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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Inside this issue
- 12 · In the pioneering days, without a metal detector
- 22 · Political currency and the formation of Czechoslovakia
- 36 · How I searched for ‘darováky’
Historical introduction: prices, events and dates refer to the original publication.
Dear readers,
The new issue of Detektor revue has already left the printers and should now be in subscribers’ letterboxes and at the usual points of sale. It is marked as No. 4/2018 and, as always, we’re offering you a little taster.
As is our tradition, we begin with our regular ‘Artefact of the Month’ feature, which this time features a rare dirham found quite by chance. ‘Three hoards in one morning’ is the title of a report in which Alča recounts an extraordinary Sunday spent treasure hunting.This is followed by a contribution to the discussion on the relationship between treasure hunters and archaeologists from Tomáš Merta, chairman of Archeo Moravia, in the article ‘Every year we add a thousand artefacts to the depositories’. In the pioneering days without a metal detector – the second instalment of the memoirs of the legendary treasure hunter Kazim takes us back to a time when finds were made even without a metal detector. This instalment of our regular ‘Archaeological Snippets’ column is dedicated to the theme ‘THE OLDEST’. The increasingly popular ‘discipline’ of magnet fishing can bring the joy of fine finds, but also some unpleasant surprises. The article ‘Where Death Ticks’ also recounts the arduous work of police divers; in this specific instance, it concerns the exploration of the River Vltava in Prague beneath Vyšehrad Rock. In the article ‘Political Currency and the Formation of Czechoslovakia’, Pavel Moravec explores a little-known chapter accompanying the historic year of 1918.
Wood commemorates the eightieth anniversary of the crash of one of the Savoia-Marchetti aircraft belonging to Czechoslovak State Airlines in his article ‘A Sad Remembrance of an Aerial Beauty’. Ivo Tomáš, a collector and expert, answers your questions about button finds in the regular column ‘The Button Collector’s Advice Corner’. The seventh instalment of our series ‘The Conservator’s Lair’ is dedicated to those who do not wish to treat their finds like pansies, or to cause irreversible damage to them through improper handling. Acci is sharing his practical experience as a museum conservator with you. This time, we’ll be offering advice on how to care for finds and wooden artefacts. ‘Have you ever had a row over finds or a location?’ is the question we put to treasure hunters in our next regular ‘Poll’ section. The legendary treasure hunter Nek recalls the early days of metal-detecting in the Czech Republic in the 1990s and later in the fifth instalment of a series of interviews with Kasander, entitled ‘How I Searched for Free Finds’. Those interested in military technology will certainly welcome another study by the military technology historian Jan Škarka: ‘15cm NO cannon and 22cm ON mortar’. Fans of short stories will certainly enjoy Phase Three – the third instalment in a series of short stories not only for treasure hunters, penned by the writer and treasure hunter Zdeněk Jarchovský.
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