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A history buff finds part of an ancient sword handle while metal detecting in Gloucestershire
A history buff has discovered a piece of weaponry thought to be one of the rarest ever dug up in Gloucestershire. Steve Taylor found part of an ancient sword handle while metal detecting on a farm near Cirencester. The bronze head, fitted to the end of a Celtic sword to keep the blade in place, is worth 5,000 pounds. Steve has given the artefact, which dates from 200-400BC, to Cirencester's Corinium Museum as part of a long-term loan arrangement. Steve uses a high-tech metal detector to browse the countryside for valuable items - he has been treasure hunting for 25 years and 2 years ago he found a haul of Roman coins in the Cotswolds. | by thisisgloucestershire.co.uk :: 2009-08-20 |

Archaeology enthusiast an finds Bronze Age axe with metal detector
Archaeology enthusiast Roy Crick was lucky enough to unearth one of the rarest items found in Warwickshire. He detected a Bronze-age axe - guessed to be from between 700 and 900 BC - while digging with fellow members of the Coventry Heritage Metal Detectors Society. But the secret of where exactly he discovered it remains with him: "I can't reveal where. It was at a Kenilworth farm. I felt pretty excited, it is pretty rare to come across such things. It is in excellent condition and still has a sharp edge. I have been metal detecting for more than 20 years and I class this as my best find." | by halifaxcourier.co.uk :: 2008-10-10 |

9th century Anglo Saxon silver and niello sword mount cap and ring belong to finder
Silver relics dating from the 9th century have been declared the property of Keith Parker who discovered them - because historians cannot say how they came to be in the Willington field where they were found. Derbyshire Coroner Dr Robert Hunter ruled that the items were not treasure - because the circumstances in which it had been abandoned were not clear. The British Museum's curator of insular early medieval collections, Dr Sonja Marzinzik, said: "It is not possible to determine whether the mounts were deposited with an intent to recover them. It may simply have been a casual loss." | by burtonmail.co.uk :: 2008-08-02 |

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