6/30/23 Report - Dagger Found by Detectorist On Site Thought To Be Hunted Out. Bronze Age Artifacts Found. Good Reading.

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

A dagger uncovered on an ancient battlefield. Archäologischer Dienst Graubünden.
Source: See link below.

Lucas Schmid, who volunteers for the local archaeological association, uncovered the artifacts using a metal detector at a remote southeast corner of Switzerland, near the Crap-Ses gorge between the towns of Tiefencastel and Cunter.

The finds – including a dagger, well-preserved slingshot stones, coins, nails and part of a shield – are assumed to have been left on the battlefield after a clash between Romans and a local tribe at around 15BC.

Other artifacts had previously been unearthed at the location, but the site was considered to have been picked clean by previous sweeps.

Schmid proved this was not the case after discovering a 2,000-year-old Roman dagger. “The signal from the metal detector was very inconspicuous and quiet. At first there was nothing to suggest such a large find,” Schmid told SWI swissinfo.ch...

Here is the link for more about that.

How a hobby archaeologist uncovered a Roman battle site - SWI swissinfo.ch

It is not uncommon for the last finds from a site to be the oldest and best.  I've talked before about how to do what I call a step search.  See The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 7/22/14 Report - Tropical Depression Two Moving West & How To Conduct An Intensive Step Search.  

There might be a lot more in the ground than you think.  See The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 3/26/18 Report - First Investigation Ever To Really Answer Two Big Questions: How Much Is Actually In The Ground As Compared To How Much Will Be Found Using A Metal Detector.

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Around 80 rare artefacts from the late Bronze Age, including jewellery, sickles and axes, have been discovered in the Albula region in southeast Switzerland...

Here is that link.

‘Exceptional’ Bronze Age artefacts unearthed in Switzerland - SWI swissinfo.ch

Those sickles remind me of the four blades I found a two years ago at the site of what appeared to be the railroad wreck site. I spent  alot of time on that site.  Besides the scythe blades, there were also buried sledge hammer heads and various other tools.  See Treasure Beaches Report: Pt. 2. (2020 and Beyond). : 5/3/21 Report - Artifacts From Maryland's First English Settlement. More Artifacts From a Treasure Coast Site. (tbr2020.blogspot.com)

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Two days ago I did a post on shards.  I found a good article on Spanish Olive Jars.

Here is the link.

(PDF) Spanish Olive Jars from the Tortugas Shipwreck. Florida (1622) (researchgate.net)

I plan to add that one to my reference link list.

There is already a lot of good reading in the reference lists for both this site and the older treasrurebeachesreport.  Try AtochaMargarita2016-2018PermitRenewalReportv2019-01-14_Redacted.pdf (melfisher.com) for example.

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I have too many bottles and a lot of duplicates.  If you see something you like in the tgbottlebarn send me an offer.  

I'm adding bottles almost daily to that site.

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The wind has shifted but there is little of it. 

Nothing in the reports that would suggest a change in beach conditions real soon.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net