Marcel Mitchel sent these images in. He said that he couldn’t determine if the coin pictured here was authentic or
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Bargains in a junk shop
These two coins, which were sent in by Mike Ruczynski, aren’t detecting finds. Instead, they came from what his wife
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Remarkable cleaning of reader’s find
The first pair of images is of a Commonwealth shilling, which was found some months back by Stephen Palmer. Shillings
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Coins in the roof
I’ve heard of coins being found in all sorts of places, which include the ground, soil in a plant pot,
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Christmas message 2022
Looking back at 2022: Covid At the start of 2022 Covid was still rampant and in March, after attending a
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How do you store your coins?
Badly worn or corroded copper and bronze coins are often consigned to the ‘grot box’. Silver coins, even those in
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Charles Masson, 19th century explorer, and a Roman ring
One of the fascinating aspects of detecting is that sometimes relatively mundane finds are connected with an extraordinary life. One
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Vervel from “The Land of the Hedgehog”
In search of the owner of a vervel, a trip to the land of hedgehogs is needed
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Mystery of the pins in a pilgrims ampulla
This unusual find was recorded at the PAS last week as WMID-62DDD9. It’s a medieval pilgrims ampulla which contains pins.
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Beware of a cast copy
This coin is one item from a collection built up by a detectorist. Alan Hewitt was thinking about buying the
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“Delays placing heritage at risk” – my reply
On 29 April a news article was put up on the BBC website, the header to which read: “Delays placing
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Unique War of the Roses cannonball rediscovered
This War of the Roses cannonball is the only surviving artefact from the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461.
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Have detectorists solved the mystery of Robin Hood?
Every once in a while I see a detecting find posted somewhere and it catches my imagination. Has this one solved the mystery of Robin Hood
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Reader finds hoard of gold coins – Part 2
Update Last week, I published the story of a hoard of hammered gold coins found by reader, Steve Simmons and
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Update on the split between the NCMD and the newly formed AMDS
NCMD torn apart By now, all detectorists should be aware that the NCMD has been torn apart by a small
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Reader finds hoard of gold coins
A few months back Steve Simmons contacted me to say he had found a small hoard of hammered gold coins.
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Mystery of the Shovel-board shilling
The mystery of why this Edward VI shovelboard shilling has had slits cut in it. The history of shovelboard.
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Roundel of William Warham
Story of how the coat of arms on this roundel were identified as being those of William Warham
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PAS: Top 10 Finds
The Top 10 finds recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme, of which 9 were detecting finds