Friday Update: 12 August 2022
Bent coins this week: a reader’s S-shape quarter guinea, PAS have a triangular shaped sixpence and a Viking penny shaped into a pendant is declared treasure.
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St Edmund memorial penny pendant and other finds declared treasure
A number of detecting finds were declared to be treasure this week by Norfolk Coroner’s Court. Most notable among them
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Friday Update: 5 August 2022
Penny of Stephen with a mysterious reverse legend. Quarter noble of Henry VI. PAS finds: Roman peacock brooch is as a Find of Note.
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Friday Update: 29 July 2022
Reader’s gorgeous halfpenny of Stephen. Noonans auction shows groat’s changing design. Why is a dog biting its own tail? A Nationally Important brooch and “keyhole” penny
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Friday Update: 22 July 2022
PAS record their first example of a 10 cruzados of Manuel I. Reader sends in one of the best examples of a Edward I Bristol farthing. We look back at some readers stories.
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Friday Update: 15 July 2022
ICO upholds complaint against Historic England. Two important hoards. WW1 soldier’s memento. Detectorists aims to be Hobby Hero. What’s a girdle hanger for? Readers finds and auction news.
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ICO upholds our complaint about Historic England
ICO upholds our complaint about Historic England and tells them to release withheld information to us regarding the IOD
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“Unique” Peckham hoard declared treasure
A small hoard of four gold tremisses and two lead weights were declared treasure on Wednesday (13 July 2022). It’s
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“Significant” hoard of siliquae declared treasure
This hoard of 14 late-Roman silver coins was declared treasure last Thursday (7 July 2022). They were found by detectorist
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Detectorist hopes to become Britain’s “Hobby Hero”
Eventbrite launched a national competition in May to find the UK’s “Hobby Hero” with the winner receiving £5,000 worth of
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