PORTABLE ANTIQUITIES SCHEME

DETECTIVAL HIRES FINDS RECORDERS BUT IS IT A STICKING PLASTER ON A STRIP MINE?

The Portable Antiquities Scheme, the national scheme for the voluntary recording of archaeological finds, based at the British Museum, has for some time refused to support the growing phenomenon...

NORTON DISNEY DODECAHEDRON GONE [FROM THE PAS DATABASE]

It was one of the good news archaeology stories of 2024 and even earned a slot on the...

METAL DETECTORIST CLEARED OF FRAUD BUT DID ACT DISHONESTLY

A hearing at Hereford Justice Centre appears to have offered proof of a practice long rumoured to be...

CONCERN AS METAL DETECTING RALLIES ADVERTISED CLOSE TO ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE & MULTI-PERIOD SITE IN SHROPSHIRE

  Concern is growing among archaeologists that the organisers of commercial metal detecting rallies are becoming increasingly brazen in...

TREASURE ACT AMENDMENT: GAMECHANGER OR GAME OVER FOR REGULATING METAL DETECTING?

A canny application of Nudge Theory to save important archaeological artefacts for the nation's museums, or a case...

TV REVIEW: Mackenzie Crook’s “Detectorists” 2022 Christmas Special [BBC1]

Mackenzie Crook channels William Blake and John le Carré in "detectorists" Christmas Special.   Since its screen debut in 2014 Mackenzie Crooks "Detectorists" has achieved the...

Arrest in Preston Museum Missing Treasure Investigation

In what appears to be a breakthrough in the investigation into the suspected theft of artefacts from Preston Museum, Police have arrested and bailed...

POLICE PROBE ALLEGED DISAPPEARANCE OF TREASURE FINDS FROM LANCASHIRE MUSEUM

Lancashire Police are investigating a number of cases of artefacts reported missing while in the care of the Lancashire County Council museum service. ...

BM Confirms PAS Not Involved in Design of Ch5 #DIGGING FOR TREASURE-Tonight

As part of our series #WeNeedToTalkAboutMetalDetecting thePipeLine looks at questions around the involvement of the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Channel 5's new metal detecting...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT METAL DETECTING 1: “GREAT BRITISH HISTORY HUNTERS” on Channel 4

The sun is out, the ground is baked hard, and across the UK crops are being cut and gathered in.It's harvest time, and as...

FEARS JERSEY AWARD COULD LEAD TO INFLATED VALUATIONS UNDER TREASURE ACT

By any standards the Le Câtillon II Coin Hoard is astonishing. Found by two metal detectorists on the Crown Dependency of Jersey in...