Detecting News

Update The gold nugget had been expected to sell for £30,000 – £40,000 but bids had only reached £12,000 when

A silver pendant, engraved depicting King Charles I and his wife Queen Henrietta Maria was declared Treasure this week. It

On Wednesday 6 March, I will be giving a talk entitled ‘A Thousand Years of English Coins’. It will be

This “extremely rare” gold seal ring was found by detectorist Alan Rumsby in 2020. It is Noonans sale of “Jewellery,

Mike Ruczynski unearthed this queer looking find a few days back. It was located with the aid of a brand

Detectorist Jonathan Needham describes how he was “yelling and punching the air” when he struck gold. Jonathan was out detecting

A 4,000 year-old gold torc, found by detectorist Billy Vaughan, is to go on display in Cumbria. Finding the torc

When detectorist Peter Pawel went out detecting in June 2021, he told his daughter ” I’m going to bring you home

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

The Mottisfont seal matrix is to go on public display at the National Trust site of Mottisfont, Hampshire. it was

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

Our Find of the Week last week was this Gold ryal of Edward IV which as you can see is

The detectorist finder and landowner have been thanked for donating this rare Roman ring to their local museum. It was

Believed to be only the fifth known example of its type, this penny of Malcolm IV was found by a

A hoard of 1,056 Roman coins was found near Norton, Doncaster during the metal detecting rally “Coil to the Soil”

In their auction of 3 April 2023, Spink sold this Eadgar round halfpenny for £6,500. It was found by an

On 26 April 2023 Noonans are holding an auction devoted entirely to 17th century tokens which it says is the

Dorset Museum in Dorchester has acquired a rare gold and rock crystal pendant dating to the 6th or 7th century

Eight treasure finds, including a Bronze Age gold ornament, medieval finger rings and post-medieval coin groups and finger rings, were

This week the Treasure Registrars thanked the detectorist finder of this coin, Dave Haldenby, for kindly donating it to his

This is an update to the story we carried in August 2021 entitled Anglo-Saxon silver disc brooch declared Treasure. The

We always like to highlight the good work of detectorists and particularly when they work together with landowners for the

A rare gold signet ring has gone on display at Hampton Court Palace. It was found by detectorist Ashley Solly