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On her third day out with a metal detector, Milly Hardwick, 13, found a hoard of items from more than 3,000 years ago. “We were just laughing our heads off,” she said..
The 13-year-old, Milly Hardwick, said that she, her father and her grandfather had been out in a field with metal detectors for several hours on a Sunday in Royston, England, and had not found a single item. Then, just after a lunch of sandwiches and cookies, they tried a different part of the field, where an organized dig was taking place. After about 20 minutes of searching, Milly said she heard the high-pitched beeping noise — “a lovely-sounding signal” — that indicates a possible find...
Lorna Dupré, the chair of the Cambridgeshire County Council’s environment committee, said the council confirmed that 200 items, believed to be from the Bronze Age, were found. Milly and her father and grandfather found about 65 items in one hoard. Archaeologists later found a second hoard eight feet away...
Here is that link.
English Teenager Finds Bronze Age Ax Using a Metal Detector - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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Archeologists excavating a site in Nijmegen — the oldest city in the Netherlands, situated on the Waal river about six miles from the German border — have discovered a blue glass bowl estimated to be some 2,000 years old, in pristine condition.
The bowl, just small enough to sit comfortably in the palm of a hand, has a trim rim and a vertical stripe pattern with ridges on the outside. With no chips or cracks on its surface, the object is stunningly intact. Lead archeologist Pepjin van de Geer remarked that it was “really special,” deserving pride of place in a museum...
2,000-Year-Old Roman Glass Bowl Unearthed “Like New” (hyperallergic.com)
As somebody that picks up old bottles and stuff, that is one beautiful find, and in such good condition. I'd love to find something like that.
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On my last few outings I've been working an area where there were a lot of deep coins. They were almost all near or beyond the maximum detecting depth of the Equinox. Whenever you are finding enough coins, no matter if they are modern, there is always the possibility of something else being found with them.
Below is one item that I dug from that area.
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| Recently Dug Ornamental Key. |
It had a lot more crust on it when it was found. It was plated, but almost none of that remains. It shows a lot of wear from washing around in the sand. My impression is modern, but not perfectly sure yet. Maybe someone can send me a photo of the same item being sold. I need to do some more cleaning. Doesn't appear to have the patina I'd expect from plain copper. The alloy appears to be more corrosion resistant. But that is just an impression at this point.
As I've explained, that coin line is so deep that I haven't even removed all the coins yet, especially the smaller ones, so there is still a good chance that there is still something interesting remaining there. I'm still hoping to get more sand loss at the site.
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We're finally going to get some negative tides. Maybe I'll do some mudlarking if I don't get to the beach.
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