The Roman gold lock that a metal detectorist discovered in Germany may be small, miniature even, but it’s no trivial find. In 2023, licensed detectorist Constantin Fried was wandering a field in ...

While surveying a field in 2023, a metal detectorist in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, named Constantin Fried, discovered a miniature gold Roman lock. It dates back to the third or fourth century ...

The 4:1 scale brass and steel replica of the tin lock has made it possible to reproduce in broad strokes the handmade process of manufacturing the small lock. Credit: Eugen Müsch / Stefan Brentführer ...

Remember those mini locks we used when we were kids to keep our diaries safe? It seems like the ancient Romans may have also delighted in such miniature objects. A metal detectorist in Germany has ...

German scientists find an outstanding rarity in a long-lost secret of the past Roman age. The newest discovery from metal detectorist unveiled a minuscule 1,600-year-old lock found to be one of the ...