Detecting in the News

On 2 November 2023, DCMS released some statistics on the reported treasure finds for 2021 with provisional figures for 2022.

Rob Thompson was detecting in a field near Sutton Cheney in 2021 when he got a signal and dug down

All detectorists dream of finding a gold coin. Imagine if that coin was minted for a previously unknown king and

Two Roman cavalry swords were discovered by detectorist Glenn Manning during a detecting rally in the north of the Cotswolds.

This hoard of 10 coins, dating from Henry VIII to James I, was declared Treasure this week. They were found

Detectorist Rob Turrell realised his dream when he found a gold aureus of Claudius in December last year. It is

A medieval gold ring found by detectorist Carl Davies has been bought “for the people of Doncaster“. Carl found the

A rare discovery of late Roman pewter has just gone on display at the West Stow Anglo-Saxon village and Museum,

A “hugely important” Viking die is to be sold by Noonans in their Ancient Coins and Antiquities auction on 18