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2. Newark Torc - Wikipedia

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   The Newark Torc is a complete Iron Age gold alloy torc found by a metal detectorist on the outskirts of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, in February 2005. [1]The torc is made from electrum, an alloy of gold, silver and copper, [2] weighs 700 grammes (1.5 lbs) [1] and is 20 cm in diameter. [2]

3. Metal detector - Wikipedia

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   A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal. Metal detectors are useful for finding metal objects on the surface, underground, and under water. A metal detector consists of a control box, an adjustable shaft [dubious – discuss], and a variable-shaped pickup coil. When the coil nears metal, the control box ...

4. List of metal detecting finds - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of historically significant items found by metal detecting method, only excluding magnet fishing finds, since magnet fishing is usually considered a distinctively different and separate hobby from traditional metal detecting.

5. Leekfrith torcs - Wikipedia

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   The torcs were found by Mark Hambleton and Joe Kania at around noon on 11 December 2016, [6] in a field in Leekfrith that the two men were searching using metal detectors. The men had permission from the landowner for the search. [2] At the time, Hambleton and Kania had not discovered anything of note with their metal detectors besides ...

6. Stirling torcs - Wikipedia

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   The finder was a novice metal detectorist, David Booth, who found the torcs on his first treasure-hunting outing, using a basic model metal detector. Having identified an area he considered to be of good potential, Booth obtained the landowner's permission to search on his land. [5] I parked up and got the metal detector out.

7. Prospecting - Wikipedia

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   Metal detectors are invaluable for gold prospectors, as they are quite effective at detecting gold nuggets within the soil down to around 1 metre (3 feet), depending on the acuity of the operator's hearing and skill. [citation needed]