SE to CTX Conversion.

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:59:00 +0100

After hours of painstaking engineering at Maloney Towers I am happy to reveal the all new SE CTX3030................................

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Abbey excavations find Saxon glass industry

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:16:00 +0100

New research on glass fragments found at Glastonbury Abbey in the 1950s reveals the earliest archaeological evidence of glass-making in Britain.
Researchers from the University of Reading carried out radiocarbon dating on finds from the digs.
Clay crucibles and pieces of vivid blue-green window glass were tested.
The

Britain's Secret Treasures on ITV

Sat, 05 May 2012 19:49:00 +0100

Britain's Secret Treasures on ITV to follow experts as they judge the merits of antiquities discovered in the UK in the last 15 years, ITV are doing filming around the uk to find the finders of these wonderful treasures.

Britain�s Secret Treasures promises to bring together community history, British heritage, human interest, a little detective work... and some serious treasure. Every year, more than 90,000 finds ranging from jewellery to ancient coins to religious artefacts are reported to the British Museum�s Portable Antiquities Scheme. And this year 2012 sees the scheme�s 15th birthday, and the recording of almost 1 million objects found by our public. In a year

WIN an X-TERRA 705

Sat, 05 May 2012 19:37:00 +0100

The Minelab 705 is great detector!

Very versatile, perfect for hunting relics, gold nuggets or coins. Look for details on how to win it coming Friday, May 11th.

Announcing the ultimate TREASURE detector...

Fri, 04 May 2012 01:51:00 +0100

The team at Minelab are excited to announce, after a lot of hard work, some blood, sweat and tears, we will soon be bringing you the ultimate TREASURE detector, the CTX 3030. This revolutionary detector incorporates new and advanced technologies like nothing you've seen before. With the CTX 3030, The Future of Discovery is coming to a hunting ground near you very soon! If you'd like to find out more you can visit www.ctx3030.com right now to view a short preview. Then stay tuned to

5,000 years murder victim preserved in ice

Thu, 03 May 2012 20:50:00 +0100

Scientists have discovered what is thought to be the oldest blood sample known to man on the body of a 5,000 year old mummy found in an Italian glacier.

The modern-day cold case investigation has thrown new light onto the life of Oetzi the Iceman, as he has been dubbed by experts, after being discovered in a frozen glacier 22 years ago.

A series of tests have revealed what his last meal was and how he met a violent and brutal death as he trekked through the mountains at 9,000ft.

Still giving

Metal Detector enthusiasts finds 14th century heart-shaped gold brooch

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:10:00 +0100

Shaped like a heart - and with two hands clasped together in decorative sleeves at its base - this piece of jewellery may be tiny but it was to prove an enormous find for one lucky metal detector enthusiast.
Stan Cooper, 60, unearthed the 2.5cm gold brooch beneath the soil in a farmer's field near Sandbach, Cheshire - and was initially unaware of its true provenance.
But the item - no bigger than a pound coin - has now been dated to between 1350 and 1450 and is thought to have originally been a betrothal gift because the hands appear to be male and female.
Furthermore, it is worth an astonishing �25,000.

'Rare' gold ring found in Alresford declared treasure

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:07:00 +0100

NOTE from R2 This was found by my m8 & Chairman of the Farnham Metal Detecting Club on a Club dig & I was lucky to see it & hold this thing of beauty well done Ian well save too..& well done to Phil Small the for getting the club is cracking bit of land

ANOTHER �extremely rare� gold ring found near

Minelab Manufacturer detects Chinese imitators

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:03:00 +0100

SOUTH Australian manufacturer Codan has launched legal action to try to halt a flood of Chinese counterfeits of its gold detectors.

As many as 12 Chinese-based manufacturers have copied Codan's detector, developed by its Torrensville-based subsidiary Minelab, and which sells in Australia for about $5000.
Chief executive Donald McGurk said the fakes were impacting on sales, prompting Codan to launch international legal action and enlist the help of a company founded by former Prime Minister Bob Hawke to lobby in China for protection of its intellectual property.
Mr McGurk said counterfeiters had targeted the African market, where millions of gold prospectors were now making a living using the detectors,

Mlo corfe castle dates for 2012.

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:05:00 +0000

Corfe get together is going to have to be the last weekend of September this year 27th - 30th. I have no choice for two reasons. The main one is that Weekend wanderers have changed the original date of their big rally from the 15th ( second weekend) and are now going with the weekend I had planned for Corfe of the 22nd ( third weekend). Seeing as most people will want to do both rallies we have no choice.
The main reason we are also looking at a later date than previous years is because we should be fairly safe in expecting the Donkey field to be a lot less busy with other campers. We shouldn't have the problems with the camp staff we had last year with trying to split us up into other fields. A bonus with going later also will be the fact that our farmer down on the

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