For thousands of years meteorites have slammed into the earth’s surface, each one carrying an invaluable record of the very beginnings of the solar system. But finding meteorites, some buried over centuries by thick layers of dirt and sediment, is no easy task. Now, Science Channel is bringing viewers on a search for alien treasures [...]

After researching online he became excited when he learned similar torcs dated back to about 750BC and had fetched up to £350,000 at auction. But tests on the piece by British Museum experts ruled it was a fake and probably less than 300 years old. Gutted Andrew must now split the estimated £13,500 value with [...]

Spectacular examples abound as Orlando, FL plays host to the Heritage Auctions’ biggest Rare U.S. Coin Auction of the year, Jan. 6-10 None other than the most famous American coin in existence, the “Olsen” Specimen of the 1913 Liberty nickel, is the anchor lot in Heritage Auctions Jan. 6-10, 2010 Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Auction, [...]

Posted by Minnesotastan in Everything Else on November 4, 2009 at 3:48 pm A young man, using his metal detector for the first time, walked about seven steps from his car and got a signal. The four gold Iron Age neck ornaments, or torcs, date from between the 1st and 3rd Century BC and are [...]

The gold and silver artefacts, which are already shedding new light on the Dark Ages, are collectively worth almost double the amount of the most expensive ancient treasure previously found in Britain.

For the past five years Horst H. Liebner has been uncovering the mystery behind 1,000-year-old artifacts recovered from two sunken treasures in the Java Sea. Since1987, the German scholar has been researching maritime culture and the history of the Malay Archipelago. As scientific advisor, Liebner, 49, who is based in Makassar, Sulawesi, has painstakingly pieced [...]

While his country fends off Somali pirates, Seychellois history teacher John Cruise-Wilkins is haunted by a French buccaneer who died almost 300 years ago. By Jean-Marc Mojon, in Bel Ombre for AFP Published: 10:53AM GMT 09 Dec 2009 Seychellois history teacher John Cruise-Wilkins lives in something close to paradise but is tormented by the same [...]

Here are some goodies that I have found lately. Hope you enjoy. My first Indian Head cent of the year. Not sure what this is off of.  Any ideas? Front side and …………………………………………..backside,  two stuck together. 1912 C.E. Biggs MGR.  Middleton,  ID   Good for 10 in Merchandise  Token. The top Ring is 10K white gold…the [...]

Californian is fighting heirs in Texas over the right to dig for it Nathan Smith appeared in federal court in Houston on Monday. If Nathan Smith’s plan to search for a buried treasure near the Texas Gulf Coast using Google Earth and a metal detector sounds like a Hollywood movie, it should. After all, Smith, [...]

I ran to Oregon with a good friend to detect for gold nuggets using the Minelab GPX series detectors for a couple days. Attached are photos of my only gold find. The specimen shown was found Thursday, Sept 25th. 2008.  It has a dry weight of 25.2 Troy Ounces and I have not had a [...]