Galloway hoard’s Minelab continuing backstory

Tory Shepherd, Unburied treasure: a Viking hoard found by a Scottish detectorist and its ‘bizarre’ link to South Australia, The Guardian, 6 July 2025

An Adelaide company made the metal detector used to unearth the Galloway hoard now on display at the South Australian Museum.

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