12 Archaeological Discoveries Made With A Metal Detector

From roman cavalry helmets to the largest coin hoard discovery every found, here are 12 incredible archaeological discoveries made with a metal detector! Follow us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/katrinaexplained/ Subscribe For New Videos! http://goo.gl/UIzLeB Check out these videos you might like: Unbelievable Animals SAVING Other Animals! 🐯https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxehUWvMr38 LARGEST Animals Ever Discovered! 🐙https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yj7F_tPYsU Wild Animals That SAVED Human Lives! 🐻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mllqeVSsIl0 12. Crosby Garrett Helmet In 2010, an Irish detectorist made an incredibly rare find when he was exploring the fields near Crosby Garrett, in the county of Cumbria in England. The anonymous searcher had been looking at the fields for the previous 2 years but had only found Roman coins and other small artefacts up until that point. Well, that’s not bad either! 11. Iron Age Gold Necklaces In 2009, David Booth was using his metal detector in a field for the first time, having only just got it to try out his new hobby and just tested it on knives in his kitchen. 9 paces from where he parked his car, he made one of the most famous finds in Scottish history. 10. Viking Board Game Mick Bott, a 73-year-old retired miner and metal detectorist, recently unearthed a Viking board game dating back to 872 A.D. -- roughly 1,150 years ago -- in Torksey, Lincolnshire, England. The complete set, consisting of 37 pieces, was used in a chess-like game called Hnefatafl (probably NOT how you say that) but it was popular among soldiers due to its strategic nature. 9. A Live Explosive Earlier this year, police in Lebanon, Tennessee reported to the scene of an unexploded World War II era mortar round. The find was made by 13-year-old Blake Davis who was out exploring with a metal detector along with his 11-year-old brother when he made the disturbing discovery behind Hartmann Plantation. 8. Dentures This one is a bit weird!! In March 2019 in a field in Buckinghamshire, southern England, a metal detectorist and bricklayer named Peter Cross found a 200-year-old set of top dentures. The fascinating discovery was announced late last year. Made from gold, and possibly hippopotamus or walrus ivory, the teeth were fashioned to be as life-like as possible. 7. Lost Medieval Coin In August 2019, a metal detectorist rediscovered a lost Scottish medieval coin at an undisclosed site in Norfolk, England. Dating back sometime between 1280 and 1286, the coin features the head of Alexander III of Scotland. Coin expert (numismatist) Dr. Adrian Marsden of the Norfolk Historic Environment Service explained in a BBC interview that someone religious likely wore it as a brooch or pendant, and that it had “travelled some way” before ending up where it was found. 6. Centuries-Old Sword Fionntan Hughes, a 10-year-old schoolboy from County Tyrone in northern Ireland, recently discovered a 300-year-old sword near his backyard after receiving a metal detector for his birthday. I am starting to think that this is a really good gift!! Don’t you kind of want one?? 5. Shipwrecked Coins Earlier this year a pair of treasure hunters claimed to have discovered coins from a 1715 Spanish shipwreck along a Florida beach using a metal detector. While searching the sand at the Turtle Trail Beach Access in Vero Beach, 43-year-old Jonah Martinez and his friend unearthed 22 Spanish silver coins from what they believe to be a 305-year-old shipwreck. 4. Hand-To-Hand Combat Weapons While sweeping the site of the famous Battle of Grunwald in northern Poland metal detectorists found two 600-year-old battle axes that were used in hand-to-hand combat. 3. Local Pub Hoard Luke Mahoney, an experienced 40-year-old metal detectorist who owns a shop in Suffolk, England, discovered the biggest hoard of his lifetime behind a local pub after spending a decade traveling the globe in search of treasure. Isn’t that always the way!! 2. Medieval Pope Seal Earlier this year a metal detectorist in Shropshire, England discovered a seal belonging to Pope Innocent IV. While this coin-like thing might not seem that exciting, it marks the milestone of 1.5 million items that have been unearthed by the public in Britain under the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme, which encourages citizens to come forward with artifacts in hopes of learning more about the area’s history. 1. Iron Age Coin Hoard In 2012, a hoard containing nearly 70,000 coins set the new Guinness World record for the largest discovery of its type in the British Isles. Discovered in January 2012 by metal detectorists Reg Mead and Richard Miles in Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, the 69,347-coin collection is worth an estimated $13 million. #archaeologicaldiscoveries #metaldetector #strangefinds #originsexplained