins: UK Treasure Finder Awaits Big Pay Day
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ....... One of the most astounding treasure finds in Britain’s rich history of such discoveries is finally close to...
Big Sale of Ancient Roman Coin Hoard
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ....... Sometimes, there’s no way to know how valuable something is until it goes on sale at auction. Last...
CoinWeek Weekly Coin & Currency News Roundup – April 1, 2016
By Coinweek .... Hello, and welcome back to CoinWeek's weekly roundup of the strange and off-center in coin and currency news. Today's roundup happens to...