Detektor revue 4/2026
A mystery from the bed of the Danube
A Danube mystery appears alongside a tag with two different stories and an Austro-Hungarian military blade from 1915.
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Detektor revue 3/2026
A golden desert expedition
A desert expedition, the continuing search for Göring’s treasure and the mystery of a historical seal feature on this cover.
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Detektor revue 2/2026
Roman discoveries in Britain
Feature about detecting abroad
Detecting in Britain is the cover theme, with further features on a valley of armoured vehicles and a German prince’s sabre.
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Detektor revue 1/2026
When the blind led the blind
This issue combines its historical cover feature with denars of Vratislav II, sea-related medals and imitation amber on a military dagger.
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Detektor revue 6/2025
A Christmas discovery
A Christmas discovery leads a cover selection that also includes a wartime journey, a treasure story and a balloon dagger.
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Detektor revue 5/2025
A forgotten camp?
A forgotten camp, a lifesaving medal, UNRRA and a Hlinka Guard dagger are among the cover topics.
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Detektor revue 4/2025
The death of Jan Masaryk: the truth at last?
The cover revisits the death of Jan Masaryk, alongside a golden Saturday, Sudetenland discoveries and a German Red Cross blade.
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Detektor revue 3/2025
Evil on the run: the Gestapo flees into American captivity
A wartime escape story is joined by detectorists, historical seals and a sword of Vienna’s Academic Legion.
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Detektor revue 2/2025
The mystery of Operation Aphrodite
Operation Aphrodite is the main cover theme, together with an order born of collaboration and other historical stories.
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Detektor revue 1/2025
Coins reveal the secrets of the Boii
Coins and the Boii lead this issue, with further stories connected to Bilbao, field discoveries and the exploration of bunkers.
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Detektor revue 6/2024
The cipher of Saint Xavier
The Saint Xavier cipher appears with a story rescued from a bin and accounts from Carpathian trenches.
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Detektor revue 5/2024
Until the first mistake
A lifetime discovery, another mystery of the Sudetenland and the Caucasian shashka appear among the cover stories.
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Detektor revue 4/2024
In search of treasures in the deserts of Central Asia
The judicial seal of the whole land of St. Václava · A ‘new silver’ hoard · The story of the bronze sickle, the finder and the museum
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Detektor revue 3/2024
The archaeology of destruction
A history glistening with gold · A hoard belonging to a fanatical Sudeten German · A unique Kriegsmarine dagger
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Detektor revue 2/2024
A phaleristic legacy from our ancestors
A Bullet for the Pious Gunslinger (II) · Donate a metal detector – save a life · Centuries-old samurai swords from the Second World War
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Detektor revue 1/2024
A bullet for the Pious Gunslinger
To the point of complete self-sacrifice · The well where time stood still · What lies hidden in Ernst Röhm’s ceremonial dagger
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Detektor revue 6/2023
Searching in the Stalingrad encirclement
The Glass Season · A medal born of an earthquake · To the Prague folk with Lucinka
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Detektor revue 5/2023
Rubbish bin
A small artefact from a large battlefield · The treasure from the ‘U nordpólu’ pub · Decree with the ‘family tree’ of the Kriegsmarine
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Detektor revue 4/2023
‘Lišty’ is like a minefield
Tatar HG 1944 Division Ring · ‘The Curse’ by Josefov · In the footsteps of mining town Příbram
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Detektor revue 3/2023
The Birth of the ‘God’ XP DEUS II
Gold panning in Bohemia · Sloup 2023 · Austro-Hungarian dagger, model 1853
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Detektor revue 2/2023
Glass Sudetenland
Silver houses · Kyu guntó officer’s sword · Back to the old ways
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Detektor revue 1/2023
Crosses from Ploiești
Results of the 2022 writing competition · Jet Pilots Survival Knife · It all started with hellers
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Detektor revue 6/2022
The quest for the first Czech coin
Holiday on the demarcation line · A silent witness to the African campaign · The treasure of a Lusatian noblewoman
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Detektor revue 5/2022
The Mystery of Gabčík’s Pistol
A place that spoke · ‘Výkoňák’ or ‘Badges in a plastic bag’ · What the ‘war forest’ has yielded
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Detektor revue 4/2022
Ptáčník
The Sten gun was a brilliant weapon · Turbulent days on the border · Luftwaffe general’s sword
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Detektor revue 3/2022
Assassination: Myths and Gaps
Uncovering the history hidden behind the find · The longest-serving bladed weapon · A prehistoric hunter’s greeting
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Detektor revue 2/2022
Treasures for us all
War badges from Jablonec · History etched in steel · The Forest in the Sudetenland
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Detektor revue 1/2022
If three clarinets…
The mystery of the ‘Slavkov treasure’ · Bulgum – the oppidum at Stradonice · SA Honour Dagger
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Detektor revue 6/2021
The Eternal Coin of the Czech Kings
The Mystery of Jehovah’s Thalers · Sudeten Madonna No. 19 · The Mysterious Dagger by J. A. Henckels
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Detektor revue 5/2021
Wonderful women with metal detectors
Treasure-hunting stories, numismatics and history from the Detektor revue archive.
