The most valuable metal detector finds in history
lovemoney staff
08 November 2023
Very rewarding detective work
ANNIKEN CELINE BERGER/NTB/Arkeologisk museum, UiS /AFP via Getty Images
Rare leopard coin: $226,600 (£173.6k)
Courtesy Dix Noonan Webb
Two gold nuggets in Victoria: $250,000 (£190k)
Jana Schoenknecht/Shutterstock
Ringlemere Cup: $383,900 (£270k)
British Museum/Wikimedia Commons
Mojave Nugget: $400,000 (£246k)
Reno Chris/Wikimedia Commons
Santa Margarita Gold Chalice: $413,000 (£319k)
Courtesy Guernsey's
Frome Hoard: $413,900 (£320k)
Ben Birchall/PA Archive
Shapwick hoard: $418,000 (£265k)
Rodw/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0
Leekfrith Torcs: $420,400 (£325k)
Joe Giddens/PA Wire
Milton Keynes Hoard: $457,800 (£290k)
Courtesy British Museum
Wickham Market Hoard: $467,000 (£316k)
Portable Antiquities Scheme/Wikimedia Commons
Winchester Hoard: $551,500 (£350k)
Portable Antiquities Scheme/Wikimedia Commons
Newark Torc: $614,000 (£350k)
Courtesy Newark Museum
Stirling Torcs: $654,000 (£462k)
Jonbod/Wikimedia Commons
Henry III coin: $875,000 (£648k)
Courtesy Spink & Son
Hand of Faith: $1 million (£453k)
Lance Henry/Flickr CC
Boot of Cortez: $1.55 million (£782k)
Courtesy Heritage Auctions
Lenborough Hoard: $1.75 million (£1.25m)
Yui Mok/PA Archive
Hoxne Hoard: $2.5 million (£1.75m)
Mike Peel/Wikimedia Commons
Galloway Hoard: $2.8 million (£2m)
Derek McLennan/PA Archive
Figurine from King Henry VIII's lost crown: $2.8 million (£2m)
Courtesy Historic Royal Palaces
Jersey coin hoard: up to $3.2 million (£2.5m)
Win Scutt/Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0
The Crosby Garrett Helmet: $3.4 million (£2.3m)
Portable Antiquities Scheme/CC BY 2.0
Stolen Herefordshire hoard: $3.9 million (£3m)
Jacob King/PA Wire/PA Images
Gold coins from Spanish Fleet: $4.5 million (£3.5m)
Augi Garcia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Staffordshire Hoard: $4.6 million (£3.28m)
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Wikimedia Commons
Battle of Hastings coin hoard: $6.5 million (£5m)
Aaron Chown/PA Wire/PA Images
Derrynaflan Hoard: $13.8 million (£11.3m)
Courtesy Government of Ireland
Black Swan Project: $500 million (£255m)
Courtesy National Archaeological Museum Madrid
Peebles Bronze Age hoard: priceless
Jens Büttner/DPA/PA Images
Denmark gold hoard: priceless
Courtesy Konserveringscenter Vejle
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