News Links - Stories That Have Made The News

BBC News: Detectorist 'shaking with happiness' after Bronze Age find. I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Detectorist 'shaking with happiness' after Bronze Age find - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south- scotland-53714864

BBC News: Two gold nuggets worth $350,000 found in Australia. I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Yeah to Metal Detectorist.... maybe if I look hard enough... maybe in my back yard Eh!!! Lol. Well maybe I'll come and tear up your back yard.... better yet, maybe the front yard. Enjoy.... Two gold nuggets worth $350,000 found in Australia - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-53857557

Winnipeg Free Press: What could be hiding in your yard?

https://homes.winnipegfreepress.com/winnipeg-real-estate-articles/renovation-design/What-could-be-hiding- in-your-yard/id-6769

Two Amateur Metal-Detector Enthusiasts Have Discovered the Remains of an Ancient Pagan Warlord

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/metal-detector-club-discovers-anglo-saxon-warlord-1913326/amp-page

Isle of Man Viking jewellery found by metal detectorist

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-56111192

UK Sunday Times: Island of Jersey coin hoard found by metal detectors is sold for £4m https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jersey-coin-hoard-found-by-metal-detectors-is-sold-for-4m-hbsg8c2v6

Why Spoons?

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=271109

Metal detectorist stumbles across Viking treasure hoard in Norway https://www.livescience.com/amateaur-finds-viking-silver-hoard-norway

More Manitobans metal detecting in the province https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/video/2021/10/09/more-manitobans-metal-detecting-in-the-province/

Long lost military braclet found and returned to family https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba-man-finds-long-lost-military-bracelet-on-beach-returns-to-family-of- scottish-pilot-1.5819194

Long lost military braclet found and returned to family Past in peril: Manitoba heritage agencies say they're being choked by chronic underfunding

Amateur metal detectorist uncovers incredibly rare 500-year-old royal pendant - National | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/9467656/metal-detector-pendant-king-henry-viii/

Father discovered a medieval English gold coin worth a record $875,000 on the first day he tried out his new metal detector https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/father-discovered-a-medieval-english-gold-coin-worth-a-record-875000- on-the-first-day-he-tried-out-his-new-metal-detector?format=amp

Trove of 1,000-year-old Viking coins unearthed by young girl in Denmark - National | Globalnews.ca https://www.google.ca/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/9641776/girl-finds-very-rare-1000-year-old-viking-coins-in- denmark/amp/

Indigenous artifacts that may be up to 4,500 years old found in downtown Hamilton park | CBC.ca https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/victoria-park-indigenous-artifacts-1.6889850

Man uncovers more than 700 gold coins on his cornfield: 'Most insane thing ever' | National Post https://nationalpost.com/news/man-uncovers-more-than-700-gold-coins-on-his-cornfield-most-insane-thing- ever

2,000-year-old gold treasure from Iron Age tribe unearthed by metal detectorists in Wales | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2000-year-old-gold-treasure-from-iron-age-tribe-unearthed-by-metal- detectorists-in-wales

Norway man with metal detector makes gold 'find of the century’ | NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/norway-man-metal-detector-makes-gold-find-century-rcna104020

Metal detectorists find thousands of ancient Roman coins | Miami Herald https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article280598199.html

Roman coins found in Welsh field turn out to be buried treasure | USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/10/25/roman-coins-field-wales/71301037007/

Focus Speed Online Metal Detecting Publication https://focusspeed.com/

Metal Detecting Addict Finds Buried Treasure Under Farmland | AgWeb https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/metal-detecting-addict-finds-buried-treasure-under-farmland

Archives of Manitoba unveils historical maps at open house | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.4203299

In metal detecting, history matters more than the treasure found in Wisconsin | WPR https://www.wpr.org/news/metal-detecting-history-treasure-rob-rizzo-jim-winter

Stratford man really digs his hobby | Stratford Today https://www.stratfordtoday.ca/local-news/stratford-man-really-digs-his-hobby-8711581