http://coindetector.com RSS IPB news 1.5 Metal detecting portal for treasure hunters with information about metal detectors, forum, and electronic store. Thu, 15 May 2008 05:02:03 +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. Sun, 11 May 2008 13:41:08 +0000 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... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1059 Thu, 08 May 2008 21:31:36 +0000 A TREASURE hunter who unearthed a hoard of Viking coins using a metal detector has yet to receive a penny in reward — five years on from his spectacular find. Manx Electricity Authority worker Andy Whewell had only been using his £700 metal detector for three months when he discovered 464 silver Viking coins, 26 silver ingots and an armlet in a... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1058 Tue, 06 May 2008 21:53:13 +0000 METAL detecting enthusiast Wayne Burton could hardly contain his excitement when he discovered a romantic medieval gold ring. He was so taken by it he had a perfect copy made for wife, Jane. The English posy ring, which is engraved with the French words Mon Cuer Avez - Have My Heart, dates back to the 15th century and has officially been... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1057 Tue, 06 May 2008 21:52:20 +0000 Junior Cruz of Modesto always wanted a metal detector and finally got one a couple of weeks ago. But where to use it? Most folks don't cotton to treasure-seekers who traipse all over their property without first asking permission or offering to share a cut of the findings. And, while you might come across some coins in public parks,... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1056 Tue, 06 May 2008 21:50:15 +0000 Wellington groom Tim Capper proved the cynics wrong when he embarked on a romantic quest for his lost wedding ring which, as all good quests should, resulted in a happy ending. Mr Capper, 37, married his sweetheart of four years, Sanna Cooke in March, in a picture-perfect beach ceremony on Long Beach, Russell. However, just two days after his... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1055 Sat, 03 May 2008 15:54:35 +0000 Marc Sciance was out in a construction field under a sun-filled sky for four hours when he found part of his son's college fund in the muddy earth. The father of two got a few hits on his metal detector that day just outside Fredericksburg, Va., and unearthed some Civil War relics — interesting to a newcomer, maybe, but nothing he hadn't... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1054 Fri, 02 May 2008 02:37:35 +0000 Historians hope to acquire a Roman brooch found on North-East farmland to exhibit in London. It was discovered by a man with a metal detector in 2000, but was left forgotten in his drawer for six years. This week, an inquest heard that the item is attracting the interest of the British Museum, which hopes to add it to its... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1053 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:03:49 +0000 The blogosphere of treasure-hunting metal detector enthusiasts (yes, there is such a thing) is humming and beeping this week about a mysterious discovery in the Oregon outback. On Wednesday, a Eugene resident with the handle "vwayne1" posted a message declaring, "Rare medal and maybe rare badge found in Oregon" on... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1052 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:03:41 +0000 When I was a young boy, I lived those adventurous stories from books and movies. I plundered the New World with Cortez and Pizarro, sailed the Spanish Main under the skull and crossbones with Captain Kidd and Blackbeard, and dug for gold with Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The spark of adventure was lit, but it was to smolder... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1051 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:33:30 +0000 Hundreds of ancient coins unearthed last week close to Sweden's main international airport suggests the Vikings were bringing home foreign currency earlier than previously thought, archaeologists say. Buried some 1,150 years ago, the treasure trove is made up mainly of Arabic coins and represents the largest early Viking hoard ever discovered... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1050 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:01:45 +0000 Carlisle Coroners’ Court heard that a silver Viking jug handle discovered at Beckfoot could be over 2,000 years old. The court heard the handle, dating back from between the first and fourth centuries by the British Museum, is made mainly from silver and is in the form of a stylised snake’s head. North and West Cumbria Coroner, John Taylor,... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1049 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:58:37 +0000 Boyhood dreams of unearthing buried treasure came true for one Silloth amateur archeologist. Graham Ryan, of Beckfoot, discovered a silver Roman jug handle on the beach close to his home that could be around 1900 years old according to experts from the British Museum. Mr Ryan, 63, made the lucky find while out sweeping the beach with his metal... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1048 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:56:45 +0000 Archaeologists have discovered two gold coins in Egypt's Sinai peninsula dating to the era of Eastern Roman Emperor Valens. The coins are the first of their kind to be found in Egypt, the country's antiquities council said. The Supreme Council for Antiquities said excavations at a site west of St Catherine's monastery in Sinai... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1047 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:07:07 +0000 Ryan Bernard of Escanaba has found a lot of interesting things with his metal detector: an 1837 Quebec bank token, an 1861 penny, a 1916 buffalo nickel. When he found a hunk of metal buried 2 feet beneath his Lakeshore Drive backyard last summer, he almost threw it in the trash. Upon further examination, it may be an artifact from a prehistoric... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1046 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:04:19 +0000 In his spare time, Bob Grattan dives for memories. And sometimes, decked in scuba gear and wielding an underwater metal detector, he uncovers them. When he surfaced from diving in Silver Lake near Ann Arbor last summer and got a closer look at the class ring he had unearthed, he noticed some things: a few clues that could lead him to the... http://coindetector.com/news.php?id=1045