12th Century Jewelry

Here you will find some excellent metal detector finds made over the years.

This site has been designed for anyone interested in the various artefacts and coins uncovered through metal detecting and fieldwalking. It is hoped that landowners, detectorists and anyone seeking parallels for finds may find the site both interesting and useful. The galleries contain a selection of personal metal detecting and fieldwalking finds from the United Kingdom which have been photographed and recorded.

Rings made in the 11th-13th centuries.

How to make a spiral-looped, twisted, wire annular brooch. Based on two finds. Documentation included.

An initiative by members of the metal-detecting community to promote good practice within the hobby. It is an easy-to-use, friendly and supportive online facility for detectorists to record their finds and ensure that the information is preserved for future generations.

Waterford is Ireland&#3 9;s oldest city, founded by Viking raiders in 914 A.D. The city centre was extensivel y excavated between 1986 and 1992 and the range, quantity and quality of what was found from Waterford& #39;s Viking and Medieval past, surpassed all expectatio ns. Waterford Museum of Treasures brings together for the first time the excavated objects and the historic municipal collection and displays them in optimum conditions . The exhibition celebrates the ethnic, cultural and religious diversity of all who contribute d to the making of Waterford.