http://coindetector.com RSS IPB news 1.5 Metal detecting portal for treasure hunters with information about metal detectors, forum, and electronic store. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:12:49 +0000en© Coindetector, 2006info@coindetector.com info@coindetector.com http://coindetector.comimages/main_design_v5_01.gif http://coindetector.com 366 49 Metal detecting portal for treasure hunters with information about metal detectors, forum, and electronic store. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:28:41 +0000 A MAN who lost a valuable ring the first time he ever played with snow has had it returned by the family of treasure seekers. Rhagav Wahi, an IT manager of Westmoreland Road, Bromley, made a plea on the internet for metal detector fans to help after his brother-in-law, Dhiraj, lost his ring during a snowball fight in their back... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1212 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:26:44 +0000 Roger Ackley is upset about an Ocala city policy that prohibits people from using metal detectors in city parks, so he went to the City Council looking for help. City Council President Kent Guinn also is upset about the policy, but for a different reason. “I guess what I was upset about, more than just the policy itself, is that there was a... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1211 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:21:25 +0000 AS METAL detecting grows ever more popular, a rural specialist has called for a debate on whether an entry fee or permit could be a way of managing the phenomenon. Nigel Foster of George F White says that although landowners stand to take 50pc of any treasure found, they also have the potential challenge of large numbers of people digging up... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1210 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:49:51 +0000 A WEDDING ring that was lost for 68 years is back in the hands of the groom’s family after a metal detector found it in a field. Herbert Teesdale mislaid the 22-carat gold band while out harvesting his Haverfordwest farm back in 1941. But the ring is now back in the possession of his great grandson, John Richards, after Kevin Woodroffe unearthed... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1209 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:47:57 +0000 A METAL detector missed out on a massive cash jackpot after experts ruled his Bronze Age bracelet find was a fake. Andrew Green uncovered the torc while detecting on a riverbank near Towton – the site of a bloody War of the Roses battle in 1461. After researching online he became excited when he learned similar torcs dated back to about 750BC... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1208 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:34:03 +0000 Historians and metal detector enthusiasts believe they have found York’s first metal recycling centre – dating back to 1066. A ten-year project aimed at discovering the site of the battle of Fulford, which preceded the better known battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings, has uncovered more than 1,000 pieces of... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1207 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:31:52 +0000 They were just about to give up. Seventy miles away from their classrooms, SUNY Potsdam archaeology students had spent three weeks in July canvassing every step of several acres of forest, looking for the exact location of one of the most unusual social experiments in this country's history. The 18 students and two graduate assistants dug in... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1206 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:56:02 +0000 A silver-gilded knob dating back to the late 6th or early 7th century has been declared as treasure at a Norwich inquest. The knob has a cast animal head and was found by metal detector enthusiast Vincent Butler on land belonging to the Diocese of Norwich in Fransham, between Swaffham and Dereham, on October 1, 2007, but the inquest was delayed... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1205 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:45:18 +0000 At Rehoboth Beach, many treasure hunters are hoping the remnants of Hurricane Ida will bring them wealth or at the very least an interesting find. All along the beach there are signs of erosion, but for beach combers it’s not all bad. As the waves moved off, the ocean dumped colorful rock and shells. [attachmentid=356] With his over sized... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1204 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:54:00 +0000 Paul Dragos and his metal-detecting buddies have unearthed some intriguing items on their treasure hunts — a $30,000 diamond-studded men’s Cartier watch in the sands of La Jolla Shores, a 1904 Liberty Head “V” nickel at a Del Mar beach, a toy train engine dating from the 1890s found near an old house in downtown San Diego, an iron sphere... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1203 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:51:52 +0000 The British Museum is keen to see a haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure, which was recently unearthed in Staffordshire, remain in the West Midlands. Prime Minister Gordon Brown told the House of Commons the museum was concerned to make sure it remained in the region for people to see. [attachmentid=355] He was responding to Tamworth MP Brian Jenkins... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1202 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:11:36 +0000 Some of the most spectacular treasure finds made in Britain have gone on display at the British Museum, still caked with the clay of the Staffordshire field that hid them for 1,300 years. Fred Johnson, the farmer on whose land near Lichfield more than 1,500 pieces of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver were found in July last year, paid his first visit... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1201 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:10:14 +0000 An amateur treasure hunter has unearthed ancient gold jewellery from a field near Stirling using a metal detector. The rare artefacts, which could be valued at more than £1m, are thought to date from between the 1st and 3rd Century BC. The treasure hunter, whose identity has not been revealed, found four neckbands or "torcs", made of... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1200 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:31:33 +0000 A father and son team armed with metal detectors illegally removed 3,000-year-old artefacts from an Uttlesford estate while acting as “nighthawkers”, a court was told yesterday (Wednesday, October 28). Land by the M11 yielded Bronze Age axe heads, spearheads and a chisel when the two men were operating there at around 5am in the “dark and rain”,... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1199 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:30:17 +0000 A tiny silver artefact smaller than a penny is set to take pride of place in Leeds City Museum after being hidden for centuries in a local field. The five-sided silver mount, thought to be part of a belt, was discovered by amateur metal detectorist Michael Smith, 53, on farmland in Thorner, Leeds in June 2008. An inquest at Wakefield... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1198