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Most probably the artifact was transferred there in modern times. Once I had found a 2nf century AD Roman coin while playing outside, worth about 200E. If they

Most probably the artifact was transferred there in modern times. Once I had found a 2nf century AD Roman coin while playing outside, worth about 200E. If they were transfered in their corresponding time, they would be burried many metres beneath earth surface.

AlotOfReading 6mo ago
Berlin specifically has a few meters of soil separating it from that period, but that's not always true. I've excavated millennia-old sites barely centimeters under the surface. Others are buried under meters of soil overnight. There's also natural processes moving things around in the soil (e.g. rabbits, freeze-thaw cycles), and human processes (e.g. tilling). I wouldn't jump immediately to modern collector, nor does the article.
lostlogin 6mo ago
The first link in the article is better than the actual article. They don’t think it a modern loss. https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/16/ancient-greek-coin-troy-discovered-berlin/ https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/16/ancient-greek-coin-troy...
- versteegen 6mo ago
  Even more detail in the DW article: """ Fortunately, the boy was very precise and showed me exactly where he found it on a map. Then we went into our findings registration and found that this agricultural site was actually a well-known place," Henker explained. Berlin's Museum for Pre- and Early History has been systematically conducting surveys on empty land in Berlin since the 1950s to determine where possible excavation sites might be. In this particular spot, explains Henker, the upper layers of the soil were surveyed in the 1950s and 70s and again later. "Every time, they discovered a few distinct finds that made them say 'ok, there's probably more in the ground here'." Over the years, fragments of ceramics, Slavonic-era knives and a bronze button have been unearthed on the site, as well as burnt human bones, leading researchers to conclude that this are was used as a burial ground dating as far back as the early Iron Age — and has been in use throughout the centuries. """ https://www.dw.com/en/teen-discovers-first-ancient-greek-artifact-found-in-berlin/a-76833757 https://www.dw.com/en/teen-discovers-first-ancient-greek-art...

AlotOfReading 6mo ago

Berlin specifically has a few meters of soil separating it from that period, but that's not always true. I've excavated millennia-old sites barely centimeters under the surface. Others are buried under meters of soil overnight. There's also natural processes moving things around in the soil (e.g. rabbits, freeze-thaw cycles), and human processes (e.g. tilling). I wouldn't jump immediately to modern collector, nor does the article.

lostlogin 6mo ago

The first link in the article is better than the actual article. They don’t think it a modern loss. https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/16/ancient-greek-coin-troy-discovered-berlin/ https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/16/ancient-greek-coin-troy...

versteegen 6mo ago
Even more detail in the DW article: """ Fortunately, the boy was very precise and showed me exactly where he found it on a map. Then we went into our findings registration and found that this agricultural site was actually a well-known place," Henker explained. Berlin's Museum for Pre- and Early History has been systematically conducting surveys on empty land in Berlin since the 1950s to determine where possible excavation sites might be. In this particular spot, explains Henker, the upper layers of the soil were surveyed in the 1950s and 70s and again later. "Every time, they discovered a few distinct finds that made them say 'ok, there's probably more in the ground here'." Over the years, fragments of ceramics, Slavonic-era knives and a bronze button have been unearthed on the site, as well as burnt human bones, leading researchers to conclude that this are was used as a burial ground dating as far back as the early Iron Age — and has been in use throughout the centuries. """ https://www.dw.com/en/teen-discovers-first-ancient-greek-artifact-found-in-berlin/a-76833757 https://www.dw.com/en/teen-discovers-first-ancient-greek-art...