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Detektor revue 4/2021
Stuffed veal
A Sudeten from the valley · Lighthouses that never saw the sea · Bebut – the story of a peculiar Tsarist weapon
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Detektor revue 3/2021
A treasure from turbulent times
The archaeology of ‘lark-on-a-string’ finds · The Mysterious Meadow, or A Hundred Francs · Unusual Hitler Youth knives
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Detektor revue 2/2021
How not to lose history
On a forgotten retreat · Rare Wehrmacht daggers · A pre-Christmas present
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Detektor revue 1/2021
Who will find the lost Dutchman’s gold?
American Bolo knife, 1917 model · Balázs Komoróczy: Archaeology and Treasure Hunters · Searching in the name of the crown
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Detektor revue 6/2020
A personal offering and a fashion accessory
Mass find of Viennese pennies · Officers’ dagger of the Slovak State · Nazi treasures – fact or myth?
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Detektor revue 5/2020
In search of the ‘tin cans’ of Přemysl Otakar II.
The Secret of the Golden Necklace · Wehrmacht hole · The Mystery of Fenn’s Treasure
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Detektor revue 4/2020
A treasure from the dark side
A Sudeten from the Valley of the Sudeten Boys · Shin Guntó samurai sword · Explosives for Hitler
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Detektor revue 3/2020
A hoard from the ‘mask era’
A field full of ovals · From an ID tag to a life story · Code name: Adebar
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Detektor revue 2/2020
It all began on Good Friday
Unravelling the mystery of the Kounov rows · The myth known as the ‘arsenic bronze coin’ · The Russian ‘Manilowa’ hideout
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Detektor revue 1/2020
The Quest for the Golden Treasure
Mysterious treasure hunters · Four Dreams Come True · Hitler Youth knife with a family tree
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Detektor revue 6/2019
F. J. O’Connell – The True Story of a Hero
Ignorance of the law is no excuse (not even for treasure hunters) · Deep in the dark forests · A Russian soldier’s spoils
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Detektor revue 5/2019
The Mysterious Treasure
A buckle that looks as though it isn’t there at all · We are helping to protect our history · ‘I like aviation stamps best’
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Detektor revue 4/2019
A medieval bandit’s hoard
A medieval find that spoke volumes · Coinage during the Hussite Wars · I found two thousand tags
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Detektor revue 3/2019
Treasure from Likava Castle
Porcelain Saturday, or ‘The Sudeten Expedition’ · Let’s not allow our shared history to be plundered · Alexander Coppel – a famous manufacturer of daggers
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Detektor revue 2/2019
A hoard of 1,300 bracteates
Gold is everywhere – how do you find it? · It all began with the Joachimsthaler · A sword from Column K. H. Franka from Rokycany
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Detektor revue 1/2019
Rings from the Great War
How our crown came into being · The secret of one icon · Interesting places still exist
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Detektor revue 6/2018
Christmas in the trenches
Diogenes on an SA (NSKK) dagger · The Mystery of the Šumava Tassili · Collecting things is the real deal
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Detektor revue 5/2018
How to search for war relics in Romania
Jiří Militký: an interview on Celtic coinage · Luftwaffe observation unit dagger · In the pioneering days without a metal detector (2)
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Detektor revue 4/2018
Three hoards in a single morning
In the pioneering days, without a metal detector · Political currency and the formation of Czechoslovakia · How I searched for ‘darováky’
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Detektor revue 3/2018
Where to go for Celts
The secret of the hoard beneath the overhang · How to find a million Reichsmarks · 9 May in Kletečná
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Detektor revue 2/2018
Find, excavate and preserve
The Secret of Henlein’s Whip · Into the Vltava for a piece of history · A post-war gem from the Šumava region
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Detektor revue 1/2018
I discovered Hitler’s collection
Let’s also keep an eye out for small stones; let’s search with our eyes as well · The Secrets of the Old Barracks · A Wehrmacht dagger by Carl Eickhorn
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Detektor revue 6/2017
Island of Hope
Beginner’s luck · Government forces in Italy · A quest for dreams
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Detektor revue 5/2017
The find of a lifetime
Balázs Komoróczy: Archaeologists and Treasure Hunters II · Hand grenades – death is still ticking · SS-Totenkopfring – The Story of a Ring
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Detektor revue 4/2017
A find that travelled across the ocean
Let’s try to accept that archaeological finds are the property of the public · The Knights of Hřebíkov · A unique find from Solingen
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Detektor revue 3/2017
Stuffed box
Himmler’s Ring of Honour · The Conservator’s Lair · The charm of old things
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Detektor revue 2/2017
A victim of the Great Chief?
