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Inside this issue

1. 28 · Birthday loot
2. 12 · Where did the Dacians’ gold disappear to?
3. 20 · A glimpse of a Biatec 3 coin

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

Dear readers, the fourth issue of Detektor revue will be reaching you shortly, so – in keeping with tradition – we are bringing you a little taster of what’s inside. We’ll begin with a short photo presentation of a unique collection of badges from the Third Reich era and a look back at this year’s metal detectorists’ gathering in Sloup v Čechách. Next is the article ‘Searching known as mudding’, in which you will learn about an unusual method of searching along the English coast at low tide.

You can then take part in a virtual search across continents for a stolen ancient treasure and find out the answer to the question: Where did the Dacians’ gold disappear to?

Fellow treasure hunter Oldřich Schwarz will tell you about his ‘green’ treasure-hunting success in the next article, and we’ll remain in antiquity in the third instalment of journalist Josef Procházka’s numismatic series, ‘Unravelling the Enigma of Biatec Coins’. If you’ve ever found a small metal object shaped like a lion wrestling with a snake and weren’t sure how to identify it, you’re sure to enjoy Kočičák’s investigation entitled ‘The Little Lions of the Pardubice Region’.

In the article ‘Birthday Find’, our colleague Kali shows off his discovery of a German veteran’s standard, and following the regular features ‘Snippets’ and ‘Poll’ comes ‘In Memory of Vráťa Rudolf’ – our oldest metal-detectorist, who passed away towards the end of last year.

Numismatists will certainly be delighted by the third volume of Roman Furugláš’s study, Crown Currency. Those interested in military equipment will certainly appreciate the study by historian Jan Škarka on the 10cm howitzers, models 14 and 14/19. As is our tradition, we conclude this issue with a short story by the writer and treasure hunter Václav Moravec, this time entitled ‘We Are the Last Romantics’.