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The Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure of the British Museum found that a record number of "treasure finds" were made in Sussex last year. In 2022, 35 treasure finds were recorded from that county. Other areas show similar increases.
At the same time, the Institute of Detectorists reported metal detecting increasing across all across England. South East England was a hot sport, accounting for 349 treasure finds for the year. That is 25% of the country's total.
Thank you detectorists! Finds would be very meagre if we waited for the archaeologists.
Nationally, 96% of all treasure finds in England were made by detectorists while archaeologists found 3% of the finds and mudlarkers and others found the remaining 1%.
A 2022 - 2023 survey found that approximately 1% of the adults in England were involved to some extent with metal detecting in the prior 12 months. To me, that seems like a good portion of the population.
Here is the link.
Treasure finds by metal detectors hit record high in Sussex | The Argus
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I just discovered a new site that I know some of you will enjoy. It is DiverNet.com.
The above photo and following excerpt is from one of their articles.
Discovering two rare timber masts from ancient ships has proved to be the highlight of a recently concluded excavation of what appears to have once been a Roman harbour at Fizine in Slovenia...Ship’s masts stand out at Roman harbour site (divernet.com)
You might want to take a look at some of the other articles on the site.
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I was recently checking out an area by using Google Maps Street View. Street View provides a good way to become somewhat familiar with a new area before actually traveling there. It doesn't matter whether it is a beach you haven't visited before or distant treasure site, you might save some time by virtually exploring before actually make the trip.I located an article that tells some of the ways you can use Google Maps for treasure hunting. It describes the techniques I was using plus some I haven't used and probably will never use.
Whether you use all of the more advanced features of just a few of the basic feature I think you'll find Google Maps and this article helpful.
Here is the link.How to Use Google Maps for Treasure Hunting: A Quick and Easy Guide | Unified Treasure
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The surf is small today and will remain small for a few more days. The River was smooth this morning too.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net