Dad finds valuable 17th century ring during metal hunt

A medieval ring discovered by a metal detecting dad could be worth thousands of pounds.

Shaun Terriss, 46, struck gold when he unearthed the ring inches below pasture land on a metal hunt with a friend.

A treasure inquest heard he regularly searched the grounds at Kenfield Hall in Petham with permission from the landowner and also belonged to a metal detecting club.

Experts from the British Museum estimate the ring is from the 17th century, but were unable to say who it belonged to.

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York Pre-historic Hoard Declared Treasure

A Pre-historic hoard found by the Yorkshire Searchers Metal Detecting Club at York last year were declared as Treasure at the coroners court inquest at Harrogate on Wednesday 30th May. The inquest lasted 1 hour and the the British Museum are interested in acquiring the finds.

Linch Pins, Terret Rings, Roman Coins, Celtic Toggle and many items were found.

Chas Jones rejects claims of Persimmon over site of Battle of Fulford at Germany Beck

AN ARCHAEOLOGIST has hit back after developers claimed there was no evidence the Battle of Fulford took place on the proposed site of York’s biggest housing scheme.

Chas Jones said several strands of evidence pointed to Germany Beck being the site of the 1066 battle, including hundreds of iron items found at sites along the length of the beck, which may have been “workshops” for recycling pieces of metal left over from the fight.

“We think that the defeat of the Norse army at Stamford Bridge meant that this work was abandoned and the sites were quickly flooded, preserving these field workshops,” he said.

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Volunteers Wanted For Community Archaeology Dig

Experts from the Field Archaeology Team at National Museums Liverpool are leading the week-long dig from June 20-27.

The public can watch them throughout the week, and volunteers can get involved on Saturday, June 23, and Sunday, June 24. Local schoolchildren will also visit the project.

Fiona Sunners, from the Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership Scheme, said: "We wanted to organise a public archaeology event along the coast and Firwood House is perfect as it has a hidden past but is not an ancient site.

"We are very grateful for the support of the team from National Museums Liverpool who are experienced in running this sort of event.

"During the project we are hoping to discover when the house was built, who built it, what it looked like, why it was built there and when and why it fell into disrepair.

"This is a rare opportunity for local people to get involved in archaeology and find out more about the history of Sefton and the Formby area."

* Anyone keen to get involved in the dig (on June 23/24) can call 0151-934 2964, or e-maillandscape.partnership@sefton.gov.uk  People can also follow the dig on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/SeftonCoast (The site of Firwood House is off St Lukes Church Road, Formby, and further details will be on the website and Facebook page.)

Gold fever to grip Pambula?

There is a nugget of interest in the old Pambula goldfields that could be the starting point of a return to Pambula’s halcyon boom town days.
West Australian gold mining interests are seeking to explore a 30 square kilometre area 3km south west of Pambula.

The area is classified as the Pambula central goldfield.

The area targeted (see map on Page 2) is close to South Pambula, parts of Greigs Flat, and it includes much of the old goldfields area, 1km south-west of Yowaka, Broadwater and land on both sides of the Princes Highway. It also goes near, but excludes, the settlements of Lochiel (by half a kilometre, to the north west) and Nethercote (by 1.5km to the north-north east).

Its central co-ordinates are half a kilometre from the saw mill at South Pambula.

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Greek experts find Roman shipwrecks nearly a mile deep

Two Roman-era shipwrecks have been found in deep water off a western Greek island, challenging the conventional theory that ancient shipmasters stuck to coastal routes rather than risking the open sea, an official said Tuesday. Greece's culture ministry said the two third-century wrecks were discovered earlier this month during a survey of an area where a Greek-Italian gas pipeline is to be sunk. They lay between 0.7 and 0.9 mile deep in the sea between Corfu and Italy.

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Coin from 32 BC oldest in Beau Street Hoard

The oldest Roman coin in a hoard discovered in Bath dates back more than 200 years earlier than the others already examined.

The Beau Street Hoard of more than 20,000 silver coins was found in a stone-lined box by archaeologists working in Bath in 2007.

Work has begun at the British Museum to clean them.

Stephen Clews, manager of the Roman Baths, said a coin from 32BC was the oldest identified so far.

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