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7 January 2009

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You’d be amazed what you can find on a walk - McClatchy Newspapers

Every day, Keith Severin and his 8-year-old son, Adrien, go on a treasure hunt. They take a walk somewhere in their Antelope, Calif., neighborhood, or wherever they happen to be that day, and keep their eyes open for treasures.

As a kid, almost everything is a treasure to Adrien. He never met a stick he didn’t like.  “When we first started, he would pick up everything,” Severin said. They set out Jan. 1 with a plan to go out every day of 2008 for at least 15 minutes.

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British tourist unearths treasure - BBC Video

An amateur British archaeologist has discovered almost 300 gold coins dating from the 7th Century at a dig just outside Jerusalem’s Old City.

Birmingham woman Nadine Ross, 34, found the solid 24-carat coins under a large rock in a car park. The coins date back to the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, before the Persians conquered Jerusalem.

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Ancient Gold Coins Excavated by Israeli Archaeologists

One thousand three hundred year old Chanukah money in Jerusalem: a hoard of more than 250 gold coins was exposed Sunday in the excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting in the Giv ‘ati car park in the City of David, in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park.

The excavations at the site are being carried out on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, in cooperation with the Nature and Parks Authority and are underwritten by the ‘Ir David Foundation.

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Ancient treasure found near Kremlin - RT

An archaeologist conducting excavations in the Kitai-gorod district of Moscow just outside the Kremlin has found an ancient treasure of rare coins, a glass bracelet, and a 12th century icon.

“The most significant finding for us was the treasure of eleven rare coins. For the first time in history the Moscow numismatists have found a solid monetary treasure. These are coins minted in Moscow dating from the times of Prince (Knyaz) Vasily Dmitrievich, the son of Dmitry Donskoy, to Vasily II [from 1371 to 1462],” Moscow’s head archaeologist Aleksandr Veksler said.

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Rare Coin from Hasmonean Rebellion Found in Temple Mount Rubble - Jewish World

A 14-year-old volunteer found a precious silver half-shekel coin used to pay taxes in ancient Temple times, and a coin minted during the Jewish rebellion against the Greek ruler Antiochus Epiphans IV of the Chanukah story was also discovered in the rubble rescued from illegal construction carried out by the Muslim Wakf.

Both coins were discovered recently in the Temple Mount sifting operation in Jerusalem’s Emek Tzurim National Park. The project, funded by the Ir David (City of David) Foundation is now in its fourth year…

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Ancient coin found in Temple Mount dirt - UPI.com

Archeologists say a teenage boy found an ancient half shekel coin in dirt from Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. The coin, which dates to 66 or 67 B.C., appears to have been minted at the Temple Mount itself, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported Friday.

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Odyssey Marine Exploration Asserts Position in “Black Swan” Admiralty Case With Historical and Legal Precedents

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX), the world leader in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, yesterday filed its Response to Spain’s Motion to Dismiss or for Summary Judgment in the “Black Swan” admiralty case pending in U.S. Federal Court in Tampa, Florida. In its pleadings, accompanied by over 1,000 pages of supportive documentation and imagery, Odyssey asserts that the “Black Swan” site and the cargo recovered do not represent an entity to which sovereign immunity would apply. Spain had argued in September that the U.S. Federal Court did not have jurisdiction over the case and that the case should therefore be dismissed. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jurisdiction Is Issue In Battle For Sunken Spanish Treasure - The Tampa Tribune

Odyssey Marine Exploration, the Tampa company that recovered sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean in 2007, tried knocking down Spain’s claim to the loot in papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tampa.  Spain claims the treasure – 17 tons of Colonial-era coins – was carried by a Spanish warship known as the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes and is immune from any claim or arrest in the United States.

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Silver pennies found in Flintshire field are treasure, finder told - Evening Leader

A Flintshire history enthusiast, who uncovered three 700-year-old coins, is delighted after having his findings officially declared treasure. Peter Barker Jones, of Holywell, was exploring a field owned by his friend in July 2006, when he came across a silver coin on the surface of the ground.

Mr Jones, who says he has always been interested in local history and archaeology, was searching for old flint tools, where he believes there was the site of a Neolithic camp, when he happened across the object.

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Odyssey Marine Exploration Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX), the world leader in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, today filed a quarterly report with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing results of the Company’s third quarter 2008.

For the third quarter of 2008, Odyssey reported revenue of $2.2 million, compared to $1.3 million in the third quarter 2007. The Company also reported a net loss of $6.5 million, compared to a net loss of $5.4 million in the third quarter 2007. The net loss per share for the third quarter 2008 was $.13, compared to a net loss of $.11 per share in the third quarter 2007.

