Dave Crisp, finder of the Frome hoard, talks about his experience of finding over 52,500 Roman coins in pot buried in a Somerset field. Image courtesy of PAS and Somerset County Council.

In 1979 as a boy James Balme became interested in history and archaeology. For many years he spent time exploring the landscape in search of our ancestors. He has made many exciting discoveries during this time. In 1998 James launched a research project t

The "passion", Italians are famous for is, evident in their detecting as well!

Des takes us on a journey for an elusive hammered coin...visiting woods, beaches and pasture along the way!

Beneath our feet, stories of the past lie waiting to be told. Over the last 30 years, the Museum of London has excavated, examined and archived 17,000 skeletons. Now, 26 of them are to go on display at the Wellcome Trust in London. They each have a st

Beneath our feet, stories of the past lie waiting to be told. Over the last 30 years, the Museum of London has excavated, examined and archived 17,000 skeletons. Now, 26 of them are to go on display at the Wellcome Trust in London. They each have a st

While at Wantage Gordon and I where able to film some footage of the Saxon Brooch discovered. It was found by a Minelab machine! :-)