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Erd, Hungary
Danube bank coin hoard at record low water
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Sea potteryAlso reported: weapons, WWII munitions.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Ottoman and Habsburg era river crossing south of Budapest; a wreck with 17th and 18th c. coins and weapons surfaced in the 2018 drought.
Der Standard (via index.hu, Oct 2018): lowest Danube in 70 years exposed many 17th and 18th c. coins, weapons and parts of a shipwreck on the bank at Erd; treasure hunters found it first, archaeologists took overView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Soft gravel, current, munitions
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