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Metal detectorist ‘never expected’ to find ancient gold treasure — then he found two. Aspen Pflughoeft. August 10, 2023 at 1:17 PM. ... He found a well-preserved 2,000-year-old gold coin ...
Gold coins dating back more than 2,000 years have been found by metal detectorists in Wales, making them the first hoard of Iron Age gold coins to have been discovered in the country.
The Winchester Hoard is a hoard of Iron Age gold found in a field in the Winchester area of Hampshire, England, in 2000, by a retired florist [1] [2] and amateur metal detectorist, Kevan Halls. It was declared treasure and valued at £350,000—the highest reward granted under the Treasure Act 1996 at that time.
The Hallaton Treasure, the largest hoard of British Iron Age coins, was discovered in 2000 near Hallaton in southeast Leicestershire, England, by volunteers from the Hallaton Fieldwork Group. The initial find was made by Ken Wallace on 19 November 2000, when he found about 130 coins with a metal detector.
The buried treasure was found in Poland, ... The treasure stash had 70 gold coins identified as U.S. dollars and rubles worth about $24,000, officials said. ... Metal detectorist finds deep buried ...
The list of Iron Age hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) that are associated with the British Iron Age, approximately 8th century BC to the 1st century AD.
Prior to the discovery of the hoard, the largest buried collection of gold found in the US was uncovered by city workers in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1985. The Jackson hoard had a face value of $4,500 and sold for about $1 million (not adjusted for inflation). [7] The face value of the Saddle Ridge treasure is $27,980. [8]
Additionally, other artifacts found around Emmerlev provided evidence that the area had contact with the Merovingians, the museum said. The 1,400-year-old gold ring found in Emmerlev as seen from ...