Finds

For diggers from Siberia, my blog should not forget about the comrades on the other (or that) side of the Ural Mountains. Very curious and interesting coins were minted during the reign of Catherine II in Siberia. Catherine the Great was a…

Today I decided to remember the distant autumn of 1997, when a large medieval treasure was found in the town of Fuchsenhof in the vicinity of the picturesque Austrian town of Freistadt. As usual, it was discovered by our colleague, a man…

I never looked for gold, only coins in the fields, helmets at battle sites, and various small things. We don’t have gold aureuses (at least the Romans didn’t get it, but there are rumors about Roman treasures), gold in its pure form is also…

Another amazing coin found in Ukraine — rare gold ducat of Sigismund III Vasa, minted in 1625 in Danzig (aka Gdansk). In the Tyshkevich catalog it is valued at 50 marks in gold. Rare specimen! Started at auction for 1000 euros, now…

Every discovery of gold or gold coin — This is a whole event in the life of every digger. Any comrade wants to raise gold, but not everyone does. Not everyone gets up. 🙂 And it’s doubly nice if it’s also the discovery…

Yes, the Grand Duchy of Finland was once part of our great Empire and even had its own coins! I saw our Finnish «colleagues» many times on Instagram. Similar finds and such coins can be found already in the modern Leningrad Region…

I was a little lucky the other day. Summer evenings in the fields gave their results — 4 stamps of Charles XI of Sweden, 1692. The truth was that I was saddened by the wear and tear of the coin and the manhandling of the farmers, who…

This time we were pleased with the French guys! German helmets from the First World War in excellent condition and camouflage color were raised in France. An extraordinary find! A greasy garbage dump of the Kaiser's army was discovered at…

Here's an interesting story about the discovery of one of the most expensive treasures in the world! This happened not so long ago — in 2009. 5 July 2009 Terry Herbert went plowing near Hammerwich (Staffordshire, England) without…

Today we will be pleased with the finds of Brad, who is leading the search in Vermont, USA. During his next search for treasures, he discovered 73 buttons from 1800 in one place! This find contains items made from a wide variety of…

Recently I wrote about the island of Bolshoi Tyuters — a place where you would like to come with a detector for a few days and rummage/dig everything up, there will probably be many more interesting things in this place. Who hasn't…

An underwater search carried out in river… What discoveries will be of the largest amount? Do you think these will be fisherman’s plummets? In the river one can find an iPhone, or, if somebody is lucky, a pair of GoPro cameras,…

The price of any meteorite depends on its type and weight. There are both expensive and cheap ones. But how much does a meteorite weighing 174 kg cost? It’s precisely this discovery that has been put up for sale at an auction in…

Do you know what’s Fr?nkischer Haken? It’s a bladed weapon which was popular in the early modern period. Its main purpose was to catch the blade of an antagonist’s sword. A very unusual weapon indeed. Fr?nkischer Haken…

The final part is about how the guys from one search party were looking for the Soviet Sturmovik IL-2, but found Messer 109 with the pilot in good condition. Previous parts: Dug up the Messer (photo of the pilot+) Part I…

I received this device a month ago and am now testing it out. I’m posting a short review of yesterday’s trip for a couple of hours in the field. Digging in the summer stuffiness with the scorching sun and the hated midges — This is a…