A Slavník coin in a Viking hoard

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Inside this issue

1. 10 · How I Went to War and Found a Treasure
2. 16 · Christmas party in the field
3. 34 · Someone’s misfortune, my good fortune

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

Dear readers,

The latest issue of Detektor revue has left the printers and is currently on its way to your letterboxes and your usual retail outlets. And, as has become tradition, we’re offering you a little taster here in advance.

As usual, we begin with the ‘Artefact of the Month’ section, which this time also serves as a sort of invitation to the rather bizarre Museum of Chamber Pots and Historic Toilets. In the article ‘The Journey of Glass from the Sudetenland’, you can admire a rare opaline collection.

Below is a report on the discovery of a Viking hoard in Denmark, ‘A Slavníkovec in a Viking Hoard’, written exclusively for Detektor revue by the discoverer himself, Robert Hemming Poulsen. What is particularly interesting to us is that the hoard contained rare Czech denars.

Czech treasure hunters also get very lucky from time to time, as the treasure hunter Šakal recounts in his article about the discovery of bracteates, ‘How I went to war and found a treasure’. Miroslav UC Kratochvíl also included a report on the follow-up search at the discovery site, carried out under the expert supervision of archaeologists.

The regular ‘Snippets’ column features interesting stories from Switzerland and as far afield as Siberia.

‘A Christmas Party in the Field’ is the title of another article contributed to this issue by Miroslav UC Kratochvíl; behind this festive title lies a captivating account of the discovery of a very interesting commemorative medal. Mirk’s find provided the impetus for a journey ‘in the footsteps of a single find’, which took us through the lives of one extraordinary family and led us all the way to the peaks of the Austrian Alps.

The next article is sure to appeal to those interested in ammunition. In the article ‘39 A/M Lángézigránát’, the ballistics are presented by Capt. Mgr. Zdeněk Horák has found a real ‘gem’ – a Hungarian incendiary bottle, the sort you might even come across in our own fields and woods. So take care!

The article ‘Tourist Tags’ is sure to appeal not only to tourists; it showcases these sought-after collectable artefacts from a new collection recently established in the numismatic cabinet at Červený hrádek.

The fact that you don’t necessarily have to bring back only interesting finds from the rubbish bin is illustrated in a story aptly titled ‘A Pitchfork in the Foot’ by treasure hunter Vachy. Next up is another regular feature by Martin Furugláš, ‘Crown Currency in Bohemia’; the sixth instalment takes us back to the communist era of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. “How often do you go treasure hunting?” is the question we put to treasure hunters in another of our regular features called ‘Poll’. Coin collectors in particular will welcome the story by treasure hunter Kyle, with its somewhat philosophical headline ‘Someone’s misfortune, my good fortune’, about how he struck it rich on one of his expeditions. The seventeenth instalment of “A Catalogue of Czechoslovak Relics” by Bedřich Přibil takes us, amongst other places, to Stříbro and Slavče. Those interested in military technology will certainly appreciate another study by the historian Jan Škarka, this time on the subject of the ‘7.5 cm light cannon, model 1897’. In this issue, we also bring you a list of entries in our Readers’ Competition for a metal detector, along with instructions on how to vote, whilst announcing the next edition of this popular competition. And no issue of Detektor Revue would be complete without a short story – this time penned by treasure hunter Kim, with the (in)appropriately seasonal title ‘Snow’.

You will no doubt notice that this issue features a new design; we trust you will like the changes created by Thee Zeus.

Wishing you a lovely and peaceful festive season and equally enjoyable reading

Editor-in-chief Adam Krejčík, managing editor Zdeněk Kasander Procházka and publisher Miroslav UC Kratochvíl.