Earth:List of metal detecting finds
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This is an incomplete list of historically significant items found by metal detecting method.
Metal detecting finds
Item | Date | Place of discovery | Year of discovery | Current location |
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Bedale Hoard | 9th to 10th century | United Kingdom | 2012 | Yorkshire Museum |
Bredon Hill Hoard | 3rd century | United Kingdom | 2011 | Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum |
Collette Hoard | Bronze Age | United Kingdom | 2005 | Museum of Antiquities |
Crosby Garrett Helmet | 2nd or 3rd century | United Kingdom | 2010 | Undisclosed |
Cunetio Hoard | Late antiquity | United Kingdom | 1978 | British Museum/Wiltshire Museum |
Derrynaflan Chalice | 8th or 9th century | Ireland | 1980 | National Museum of Ireland |
Frome Hoard | 253 to 305 | United Kingdom | 2010 | Museum of Somerset |
Furness Hoard | 9th to 10th century | United Kingdom | 2011 | Dock Museum |
Galloway Hoard | 9th or 10th century | United Kingdom | 2014 | Pending matter (Scottish museums) |
Grouville Hoard | Iron Age | United Kingdom | 2012 | La Hougue Bie |
Hallaton Helmet | 1st century | United Kingdom | 2000 | Harborough Museum |
Hallaton Treasure | 1st century | United Kingdom | 2000 | Harborough Museum |
Hand of Faith | N/A | Australia | 1980 | Golden Nugget Las Vegas |
Hoxne Hoard | 4th or 5th century | United Kingdom | 1992 | British Museum |
Huxley Hoard | 900 to 910 | United Kingdom | 2004 | Museum of Liverpool |
Leekfrith torcs | 400 to 250 BC | United Kingdom | 2016 | Potteries Museum & Art Gallery |
Lenborough Hoard | 11th century | United Kingdom | 2014 | British Museum |
Middleham Hoard | 1640s decade | United Kingdom | 1993 | Yorkshire Museum |
Middleham Jewel | 15th century | United Kingdom | 1985 | Yorkshire Museum |
Milton Keynes Hoard | Bronze Age | United Kingdom | 2000 | British Museum |
Mojave Nugget | N/A | United States | 1977 | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |
Newark Torc | 200 to 50 BC | United Kingdom | 2005 | Millgate Museum |
Ringlemere Cup | Bronze Age | United Kingdom | 2001 | British Museum |
Rogiet Hoard | 253 to 296 | United Kingdom | 1998 | National Museums and Galleries of Wales |
Saddle Ridge Hoard | 1847 to 1894 | United States | 2013 | Undisclosed |
Saka Hoard | 11th or 12th century | Estonia | 2015 | N/A |
Seaton Down Hoard | 260 to 348 | United Kingdom | 2013 | British Museum |
Shapwick Hoard | 31 BC to 224 | United Kingdom | 1998 | Museum of Somerset |
Shrewsbury Hoard | 4th century | United Kingdom | 2009 | British Museum |
Silsden Hoard | 1st century | United Kingdom | 1998 | Cliffe Castle Museum |
St Albans Hoard | Late antiquity | United Kingdom | 2012 | Verulamium Museum |
Staffordshire Hoard | 7th century | United Kingdom | 2009 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery/Potteries Museum & Art Gallery |
Stanchester Hoard | 4th to 5th century | United Kingdom | 2000 | Wiltshire Museum |
Stirling torcs | 300 to 100 BC | United Kingdom | 2009 | National Museums Scotland |
Thetford Hoard | 4th century | United Kingdom | 1979 | British Museum |
Trinity Hoard | Bronze Age | United Kingdom | 2012 | N/A |
Vale of York Hoard | 10th century | United Kingdom | 2007 | Yorkshire Museum |
Watlington Hoard | 9th century | United Kingdom | 2015 | British Museum |
West Bagborough Hoard | 2nd century | United Kingdom | 2001 | Museum of Somerset |
Wickham Market Hoard | Iron Age | United Kingdom | 2008 | Ipswich Museum |
Winchester Hoard | Iron Age | United Kingdom | 2000 | British Museum |
See also
- Treasure hunting