A Sudeten German from a coal mine

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Inside this issue

1. 20 · A hoard full of porcelain
2. 34 · The Glory of the Legionnaires
3. 12 · The Fourth King

Historical introduction: prices, events and dates refer to the original publication.

Dear readers, the third issue of Detektor revue has just left the printers, so allow me to give you a little taster of its contents. In keeping with tradition, we’ve kicked off the magazine with the ‘Artefact of the Month’ entitled ‘Silver from the Stream’, so let yourself be surprised; this is followed by ‘The Sudeten from the Coal Mine’, which is the first major find by the treasure-hunting couple Roman and Jiřina. In this edition’s ‘Poll’ section, we asked our fellow metal detectorists whether they perform any rituals when they make a good find, before going on to look at another success for our colleague Stahad, who has once again struck gold at the old site of the highly successful ‘Three Kings’ find. I’m sure I don’t need to introduce my colleague Fenek to you, but this time he didn’t let us peek under the detector coil; instead, he took us on a trip to Obersalzberg. Next comes the conclusion of the feature on Jan Smudek, a hero of the anti-fascist resistance, once again penned by journalist Jiří Levý; after that, you can enjoy ‘The Porcelain Sudeten Boy’ by our colleague Jakal. Vladimír Liska has devoted almost his entire life to the mystery of the stone head from Mšecké Žehrovice, and so he will share with us the results of many years of surface collecting at this famous site. Our colleague Wood will explain exactly what might lie behind the question of whether you ever go hunting for ‘courage badges’. In the numismatic mini-series ‘Crown Currency in Bohemia’, Martin Furugláš introduces us to the metal currency of the First Republic (1918–1938), whilst on the following double-page spread, Jiří Táborský reflects on the witch trials in the Jeseníky region. You can then read Zdeněk Brož’s essay Legionary Glory, or Legionary Reflections. On the following pages, journalist Josef Procházka once again reveals another part of the mystery surrounding the Celtic Biatec coins, followed by the fifteenth instalment of Bedřich Břibil’s ‘List of Czechoslovak Military Medals’ and a study on the 10 cm howitzer models 16 and 16/19 by Jan Škarka, a researcher in the field of military technology history.

In addition to the Advice Column, the final section of the magazine is, as is now traditional, reserved for a treasure-hunting short story by the writer and metal-detectorist Václav Moravec.