5/13/23 Report - Big Metal Detectorist Finds: Royal Chain and Charm and 2000-Year-Old Hoard. Treasure Hunter's Logbook.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusiive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Source: See CNN link below.

It was a find of such magnitude that the amateur detectorist who discovered it was lost for words, and the expert who unraveled its mysteries spent two years researching it.

Charlie Clarke had only been metal detecting for six months when, in 2019, he unearthed a gold pendant in Warwickshire, in England’s West Midlands region.

The pendant featured the symbols of Tudor King Henry VIII and his first wife Katherine of Aragon, on a chain composed of 75 links, attached by an enameled suspension link in the form of a hand. The first of Henry VIII’s six wives, Katherine married Henry in 1509...

The find was announced by the British Museum as part of the launch for the Treasure Annual Report for 2020 and the Portable Antiquities Scheme Annual Report for 2021. These show that 45,581 archaeological finds – including more than 1,000 treasure cases – were recorded in 2021, 96% of which had been found by people metal-detecting.

Here is the link for more of that article.

Gold pendant linked to Henry VIII found by amateur detectorist | CNN

I think I posted something about this before, but it is a good reminder that there is always the possibility of something amazing being found as long as you are out there hunting.

Detectorists have made a lot of contributions.

I remember introducing the term "detectorist" to a CNN reporter maybe ten or so years ago.

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Searching a field in Wales, a man with a metal detector stumbled upon an artifact buried 2,000 years ago — then he found another. 

Metal detectorist Jon Matthews dug up the artifact and quickly realized there was a collection of buried treasures,..

 He contacted local archaeological authorities who excavated the area. Archaeologists identified the 2,000-year-old treasures as Iron Age and ancient Roman pottery vessels, the release said. Eight objects, including two complete pieces, were unearthed from the field...

 One artifact included an ox head bowl handle, photos show. The blue-green metal design has a wide-eyed ox with bowed horns. His lower lip or jaw extends outward into the handle-like loop...

Here is that link.  

Ancient Roman treasure found by metal detectorist in Wales | Miami Herald

Thanks to Rick B. for that link.

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Treasure Hunter's Logbook.

This dropped out of another book recently.  I don't remember when I got it.  Maybe it was one of those freebees that come with a metal detector purchase.  It could be 30 ro 40 years old.  I'm not sure, but I can tell it is something from an earlier period.  

It could be helpful.  You can see the contents on the front cover.  

Treasure Signs and Symbols.

You'll see lists of treasure signs and symbols published in various publications, mostly older. I've never found them useful.  If you have, I'd like to hear about that.

I'll pick up on this topic again some time and talk about how things have changed since a logbook like this would have been published.

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Good hunting,

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