Friday Update – 18 June 2021
Readers finds include a rare Quarter Stater and Anglo-Saxon sceatta. Detectorist strikes gold twice. PAS review has Finds of Note. Treasure finds donated to local museum.
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Friday Update – 4 June 2021
Readers finds include a rare Alexander III penny, Henry IV quarter noble and a denarius of Otho. PAS review has an extremely rare Elizabeth I pattern penny. Plus Auction news
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Friday Update – 28 May 2021
7 readers find’s valued. Carausius deanrius find from April expected to make £20k+. Æthelstan, penny find from 2020 smashes auction estimate. Story of a Henry VIII groat from Tournai mint.
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Hansons sell Ryedale Bronzes for £240,500
Hansons sell Ryedale Bronzes for £240,500
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Friday Update – 21 May 2021
Ryedale Bronzes sell for £240,500. Reader’s finds include rare David I penny. Detectorist finds stolen treasure. PAS finds: story of the Boy Bishop tokens
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Detectorist finds stolen treasure on first outing
On 7 May, detectorist Charles Cartwright was out detecting for the first time in a field in the Malvern Hills when his detector “went crazy”.
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Detectorists praised after medieval treasure found
On Thursday, May 6, this detecting find was declared treasure. It was found on 15 February 2020 at Cheswardine, near
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Friday Update – 14 May 2021
9 finds identified include a gold stater of the Ambiani and an Anglo-Saxon sceatta. Hansons auction review. Trewhiddle style treasure found. Unusual gilded Eadred penny in the PAS review. Nighthawkers sentenced.
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Nighthawkers’ detectors seized
Five men from Tameside, Greater Manchester, admitted to illegally detecting at Beeston Castle in Cheshire and Roche Abbey in South
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Friday Update – 7 May 2021
9 finds identified include 2 Denarii and a quarter merk. Has a detectorist found a sword from the Battle of Grunwald? Treasure thief convicted: detector destroyed. Unusual hornbook toy in PAS review. Auction news
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