#Metal Detector

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1,000-Year-Old Norman Conquest Coin Hoard Sells for $5.6 Million

A hoard of Norman-era silver coins unearthed five years ago in southwestern England has become Britain’s most valuable treasure find ever, after it was bought for £4.3 million ($5.6 million) by a local heritage trust.

For the group of seven metal detectorists who discovered the 2,584 silver pennies in the Chew Valley area, about 11 miles south of the city of Bristol, it marks a lucrative windfall since they will pocket half that sum. The landowner on whose property the coins were found will receive the other half.

According to South West Heritage Trust, the body that acquired them, the coins date from around 1066-1068, spanning one of the most turbulent periods in English history as the country was successfully invaded for the last time during the Norman Conquest.

One coin, the oldest in the hoard, depicts King Edward the Confessor, who died childless in January 1066, triggering a period of instability since he had promised the throne to three claimants: Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex; Harald Hardrada, King of Norway; and William, Duke of Normandy.

Edward named Harold Godwinson as his successor on his deathbed, but the newly crowned King Harold II faced challenges from the other two claimants to the throne, and he was eventually defeated by William at the Battle of Hastings in October 1066.

The hoard of coins depicts this turmoil as Harold II features on just under half of them while William I (also known as William the Conqueror) features on the rest.

“It comes from a turning point in English history and it encapsulates the change from Saxon to Norman rule,” Amal Khreisheh, curator of archaeology at South West Heritage Trust, said in a video on the organization’s website.

“The hoard was buried in around 1067-1068 on an estate in Chew Valley which later belonged to Giso, the Bishop of Wells. We think it was probably buried for safekeeping during the time of rebellions against William in the South West.

“We know that in 1068, the people of Exeter rebelled against William. At around this time, Harold’s sons returned from exile in Ireland and their forces mounted attacks around the River Avon and then down into Somerset and the Chew Valley,” Khreisheh added.

Finding coins that were in use almost 1,000 years ago is exceptionally rare – this hoard contains twice as many coins from during Harold II’s reign as had previously been found.

The coins will now go on public display at the British Museum in London from November 26, before heading back to museums in southwest England.

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an amateur prospector armed with a modest Fisher Gold Bug metal detector unearthed one of the most extraordinary gold nuggets ever discovered.

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human post but i looove finding artifacts from the late 1800s. also i tampered with someones trail camera

October 15, 2024

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something waiting there, beneath the sand

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Two silver dimes a war nickel was a good morning!

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23 September 2024

[the-nettle-knight]

Do not bring your metal detector to Stonehenge or any other site on Salisbury Plain. It is a live military training area which has been used for 110 years and you are likely to find unexploded ordinances and live ammo. In fact, don't go anywhere on Salisbury Plain if you don't know exactly where you are going, especially if you are a tourist. My brother's ex is a squaddie and apparently the number of times tourists wander into live shooting ranges is huge! Don't do it!

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1,000-Year-Old Viking Coins Deemed Treasure

Most of the coins were minted during the reign of England's first king.

A trove of 1,000-year-old Viking coins, unearthed on the Isle of Man, a British island territory located in the Irish sea, is officially treasure. Variously intact and fragmented, the coins had been discovered by John Crowe and David O’Hare while using metal detectors on the private land in May. The artifacts were later studied by the U.S.-based researcher Kristin Bornholdt Collins, an expert on Viking Age coins from the Isle of Man.

“This new hoard might be compared to a wallet containing all kinds of credit cards, notes, and coins, perhaps of different nationalities, such as when you prepare to travel overseas, and shows the variety of currencies available to an Irish Sea trader or inhabitants of Man in this period,” Bornholdt Collins said in a statement.

“Combined, the hoards provide a rare chance to study the contents side by side, right down to the detail of the dies used to strike the coins,” she added. “Having this much closely dated comparative material from separate finds is highly unusual.”

The coins, which date between between 1000 and 1065 C.E., are being described as a “a good size savings account,” according to Manx National Heritage curator of archaeology Alison Fox. The majority of the coins that were found were minted during the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042 to 1066 C.E.), one of the first kings to rule England, when the country was regularly invaded by Vikings. They relics also represent two earlier rulers: Edward’s father, Aethelred, and the Viking king Cnut.

The Isle of Man once boasted strong ties to Viking culture. During the 9th century, Norseman first came to this area in the Irish Sea where they fished, traded, and cultivated the land eventually settling there. The Island of Man which is located in the center of the British Islands, was also an important base for Vikings of this era.

The unique find—the second discovery of ancient coins made on the island this year—has now been declared treasure by the Isle of Man Deputy Coroner of Inquests.

“This is a wonderful find which helps further our understanding of the complex Viking Age economy in the Isle of Man, where more Viking Age silver has been discovered per square kilometer than in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales,” Fox noted.

The coins will be displayed at the Manx Museum through 13 October where viewers will be able to see this piece of Viking history up close and personal.

By Anni Irish.

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List of rock types that can contain gold deposits, including quartz, granite, and basalt.

Gold, a precious metal of significant economic and cultural value, occurs in diverse geological environments across the Earth's crust. Read more here: https://www.geologyin.com/2024/07/type-of-rocks-contain-gold.html

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