Metal Detecting in Russia
Where 1000 Years Of Eventful History Are Under Your Search Coil
The following pages have stories and pictures from my treasure hunting trips to various locations in Russia. You will see and read about the unique items I found, and the techniques I used to locate them. More treasure hunting stories will be added in time. I hope that from reading these stories you will learn some new ideas and tips for detecting in your own locations.
Treasure Hunting in St. Petersburg Region (Leningradskaya Oblast):
Story 1 - Discovery of a Hoard of Silver Hammered Coins
Story 2 - A "Virgin" Site Discovery
Story 3 - Trip to Site Kostivskoe
Story 4 - Trip to Site Kozheritsy
Story 5 - Trip to Site Zherebyata
Story 12 - Revisiting A "Virgin" Site With Forrest
Story 13 - Metal Detecting with Marina
Story 14 - Discovery of A Huge Coin Hoard in Neighbouring EstoniaNew!
Story 15 - Relic Hunting Near Lake Ladoga on Karelian Isthmus
• Revisiting the Site of Karelian Medieval Village One Year Later
Metal Detecting in Ivanovo Region:
Story 16 - 3-Day Treasure Hunting RaidNew!
Metal Detecting in Vologda Region:
Story 17 - Treasure Hunting near the City of Cherepovets
Metal Detecting in Kirov Region:
Story 18 - Meeting a Simurgh in Taiga Forest (Searching for Zoomorphic Pendants of Perm Animal Style)
Treasure Hunting in the Ural Mountains Region:
Story 6 - Trip to Ghost Village Vologino (Northern Urals))
Story 19 - Metal Detecting Trips to the "Hammered" Sites (Middle Urals)
Story 7 - Metal Detecting the Ghost Village Svoboda (Southern Urals)
Treasure Hunting in Pskov Region:
Story 8 - Trip to Lake Slavui and the City of Nevil
Metal Detecting In Siberia:
Story 9 - Adventurous Trip To Ghost Village Manzurka
Story 10 - Metal Detecting the "Hunted Out" Site
Story 11 - Short Visits to Sedovo Site
There is nothing like treasure hunting in Russia! 1000 years of eventful history, vast historical areas with numerous ghost-villages, availability of good historical maps, diverse numismatic history that provides variety of coin finds and collectibles, abundance of relics and artifacts (relic hunting is not popular there yet), absence of the "Posted" signs (vast territories have no ownership) - all that makes the process of metal detecting in Russia truly enjoyable!
