A video of an archaeological excavation is doing the rounds of social media. The video uploaded on Instagram shows a person digging in the ground with the help of excavation tools. This person, with only his hands visible in the camera, is also shown taking the help of a metal detector to search for something buried in the ground. A couple of seconds into the digging, the detector begins to make beep sounds, indicating that something has been found.
The person starts to dig with all his might at the prescribed location. This man had to remove big stones and heaps of sand in his excavation but he is determined to complete the process. After some time, he finds a jug and waves off the metal detector over it. With the beep sounds being even louder, he opens the jug and finds artefacts made by pharaohs of ancient Egypt. The best thing about these artefacts was that they were not damaged despite being buried under the ground for so many years.
Social media users loved the clip and many of them asked where they purchased such a device. Some, however, criticised the video and termed it fake. Most of the users appreciated the clip and dropped heart emoticons in the comment section.
In a similar instance, A Dutch historian named Lorenzo Ruijter, 27 found a unique 1,000-year-old medieval golden treasure, comprising of four golden ear pendants. The treasure also comprised two strips of gold leaf and 39 silver coins, the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden) announced. Lorenzo had told Reuters he has been treasure hunting since he was 10. He discovered the treasure in 2021 in the small northern city of Hoogwoud, using a metal detector.
”It was very special discovering something this valuable, I can’t really describe it. I never expected to discover anything like this,” Ruijter said, adding that it was hard to keep it a secret for two years.
However, experts of the National Museum of Antiquities needed the time to clean, investigate and date the treasure’s objects. After the process, they found that the youngest coin could be dated back to around 1250.
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