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. From these stories, you will learn some new ideas and tips for detecting in your own locations.
Treasure Hunting in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Region:
Story 1 - Discovery of A Silver Coin Cache
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 Forest
Story 13 - Metal Detecting with Marina
Story 14 - Trip to Petrovits Medieval Site with Slava
Story 15 - Relic Hunting Near Lake Ladoga on Karelian IsthmusNew!
Treasure Hunting in the Ural Mountains Region:
Story 6 - Trip to Ghost Village Vologino (Northern 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 - all that makes the process of metal detecting in Russia truly enjoyable!
