Treasure News Links
March 9, 2010
Time capsule brings 2 strangers together
Last Saturday 48-year-old Mancini was out with his metal detector in a wooded area about a mile from his Williamstown home. He found a bottle that had been buried before he was born.
A metal-detecting postie has found a permanent exhibition for
some of his collection of rare treasures and artifacts.
Jeff Nelson, 44, who is a postman in Wokingham and Finchampstead,
(England) has been offered a section of the new Finchampstead
library at the FBC Centre, due to open in the next few months, for
some of the objects he has gathered.
March 2, 2010
If you don't know who the Jonas Brothers are, ask any
teenager.
Kevin and Nick Jonas: Metal Detecting Duo
Kevin and Nick Jonas hover over a beach-goer as they find something
of interest after metal-detecting along the beach in Malibu on
Monday afternoon (March 1). The duo were filming new scenes with
brother Joe and Nicole Anderson for the second season of JONAS.
March 1, 2010
Newspaper-sponsored treasure hunt
Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt master clues in
Each participant - mostly locals, though some fanatics travel
hundreds of miles to take part - trades $40 ($35 in advance) for a
packet of clues that range from poetic to downright cryptic. Answers
are gathered by trekking to locations through Chinatown and North
Beach.
Setback for PLP in lawsuit against SB 670 (From GPAA)
In a setback for suction dredging rights, Federal Judge
Morrison England did not rule on the merits of the Public Lands for
the People (PLP) vs. California Senate Bill 670 (SB 670) case on
Friday, even though PLP had the 1850 California Admissions to the
Union which stated that the State could not interfere with the
disposal of Federal lands. PLP felt that the State had relinquished
its immunity rights on this particular issue. This also moots the
scheduled injunction on March 25.
Backing for coin case woman, 23
A Shropshire woman who admitted failing to report finding a possible
piece of treasure has received support from an online community of
metal detecting enthusiasts who claim she could be the victim of a
miscarriage of justice. Kate Harding, 23, of The Hawthorns, Ludlow,
was given a three-month conditional discharge last week and ordered
to pay £25 costs for failing to report the finding of a piedfort to
the south Shropshire coroner.
Desperately Seeking Landmines (In case
you're looking for a new job.)
Inazario-Mendes is one of 14 local men working to clear the Monte
Belo minefield under the auspices of the HALO Trust, a British
nonprofit that removes the lethal leftovers of war — from mines to
unexploded ammunition — around the world. The pay isn’t great, but
he likes the work. “I’m never scared,” he says. “You just have to
concentrate.”
February 19, 2010
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Forest Service proposing limits on geocaches, metal
detectors in national forests
The second rule would prohibit possession or use of metal detectors
outside of designated areas. The agency said that many
archaeological sites on the forest have been significantly damaged
from treasure hunting, by those who loot sites to sell artifacts,
and by others who are unaware that it’s illegal to disturb and
remove artifacts from federal land
without a research permit.
Bulgarian Culture Minister stands by decision: metal
detectors require registration
Possession and use of a metal detector in Bulgaria requires
registration with the Culture Ministry and lack of such registration
was a crime, Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov said on
February 10 in reply to a letter from Ilia Iliev, head of the
Bulgarian National Federation of Metal-detecting.
True location of Bosworth Battlefield pinpointed
"The crucial archaeological evidence came from our systematic metal
detecting survey.
There may be relatively few finds from the battle, each of which has
taken the team dozens of hours to locate, but several of the objects
are amazing.
Top Ten Archaeology Finds: Most Viewed of 2009
(Includes gold hoard found in England)
Found in July by an amateur treasure hunter in England, the largest
known Anglo-Saxon gold hoard is rich with precious stones and
intricately wrought war gear.
The wife's a real treasure!
Steve Pickering has given his girlfriend an eternity ring modelled
on one that dates back to the 16th century. And Steve should know -
he found the original while he was out doing a spot of metal
detecting.
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