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TV DIG UNEARTHS 'GREEN' FACT ABOUT ROMANS

Popular TV programme Time Team is set to feature a Lincolnshire dig - and show that the Romans were keen recyclers.

This is Lincolnshire

TREASURED RING IS RETURNED

A Treasure hunter has reunited a woman with a precious heirloom she lost more than 10 years ago.

This is Derbyshire

Gold cup find led to graves discovery

AN important archaeological find by Broadstairs man Cliff Bradshaw prompted further excavations which uncovered centuries- old Anglo-Saxon graves.

Kent Online

Viking treasure found on Silloth beach

TREASURE has been unearthed on a Silloth beach by a man out with a metal detector.
Carlisle Coroners’ Court heard that a silver Viking jug handle discovered at Beckfoot could be over 2,000 years old.

News & Star

Roman brooch found

A ROMAN brooch and bronze ornamental swan were among the finds at a metal detection rally.

The Cumberland News

Ring is real treasure

A GOLD medieval ring unearthed in Winwick has been declared treasure trove.

A Bolton man discovered the treasure last September, buried four inches deep in a patch of rubble near to the church.

Story : This is Cheshire

Cave woman is laid to rest after 1,900 years

THE remains of a woman have been laid to rest in a hidden location in the Yorkshire Dales – about 1,900 years after she died.

Yorkshire Post

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300,000 archaeological finds recorded in first 10 years of Portable Antiquities Scheme

"The database now holds records for 327565 objects within 217352 records. We now have 169375 images that can be used freely. Since the 1st January 2008, we have recorded 15753 objects within 12674 records. In 2007, we recorded 77606 objects within 49377 records."

"The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a voluntary scheme to record archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and Wales. Every year many thousands of objects are discovered, many of these by metal-detector users, but also by people whilst out walking, gardening or going about their daily work. Such discoveries offer an important source for understanding our past."

Brooch deemed treasure trove

A Roman brooch that sat in an archaeologist's drawer for seven years has been declared treasure by a coroner's court.

Sunderland Echo

Coventry metal detector discovers medieval gold ring

METAL detecting enthusiast Wayne Burton could hardly contain his excitement when he discovered a romantic medieval gold ring.

Coventry Telegraph

Metal detectorists thrilled at Viking sword find

BURIED for more than a 1,000 years, these beautifully cast fragments of a Viking sword could be a once-in-a-lifetime find for two metal detector enthusiasts in the Isle of Man.

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