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British metal detectorists make the find of their lives: medieval gold coins
LONDON – Phil and Joan Castle, who live in New Romney in Kent, England, have been hunting treasure with metal detectors for more than 30 years. It was in October 2018, while searching one of their favorite plowed fields at nearby Romney Marsh that Joan, using her XP gold max metal detector, found a broken gold coin on the […]
Metal lunchboxes serve up a feast of retro icons
NEW YORK — For many kids of the postwar generation, the best part of back-to-school shopping was not the clothes or the annual trip to Buster Brown to get a new pair of shoes, but choosing a lunchbox. Brown-bagging your PB&J sandwich became a thing of the past with the advent of bright and colorful […]
Julien’s to auction property from estate of metal god Ronnie James Dio, Sept. 14-15
NEW YORK – Julien’s Auctions, the Los Angeles-based world–record-breaking auction house, will pay tribute to one of the most influential heavy metal heroes and forefathers of the head–banging music genre with “Property from the Estate of Ronnie James Dio,” a two-day auction taking place Friday, September 14 and Saturday, September 15 live at the Hard […]
Metal Detectorist Finds Medieval Ring, Chicago Shows Some Skin, and More Fresh News
News and updates from around the arts and auction community: A British man who became enamored of metal detecting after buying a basic detector for his daughter hit the jackpot after a mere 18 months in the hobby. In a North Yorkshire field, his device alerted him to something metallic in the ground – […]