An out of the blue opportunity to spend the summer of 1995 in a beach house led to the purchase of a Tesoro Silver Sabre II metal detector, and a metal detecting journey began. Since then, Brian has founded a club at the high school where he's taught for over 20 years, written multiple articles for Western & Eastern Treasures magazine, published a book on metal detecting, taught metal detecting classes to teen and adult learners, and has been guiding clients on metal detecting hunts in the field. We like to call them "Dirt Fishing Adventures."
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This story is relatively well known around New England among metal detectorists but it's still unknown to most. Jim Bailey found a coin in Portsmouth, RI that is directly tied to a specific act of piracy in 1695. You can find a good PBS video of the story here.
Can you imagine finding a 2600+ year old gold coin, one of only nine known?
An amateur archaeologist discovered a 600 year old British coin on the coast of Newfoundland. How did it get there is the question they're trying to answer.
It's always the noobs!
A guy in Warwickshire, England who had been detecting for six months found a gold necklace linked to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
The Lynn Museum in England is currently displaying some of the best hoards found in Norfolk, a region known for its' rich history and hoards.
In April of 2019, four guys in England discovered what is now called the Hambleden Hoard in Buckinghamshire. The coins date back to the mid 1300's and the hoard is valued at over $180,000
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