The Portable Antiquities Scheme

Tomorrow sees the start of National Archaeology Week (intriguingly it runs for 9 days - 12th July - 20th August) and there is a wide and very varied series of events around the country that anyone can join in with. The Portable Antiquities Scheme is going to be at a huge variety of these, so [...]

One of the more interesting finds to come through the Scheme’s identification service this year is an intriguing figurine depicting the Mithraic attendant Cautopates. This was found by a metal detector user (November 2007) in North Yorkshire and reported to Amy Cooper, our local FLO for South and West Yorkshire. Amy was assisted with the [...]

Today the following announcement was made at the British Museum, regarding a fantastic discovery made by 2 metal detectorists. It was the first Treasure case that local finds liaison officer Amy Cooper was presented with, from now on, what will beat the experience of this one? This is another story highlighting best practise by finders [...]

Throughout National Archaeology Week (14 – 22 July) the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) will be running a series of archaeological finds identification and recording sessions at local museums and other venues: often these will include a variety of other activities for adults and children. On the 14 July, in conjunction with experts at the British [...]