Month: December 2012

Article | Wakefield Museum may bid for treasure trove find

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Published by Yorkshire Evening Post, Wednesday 5th December 2012

A medieval silver brooch has become the latest historic treasure to be unearthed in Wakefield district.

 A treasure trove inquest at Wakefield Coroner’s Court heard how the brooch was found by a Castleford man who had been metal detecting on farmland in North Elmsall in September last year.

Recognising it as a significant find, the metal detectorist reported it to the local Portable Antiquities Service, which has since been liaising with the British Museum.

West Yorkshire Coroner David Hinchliff said: “According to a museum expert, the find dated back to the 13th and 14th century from anywhere between 1200 and 1400 AD.”

Wakefield Museum chiefs are interested in buying the brooch, which is being kept by the British Museum ahead of valuation.

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Article | Metal detector finds treasured family rings in field near Easthorpe

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Published by York Press,  Wednesday 12th December 2012

A RYEDALE woman has been reunited with two rings belonging to her late father after they were lost in fields four months ago.

Louise Boddy, from Amotherby, had been wearing the silver and gold rings on a chain following her father’s death in July.

While walking her dog on the gallops near Easthorpe, the chain had snapped without her noticing it and it was only when Louise returned home that she discovered the rings were missing.

“I thought I had lost them for good but then a friend said she had seen a poster for a metal detecting club and I decided to get in touch,” she said.

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Article | Jersey Heritage hopes for extra help with coin hoard

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Published by BBC News Jersey, Sunday 16th December 2012.

Jersey Heritage has said it is hoping to secure more help to examine a Bronze Age coin hoard found in the island.

Neil Mahrer, from Jersey Heritage, is separating the hoard of about 70,000 coins, which have fused together after hundreds of years in the ground.

Jersey Heritage hopes to recruit more experts to help.

Mr Mahrer said if additional help could not be found it would limit how much could be achieved by one person.

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Article | New Finds Discovered in Staffordshire Hoard Field

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Published by Staffordshire Hoard, December 18, 2012

Archaeologists working for Staffordshire County Council and English Heritage made the discovery when they were on site following the recent ploughing of the same field at Hammerwich, near Lichfield.

Approximately 90 pieces of gold and silver have been recovered in this work; many of these items weigh less than a gram.  The collection does, however, include a possible helmet cheek piece, a cross-shaped mount and an eagle-shaped mount, these items are now being examined by experts.

South Staffordshire Coroner Andrew Haigh will rule at an inquest on January 4 if the metalwork pieces are part of the Anglo Saxon collection and should be declared treasure.

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Article | VIDEO: 90 more pieces of the Staffordshire Hoard found near Lichfield

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Published by This is Staffordshire, written by Maryann Astle, Tuesday 18th December 2012.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered 90 more pieces of the Staffordshire Hoard – in the same field as the original find.  

The discovery was made by archaeologists working for Staffordshire Council and English Heritage when they were working on the site following the recent ploughing of the same field near Lichfield.

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Article | Kett’s Rebellion: ‘Hidden’ coin hoard declared treasure

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Published by BBC Norfolk News, 29 November 2012

A hoard of coins minted during Henry VIII’s reign and found by a metal detector enthusiast in a Norfolk field may have been buried to keep it safe during Kett’s Rebellion in 1549.

The 14 silver groats, found in a field in Wymondham, were pronounced treasure by coroner William Armstrong in Norwich.

Kett’s Rebellion during the reign of King Edward VI started in Wymondham.

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Article | “White Gold: Revealing the World’s Earliest Coins” exhibition on view at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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Published by Art Daily.org

JERUSALEM.- White Gold: Revealing the World’s Earliest Coins is the first public display of an outstanding group of five hundred miniature masterpieces from two important collections of electrum coins. The exhibition provides an intimate glimpse into the dawn of coinage, shedding light on the story of one of the most important innovations in human history. Electrum coins are not only historically significant, but also astonishingly beautiful. Reflecting a rich diversity of subjects, they trace the evolution of Greek art from the seventh through the fourth century BCE and draw us magnetically into a vibrant and fascinating iconographic world. The temporary exhibition runs through March 2013 at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 

More Information: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=59291#.UL8nUYMicdI[/url]
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Article | We came, we saw, we detected: relics from Caesar era among amateur finds

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Published by The Guardian, written by Maev Kennedy,  Monday 3rd December 2012

When the battered metal helmet turned up in a field on the outskirts of Canterbury, the archaeologists had to peer at it carefully to be sure it wasn’t a relic from a careless American GI in the second world war — albeit one with eccentric tastes, since it contained a mass of burned human bone.

The helmet, revealed for the first time as last year’s haul of archaeological finds by metal detectors was unveiled at the British Museum, is in fact an artefact from a much earlier conflict. It is an exceptionally rare Iron Age Celtic helmet from the time of the first invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar, who landed only a few miles away on the Kent coast. The bones haven’t yet been analysed, but the presumption is that they are those of the helmet’s owner, who must have been a warrior — and could in those complicated times have been a Gaul fighting either by Caesar’s side, or with the defending Britons.

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