Treasure hunters versus gamekeepers · A dagger – a gem from beneath Charles Bridge · Return to the Land of Shadows
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Detektor revue 1/2017
A Viking gold hoard
Interview with an international finder
An interview with Danish finder Marie Aagaard Larsen of Team Rainbow Power follows the search for a major Viking gold hoard.
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Detektor revue 1/2016
A treasure hunt under the sign of Taurus
Grandma ‘Lucky’ · XP GOLD SUMMER RALLY 2016 · Heroes, traitors and murderers
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Detektor revue 6/2015
Easter haul
Archeus DW in action · Into the pheasant wood · My dream find
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Detektor revue 5/2015
Viking gold
Interview with an international finder
An exclusive interview with Marie Larsen of Team Rainbow Power about the largest Viking gold hoard found in Denmark at the time of this 2015 issue.
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Detektor revue 4/2015
A gift to the gods
Arthur Krupp’s silver hoard · Trenches and trench warfare · Soča: the heroism of Czech soldiers
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Detektor revue 3/2015
A harvest of sabres
The Uničov Gold Hoard · A treasure hunt in the Italian Tyrol · From the diary of a legendary treasure hunter
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Detektor revue 2/2015
Luck turned on its head
A hoard of copper discs · Sudetenland adrenaline, five times over · A silent witness to the Bronze Age
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Detektor revue 1/2015
A Slavník coin in a Viking hoard
Editorial contribution by the finder
Finder Robert Hemming Poulsen wrote about a Viking hoard in Denmark that included rare Czech denars. The archived editorial introduction explicitly identifies him as the author.
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Detektor revue 6/2014
A bronze bonanza!
A Wehrmacht depot · A trolley for Vláďa · A second life for onions from the Sudetenland
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Detektor revue 5/2014
Another dream come true for me
The Quest for Adolf · Reconstruction of an M43 helmet · So it’s finally happened to us
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Detektor revue 4/2014
Extremely muddy!
Birthday loot · Where did the Dacians’ gold disappear to? · A glimpse of a Biatec 3 coin
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Detektor revue 3/2014
A Sudeten German from a coal mine
A hoard full of porcelain · The Glory of the Legionnaires · The Fourth King
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Detektor revue 2/2014
I’ve rewritten the beginning
The old man’s hoard · The dead from the bunker · Celtic Biatec coins
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Detektor revue 1/2014
The day the ‘slintáky’ fell
Does Větruše harbour any further secrets? · A top-notch vegetable harvest · Treasure: 22,000 Roman coins
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Detektor revue 6/2013
Sailors in the forest
A treasure at last! · Saturday on ‘Treasure Island’ · Once again, regarding thimbles
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Detektor revue 5/2013
Treasures that have not disappeared
Treasures of the Third Reich · Discovery of a German stamp · A hoard of denarii of Vladislav II.
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Detektor revue 4/2013
A dream come true!
