Month: August 2012

Article | Hunting for relics: Vincennes man uses metal detectors to unearth treasures from Ind. history

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Published by Green field Reporter, Jenny Peter,  Vincennes Sun-Commercial, Friday 10th August.

VINCENNES, Ind. — To the untrained — or maybe unwilling — eye, Nobert Brown’s extensive collection of glass bottles, coins and beat-up looking toys and jewelry might look like, well, like a pile of junk.

But not to him.

“It’s the thrill of the hunt for me,” Brown said, gazing out over a table filled with his prized stuff. “And half the fun is in identifying what I find.”

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Article | Reigate metal detector helps barman find lost family heirloom

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Published by Surrey Mirror, Thursday 2nd August, 2012

A BARMAN and gardener at a Reigate pub was devastated after he lost a family heirloom while trimming hedges.

Will Gandey, 20, was clearing weeds and cutting back shrubs at the Skimmington Castle in Bonny’s Road, Reigate Heath, when he realised the gold ring he was wearing had fallen off his finger in the grounds of the pub.

Mr Gandey was particularly distressed because the ring was a family heirloom and had been handed down from his great-grandfather.

Afternoon customers joined the search for the ring in the flower beds, and some even got down on their knees.

One patron involved in the hunt then told Mr Gandey he knew a member of the Reigate-based Weald and Downland Metal Detecting Club.

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Article | Reigate metal detector helps barman find lost family heirloom

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Published by Surrey Mirror, Thursday 2nd August, 2012

A BARMAN and gardener at a Reigate pub was devastated after he lost a family heirloom while trimming hedges.

Will Gandey, 20, was clearing weeds and cutting back shrubs at the Skimmington Castle in Bonny’s Road, Reigate Heath, when he realised the gold ring he was wearing had fallen off his finger in the grounds of the pub.

Mr Gandey was particularly distressed because the ring was a family heirloom and had been handed down from his great-grandfather.

Afternoon customers joined the search for the ring in the flower beds, and some even got down on their knees.

One patron involved in the hunt then told Mr Gandey he knew a member of the Reigate-based Weald and Downland Metal Detecting Club.

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Article|Clasp of astonishment: Amateur treasure hunter finds tiny 14th century heart-shaped gold brooch worth £25,000 in farmer’s field

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Published by Daily Mail, written by Nick Enoch, Wednesday 2nd May 2012

Shaped like a heart – and with two hands clasped together in decorative sleeves at its base – this piece of jewellery may be tiny but it was to prove an enormous find for one lucky metal detector enthusiast.

Stan Cooper, 60, unearthed the 2.5cm gold brooch beneath the soil in a farmer’s field near Sandbach, Cheshire – and was initially unaware of its true provenance.

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Article|Clasp of astonishment: Amateur treasure hunter finds tiny 14th century heart-shaped gold brooch worth £25,000 in farmer’s field

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Published by Daily Mail, written by Nick Enoch, Wednesday 2nd May 2012

Shaped like a heart – and with two hands clasped together in decorative sleeves at its base – this piece of jewellery may be tiny but it was to prove an enormous find for one lucky metal detector enthusiast.

Stan Cooper, 60, unearthed the 2.5cm gold brooch beneath the soil in a farmer’s field near Sandbach, Cheshire – and was initially unaware of its true provenance.

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Article | Scouts and students unearth Kingston’s past in archaeological dig

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Published by Your Local Guardian, written by Clare Buchanan, Wednesday 2nd May 2012

Scouts and students discovered a musket ball, a wedding ring, and two military pendants when they took part in an archaeological dig to investigate the borough’s past.

The youngsters helped the Kingston upon Thames Archaeological Society after they won a £28,400 Heritage Lottery grant to investigate a site on the Hogsmill River in August last year.

The dig at the Southwood Scout Activity Centre in Tolworth focused on palaeoecology, which reconstructs the past environment through bore-holing and digging pits.

A lead token was also among the items found through the digging and metal detecting, which helped scouts achieve their heritage badge.
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Article | I’ve struck gold… again! 28 years after treasure hunter discovers Huntington Hoard he returns to the spot and finds another

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Published by Daily Mail, by RICHARD HARTLEY-PARKINSON, Tuesday 17th April 2012 

The saying goes that lighting never strikes twice, and the same could be said for finding treasure.
But that’s exactly what happened for George McKean who struck gold in the same spot where he found a hoard of coins 28 years ago.
He and his brother-in-law first found 41 gold coins and a ring on the Duke of Westminster’s estate in Huntington, Staffordshire in 1986.

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Article | I’ve struck gold… again! 28 years after treasure hunter discovers Huntington Hoard he returns to the spot and finds another

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Published by Daily Mail, by RICHARD HARTLEY-PARKINSON, Tuesday 17th April 2012 

The saying goes that lighting never strikes twice, and the same could be said for finding treasure.
But that’s exactly what happened for George McKean who struck gold in the same spot where he found a hoard of coins 28 years ago.
He and his brother-in-law first found 41 gold coins and a ring on the Duke of Westminster’s estate in Huntington, Staffordshire in 1986.

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Article | Doncaster Roman jewels mystery

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Published by The Star, Wednesday 9 May 2012

PART of a treasure-trove dating back to Roman times has mysteriously surfaced at an antiques fair – almost 30 years after the rest of it was found in a Doncaster wood.

A silver bracelet dating back to the third century is now wanted by Doncaster Museum so they can reunite it with the rest of the famous Cadeby Hoard discovered by a local metal detector enthusiast in 1981.

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Article | Doncaster Roman jewels mystery

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Published by The Star, Wednesday 9 May 2012

PART of a treasure-trove dating back to Roman times has mysteriously surfaced at an antiques fair – almost 30 years after the rest of it was found in a Doncaster wood.

A silver bracelet dating back to the third century is now wanted by Doncaster Museum so they can reunite it with the rest of the famous Cadeby Hoard discovered by a local metal detector enthusiast in 1981.

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