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Lots of ammunition and unexploded ordnance found by Police

2 March 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Lots of ammunition and unexploded ordnance found by Police

Police officers from Hrubieszów have discovered large numbers of rifle shells and World War 2 unexploded ordnance in possession of an individual living in Dołhobyczów, South-East Poland, who used to illegally look for them with a metal detector.

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Looter of Byzantine coins detained

23 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Looter of Byzantine coins detained

A man was arrested in a Beduin village of Bir Hadaj, South Israel, for illegally looting more than 150 Byzantine-era coins from numerous nearby archaeological sites.

Europe

Parts of bronze statues found at the Antikythera shipwreck

25 January 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Parts of bronze statues found at the Antikythera shipwreck

Underwater archaeologists uncovered fragments of bronze statues, matching part of the original mechanism, and a section of the wooden hull revisiting the famous 1st-century BC shipwreck near Antikythera island off southern Greece discovered more than a century ago.

Europe

Viking sword found during reindeer hunting

3 October 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Viking sword found during reindeer hunting

A well preserved Viking sword was discovered by a team of deer hunters at high altitude in Oppland, Norway.

Europe

Hoard of Roman silver discovered by a teenage detectorist

1 September 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Hoard of Roman silver discovered by a teenage detectorist

A teenage metal detectorists discovered a hoard of Roman hacksilver in Fife, Scotland. The silver is believed to have been used by Roman soldiers to bribe Picts while passing through Scotland. 

North America

Stash of American Revolutionary War bayonets discovered

3 July 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Stash of American Revolutionary War bayonets discovered

Researchers discovered 30 hidden bayonets from the times of American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) near Valley Forge National Park in South-east Pennsylvania, USA.

Europe

Warrior’s grave discovered after nearly 3000 years

18 May 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Warrior's grave discovered after nearly 3000 years

An Iron Age warrior’s grave filled with unique grave goods, dating back to 850 BC was discovered by archaeologists at the Don Bosco shipyard in Sion, Switzerland.

Europe

Database created to register archaeological detectorist finds in Denmark

4 January 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Database created to register archaeological detectorist finds in Denmark

Danish museums have come together to create a new database, where amateur archaeologists, often metal detectorists, can register their finds. The database is called DIME – Digital Metal Finds.

Europe

Viking and Bronze Age artefacts sent to museum by anonymous

29 December 2016 | Archaeo Feed
Viking and Bronze Age artefacts sent to museum by anonymous

The National Museum of Ireland recently received four items sent anonymously in letters without a post-mark addressed to the “History Museum”. The artefacts are dated to Bronze Age and Viking Age.

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Illegal detectorist captured by Police with numerous artefacts at home

20 November 2016 | Archaeo Feed
Illegal detectorist captured by Police with numerous artefacts at home

Police from the precinct in Ujście arrested a man who was conducting illegal search on registered archaeological sites with use of a metal detector. In his home the officers discovered nearly 1000 artefacts obtained in a potentially illegal way.

Europe

Attack by a Roman legion 1800 years ago attested by sling bullets

7 October 2016 | Archaeo Feed
Attack by a Roman legion 1800 years ago attested by sling bullets

Roman projectile ammunition discovered at a hillfort in Scotland indicates an assault by Roman army around 1800 years ago. The find made at Burnswark Hill,  Dumfries region, south-western Scotland, is the largest cache of Roman lead sling bullets discovered.

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Prospection of the 1410 Battle of Grunwald area reveals new finds

20 September 2016 | Archaeo Feed
Prospection of the 1410 Battle of Grunwald area reveals new finds

Over 50 archaeologists and metal detectorists surveyed the area of the Medieval Battle of Grunwald. The 1410 battle between an alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, against the Teutonic Knights was a decisive clash that shifted the balance of power in Eastern Europe.

Europe

Silkeborg site reveals traces of activity spanning over 3000 years

3 September 2016 | Archaeo Feed
Silkeborg site reveals traces of activity spanning over 3000 years

Excavations at the Silkeborg site in Denmark revealed remains of graves and buildings that were dated back to Neolithic, Bronze Age, Viking era and Medieval times. Among the find two high status Viking burials and Trelleborg-type homes were found.

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