{Category Archives} Metal Detecting
Viking coin treasure gets man $600,000 - Coin News
Jul 22 at 9:09pm
A treasure hunter who discovered nearly 500 silver Viking coins by metal detecting on the Isle of Man will finally receive $600,000 in compensation.
Andy Whewell found 464 silver Viking coins, 26 silver ingots and an armlet in a field in Glenfaba in March 2003. The coins were declared Treasure Trove in August of that year, with resulting expectations of receiving fair market value for the hoard.
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Treasure found in farmer’s field - Lancashire Evening Post
Jun 17 at 9:09pm
The 11 Tudor coins, which are more than 400 years old, were found by amateur metal detector user John Davis in Barton, near Preston. And the English and Spanish silverware has now officially…
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Treasure hunt coins sell for £35k - BBC News
Jun 11 at 10:10pm
A hoard of ancient coins discovered by a man with a metal detector in a Kent field have sold for more than £35,000.
The 41 Celtic gold coins, many in pristine condition and dating back to the 1st Century, fetched three times the expected price at auction.
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Treasure hunters at Horn Rapids - Herald
May 11 at 8:08pm
Quinton Markel instantly dropped to his knees when his metal detector buzzed, expertly fingering through the thick grass and pocketing his prize — a quarter.
The 10-year-old Richland boy was among nearly 80 treasure hunters spending the weekend scouring the landscape at Horn Rapids Campground at the Southeast Washington Association of Treasure Hunters’ 20th Anniversary Treasure Hunt.
The hunters, armed with their requisite metal detector weapons, comb sectioned-off areas to find the bounty hidden by event organizers.
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