Viking Silver Coins Discovered on Gotland

Abstract: The brothers Svanborg discovered a treasure cache consists of silver coins, weighing a total of around 3 kilos.

In quite a small space they found around 1,100 coins and a few bracelets. Most of the treasure was in good condition.

Gotland is an archaeologist's paradise, where there have been discoveries of a large number of Viking treasures.
The brothers are now likely to get a reward, after handing over the treasure to the authorities.

Keywords: Treasure, Silver Coins, Viking, Gotland, Arab Silver Coin, History, Bracelets, Archaeologist's Paradise, Viking Treasure, Necklaces, Jewelry, Bronze.

Original text:

The treasure cache consists of silver coins, weighing a total of around 3 kilos. They were discovered by 20-year-old Edvin Svanborg and his 17-year-old brother Arvid, who were working in the grounds of their neighbour, artist Lars Jonsson.

Ancient Treasure of Satricum Was Hidden in Bookshelf in Italy

Abstract: Italian police have found the treasure of Satricum in a farmers bookshelf. Treasure consists of more than 500 delicate miniature pots created about 2,600 years ago. The miniature jars were made of Italo-Corinthian pottery and Etruscan bucchero pottery, in the Etruscan region between the 7th and 5th centuries B.C.

Keywords: Ancient Treasure, treasure of Satricum, Campoverde di Aprilia, archaeological squad, dig, fragments of pottery, Etruscan region, ceramic artifacts.

Original text:
Italian police have found the long-sought treasure of Satricum, consisting of more than 500 delicate miniature pots crafted about 2,600 years ago, in a farmers bookshelf.

Earn a Lot from Treasure Hunting

Abstract: Mel Fisher, who died in 1998, created Mel Fisher's Treasures.
Over the past two decades, Mel Fisher's Treasures has grossed as much as $14 million in one year from the booty it has found. To ensure cash flow the firm raises $2.8 million a year from individual investors.
A half-dozen scuba divers are scouring the remains of a 400-year-old Spanish galleon, which is laden with emeralds, pearls, silver and gold. They instantly recognize the object he's holding as a mass of oxidized silver coins -- perhaps 50 all together -- that could be worth as much as $500,000.

Keywords: Treasure Hunting, Spanish galleon, emeralds, pearls, silver coins, gold coins, family-owned business, treasure, gold chains, shipwreck sites, artifact, divemaster, silver Star of Lima

Ancient Islamic Treasure Discovered on Funen

Abstract: Ancient Islamic coins and silver jewellery were discovered an amateur archaeologist. Most of the coins originate from the ancient Islamic times of the caliphs, while some are from the area covered by present-day Russia.
The find lay undiscovered in the field near Ringe for more than 1,000 years.

Keywords: Islamic coins, silver, treasure, amateur archaeologist, silver bracelet, treasure finder, museum curator, Viking age, silver jewellery, metal detector.

Original Text:
Ancient Islamic coins and silver jewellery were discovered in one of the biggest finds of its kind on Funen by a local man with a metal detector An amateur archaeologist hit the jackpot when he discovered a hidden cache of...

An amateur archaeologist hit the jackpot when he discovered a hidden cache of buried silver in a rural field on Funen earlier this year.