“We are very happy with our results so far this year. We have had some significant operational challenges during the third quarter, but we have seen our offshore team step up in a big way that has yielded some really promising results.

During this season, we located and tentatively identified at least one of our targeted high-value shipwrecks. We also mapped a huge new area of seabed and filed admiralty arrests on four separate sites. The JWM Production crew has followed our teams offshore and onshore, and we are looking forward to the launch of the Discovery Channel primetime series in early 2009. While our vessels, the Odyssey Explorer and Ocean Alert, are both preparing for scheduled repairs and five year surveys in drydock during the winter months, we plan to continue work with a chartered ship during the winter months.

We are looking forward to filing our response to Spain’s motion in the “Black Swan” case and we’re hopeful that the case can then move forward. All in all, we are in great shape as we move into the final quarter of 2008 and are solidifying our position as the world’s leading shipwreck exploration company,” said Greg Stemm, Odyssey Chief Executive Officer.

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Labourers unearth gold coins in Maharashtra school - Calcutta News.Net

Labourers digging at a school campus in Maharashtra stumbled upon a minor treasure — a cache of 847 gold coins of an unknown period, bearing inscriptions in Greek and Urdu, and worth roughly Rs.4.2 million, the police said Saturday. The labourers tried to keep secret their find but were apprehended.

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Chinese coin from Ch’ing Dynasty found in Darwin dig - thewest.com.au

A historic Chinese coin from the Ch’ing Dynasty has been discovered in an archeological dig in the heart of Darwin. The excavation began in a vacant lot behind the Sue Wah Chin building in the city centre on September 22, ahead of the lot’s redevelopment.

Constructed in the 1880s, the building is testament to the establishment and expansion of the Chinese community in the Northern Territory. It is the only building associated with Darwin’s 19th century Chinatown which still survives today.

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Treasure hunters set to coin it with Roman haul - MK News

As the credit crunch hits pensioners across the country one pair have hit the jackpot by finding buried treasure. The finders of a hoard of thousands of Roman coins agree with the words inscribed on them; ‘happy times are here again’. The collection of bronze coins, which may be worth hundreds of thousands in sterling, were discovered in a field north of Newport Pagnell and have now been declared as treasure.

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Daniel Frank Sedwick Auction, Over $1 Million in Treasure - Coin News

Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC announces the release of their new mail-bid Treasure Auction #4 by catalog and internet. The auction closes November 6.  Highlights of this sale include:

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Ancient Portuguese Shipwreck of Gold, Coins and Treasures to be Saved - Coin News

Geologists hunting for diamonds instead recently discovered a 500-year old Portuguese shipwreck filled with silver and gold coins, copper ingots, cannons and other valuable artifacts off the Namibia, African coast.

“The vast amounts of gold coins would possibly make this discovery the largest one in Africa outside Egypt,” said Francisco Alves, a Lisbon-based maritime archaeologist.

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Gold-laden shipwreck will be raised next week - Sowetan

A gold-laden, 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck discovered by chance off Namibia will be salvaged by the end of next week. This is according to the ministry of culture in Lisbon, Portugal. A team of archaeologists from Portugal, the United States and Zimbabwe are working to raise the wreck before October 10 — the deadline set by Namibian government officials owing to huge costs involved.

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U.S. firm rebuts Spanish charges over $500 mn treasure haul - Trading Markets

U.S. treasure-hunting firm Odyssey Marine Exploration denied Spanish government claims that it “secretly” scoured the ocean floor to find a wreck containing a $500 million haul of colonial-era coins. “Odyssey in this case followed all the appropriate archaeological and legal protocols,” Odyssey CEO Greg Stemm told Efe, calling allegations to the contrary false and “inflammatory.”

Spain’s Culture Ministry on Tuesday accused Odyssey of carrying out “this underwater excavation in secret after having received specific instructions that it was prohibited.”

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131 Moghul period gold coins unearthed in TN village - The Hindu

A treasure of ancient gold coins dating back to the Moghul period was unearthed at a village near here.

The coins numbering 131 and kept in a earthen pot came to light when Nadumadhu (40) and his wife Kannammal of Kalkundapatti village…

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Ancient Asian coin found in upstate NY - WCAX.com

An ancient coin from Asia has been discovered in an archaeological dig behind a 19th-century tavern in upstate New York.

The copper alloy coin was unearthed as archaeologists combed the soil behind the 200-year-old Ebenezer Hills Jr. house, a former way station located in Latham, on a busy turnpike between Albany and Schenectady.

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Who has lost my treasure? - Thisisdoreset

METAL detectorist John House claims ancient coins found near Dorchester have been lost after being handed to the authorities for a treasure hearing.

He says he is still waiting to find out about silver coins dating back to the Celts that he dug up at Muckleford in 1994.

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