Near perfect Ming Vase turns up at auction. In Britain, always in Britain....Learn - Details
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This is my pornography. Hundreds, thousands even, videos of arrowhead and artifact hunters finding their treasures along riverbanks and creek beds, all courtesy of YouTube. Of course, it's far more enjoyable to search for these things yourself, but if you live in Canada in the dead of winter it's not bloody likely....Follow the related links for more...
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This, a link to an unending stream of links of treasures found with Metal Detectors on You Tube. Which would be inspirational if I didn't live in Calgary. The first video's OK, but follow the related links on the right....
Link: You Tube Metal Detecting
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And there are these, looted from the archeological sites in Sarmizegetusa Regia - Romania. Most of the bracelets weighed in at over 2 pounds (or around 1 kilogram) - of solid gold - and 12 were recovered from the looters, 12 remain missing. Apparently they were discovered in a chest underneath a large rock. Read more here on the National Geographic Website.
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And this is news - Police arrest man loading a statue into a truck and end up discovering the Tomb of Caligula (one of my favorite Roman Emperors).
Read more here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/17/caligula-tomb-found-police-statue
Mind you, it's breaking news and the verdict isn't yet certain...
CBS casts some doubt: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20028786-503543.html