{"id":1960,"date":"2024-11-09T10:35:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T15:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2025-06-10T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:13:33","slug":"british-museum-says-metal-detectorists-found-1311-treasures-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/british-museum-says-metal-detectorists-found-1311-treasures-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"British Museum says metal detectorists found 1,311 treasures in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/treasure_chest.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2052\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/british-museum-says-metal-detectorists-found-1311-treasures-in-2019\/treasure_chest\/\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/treasure_chest.png?resize=300%2C257\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/treasure_chest.png?resize=300%2C257&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/treasure_chest.png?w=477&amp;ssl=1 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2020\/mar\/17\/british-museum-says-metal-detectorists-found-1311-treasures-last-year\">Read the full article here\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Record Number of Finds<\/strong>: In 2019, metal detectorists in the UK discovered 1,311 treasures, the highest number recorded.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significant Discoveries<\/strong>: Notable finds include a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet and a Roman gold coin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legislation Update<\/strong>: Plans are in place to amend the Treasure Act to include items of historical significance, not just those made of precious metals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Contribution<\/strong>: The public, especially metal detectorists, play a crucial role in uncovering and preserving the UK\u2019s archaeological heritage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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Significant Discoveries: Notable finds include a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet and a Roman gold coin. Legislation Update: Plans are in place to amend the Treasure Act to include items of historical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/british-museum-says-metal-detectorists-found-1311-treasures-in-2019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">British Museum says metal detectorists found 1,311 treasures in 2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[60,65,62,66,63,67,58],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-metal-detecting","tag-find-lost-ring-with-metal-detector","tag-lost-ring-camden-county","tag-lost-ring-delaware-valley","tag-lost-ring-jersey-shore","tag-lost-ring-tri-state-area","tag-metal-detector-rental","tag-rent-metal-detector"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf7HTG-vC","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2054,"href":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions\/2054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metaldetectingman.me\/the-metal-detecting-man\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}