In the Sign of Steel and TNT · It’s as if we’d found a pharaoh’s tomb · The Sudeten Germans are still on the rise
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Detektor revue 3/2013
Silent Testimony
The myth of the Podmokel treasure · The Last Duel of the Knights of the Sky · Marobud’s Empire – a new discovery
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Detektor revue 2/2013
Tanks in the mud
When we say ‘Roman’ · Excavation of a JU 52 in the village of Obora · The Mysterious ‘ID’
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Detektor revue 1/2013
Token site
Could it be a treasure? · The Cheb hoard · Restoration of an SA dagger
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Detektor revue 6/2012
The Forest in the Sudetenland
My treasure · Clean-up operations in Bosnia · Silver Rush
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Detektor revue 5/2012
A legacy from the Bronze Age
The treasure from Čejetice · The Golden Season · By Fire and Sword
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Detektor revue 4/2012
The Fullensdorf Treasure
A pit full of badges · The mystery of the crates · The Three Kings
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Detektor revue 3/2012
Silver treasure
Hop tokens · A treasure hunter’s memoirs · The hidden charm of thimbles
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Detektor revue 2/2012
My Uncle’s Secret (2.)
7.5 cm model 37 cannon · A cross known as a ‘cannon cross’ · Celtic gold staters
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Detektor revue 1/2012
Cypriot coins
The Magical Grandfather · Reizköpfer · Treasure-hunters’ survey
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Detektor revue 6/2011
The famous tradition of cast-iron stoves
End of the season · Saint Maur · Hope dies last
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Detektor revue 5/2011
Along the wall and to the left…
Five Crosses · ‘Vovály’ · The most valuable coins
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Detektor revue 4/2011
A Generous Holiday
It’s tough on the training ground… · Protectorate telephone stamps · Hilda’s cookbook hoard
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Detektor revue 3/2011
Kurland 2011
Mrcas · Under the stones · Baloun’s pâté
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Detektor revue 2/2011
‘War’ with a silver lining
Devils in the Mountains · Mortuus Teherani · Sudetenland 2011
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Detektor revue 1/2011
The Great Field Expedition
Frozen drool · Under the Imperial Propeller · The start of the year
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Detektor revue 6/2010
The fairy-tale glass
Tsar’s Pike · How to clear a forest · The Secret of the Uncle from the Borderlands
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Detektor revue 5/2010
The find of a lifetime!
Evening relaxation · The history of the ring · The Bosnians are coming!
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Detektor revue 4/2010
Mud and forest
Location · Fryšava 1945 · Dog tags
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Detektor revue 3/2010
Lost UK insignia – A new lead!
The importance of documenting found coins · On a pillow across the ocean · Old spots never rust
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Detektor revue 2/2010
A successful expedition
The Golden Murad III in Bohemia · Kurland-Kessel II. · Gold in the Dark
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Detektor revue 1/2010
Kurland 2010
Prussia versus Austria · Sloup 2010 · Silver Emperor from the field
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Detektor revue 6/2009
Nert’s treasure
The Pond of Dreams · Vienna Philharmonic · Order of the German Cross
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Detektor revue 5/2009
Bermuda III.
Steel, rust and diamonds · The Wandering Postman · School for Treasure Hunters
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Detektor revue 4/2009
Three strikes and you’re out!?
In the shadow of Švejk’s enema · 11.5 kg of adrenaline · Finds with bullet holes
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Detektor revue 3/2009
Turner’s Garden
The ‘cold spinach’ method · Imperial Amazons · Lot-type bowl weights
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Detektor revue 2/2009
A Sudeten forester’s cigarette depot
Guard badges · Waffenrock for the little ones · Austro-Hungarian coins I.
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Detektor revue 1/2009
Guardian of Death Valley
A treasure with the taste of blood · Tančík vz. 33 – completion · The treasure of the Sudeten ring-maker
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Detektor revue 6/2008
A hoard with a whiff of fresh air
In the potato field · Weihnachten im Felde · Chinese currency
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Detektor revue 5/2008
Sudetenland 2008
Tančík vz. 33 · Metal detector testing · Tachov 2008
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Detektor revue 4/2008
The Gold of the Bermuda Triangle
Light cannon model 17 · A child’s dream · Submarine B-39
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Detektor revue 3/2008
Found in attics
Further finds donated by the finders · The Lake Monster · Tin Army
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Detektor revue 2/2008
Searching across the pond
Found in attics · Col. Bedřich Starý · A whip on the retreat
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Detektor revue 1/2008
Withdrawal symptoms, thieves and preserves
White Stars over Brno · About a burnt-out flat · The Stations of the Cross
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Detektor revue 2/2007
Luck or bad luck?
PA-II armour · Working with a metal detector · Convoy of Death
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Detektor revue 1/2007
Ring from Mordor
Bronze hoard · Tin philately · Choosing a metal detector
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