Friday Update: 17 November 2023
“Must see” gold torc on display. Finds do well at auction. Roman asparagus knife handle. Reader’s “very rare” Henry I penny
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Author: Paul
Bronze Age gold torc goes on display
A 4,000 year-old gold torc, found by detectorist Billy Vaughan, is to go on display in Cumbria. Finding the torc
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PAS Finds (w/e 10/11/23) – Roman asparagus
My selection of the detecting finds recorded at the PAS in the week ended 10 November 2023. Featured Find Selection
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Noonans sell Henry VIII half-sovereign and other finds
Noonans auction on 14 November 2023 included a half-sovereign of Henry VIII and other recent detecting finds
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Friday Update: 10 November 2023
Gold, Gold, Gold – Queen Edith’s ring to be sold, Reader’s Angel of Henry VII and a half Angel of Henry VIII. Except the last one’s a fake. PAS: Phoenix Pure.
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PAS Finds (w/e 3/11/23) – Phoenix Pure
My selection of the detecting finds recorded at the PAS in the week ended 3 November 2023. Featured Find Selection
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Noonans to sell ring linked to Queen Edith
When detectorist Peter Pawel went out detecting in June 2021, he told his daughter ” I’m going to bring you home
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Friday Update: 3 November 2023
Silver beats gold in readers finds. Treasure finds set new record in 2022. Does gold ring belong to a plague survivor?
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Treasure finds set new record
On 2 November 2023, DCMS released some statistics on the reported treasure finds for 2021 with provisional figures for 2022.
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PAS Finds (w/e 27/10/23) – “God’s providence is our inheritance”
My selection of the detecting finds recorded at the PAS in the week ended 27 October 2023. Featured Find Selection
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