The Land Rovers: A History Hunting Podcast

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST Episode 14. Off To The Market With George's discovery of a lost Roman Villa officially confirmed by the archaeologists, the ancient landscape around the Villa Daisy site is slowly revealing itself. When archaeologist Anna tells them more sites are out there, with the villa at their heart, waiting to be discovered, the penny drops for George - he knows abo...

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST Episode 13. Villa Daisy We've been away for a while, even though we are trying to release an episode every 2 weeks - but it's for a very good reason! We've been out in one of George's favourite fields - home to a previously unknown Roman Villa, and one that we've had to wait a year to get back on. Could it be linked to Britain's largest Claudian treasure,...

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST Episode 12. George and the Beanstalk. This week's adventure sees the boys trundle back to their mysterious Suffolk permission - where Roman roads lurk beneath the fields and a mighty stream promises secrets and soggy socks. Paul's in heaven, surrounded by more stones than he knows what to do with - but ends up with some serious star finds, while George qu...

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST DIGGING DEEPER Episode 11. Mysterious Money with Dominic Chorney. In this special episode the boys are back in London to meet ancient coin specialist and folklore fanatic Dom Chorney. After a whistle stop tour of the hallowed halls of the British Museum George and Paul head over to The Green Man in Soho to dive into the spooky and mysterious world of odd...

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST Episode 10. Castle on the Hill. George and Paul are back in Suffolk for a special milestone: Episode 10! And to mark this auspicious occasion? Well, for Paul, there’s only one place to visit - his first ever field where he once proudly sent George dozens (and dozens) of rusty nail photos. George, still traumatised, is praying history doesn’t repeat itself...

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST DIGGING DEEPER Episode 9. Secret London with Tim the London Walker. In this very special episode, George and Paul lace up their boots and hit London's ancient streets with special guest Tim Lewis - better known as Tim the London Walker. Filmmaker, storyteller, lover of the secret, quirky and unusual, Tim takes the boys on a fascinating journey through the...

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST Episode 8. The Horlicks Hoard. With the hedgerows full, the landscape a million shades of green but land at a premium, Indiana George and his plucky sidekick Paul revisit a strange pond feature slap bang in the middle of one of their fields. They've also been consulting Chat GPT for ideas on how to describe themselves on the pod... Last time they were her...

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST Episode 7. All About The Base. With the sun shining and the factor 50 packed, George and Paul head back to their Roman site to see what difference the dry ground makes to their understanding of this unique landscape. And the answer is - absolutely LOADS. The amount of pottery now visible against the dry ground, brought to the surface by the plough, is ext...

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST Episode 6. X Marks the Pot II. The Empire Strikes Pot. The Temple of Pot. Back to the Future Pot II (Sorry, this is too much fun...) For metal detectorists, the plough is a miracle worker, bringing well-worked sites back to life - something George knows well from his Helmingham Hoard site where the plough helped unearth hundreds of gold and silver coins....

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST Episode 5. X Marks the Pot. Join Paul, George and his muddy Land Rover as they search a mysterious Roman site with links to one of Rome's greatest Emperors, Marcus Aurelius. Once home to a long-lost family, the boys call on all their experience to try and work out what was going on in this rural Suffolk landscape and make sense of all the clues this ancie...

THE LAND ROVERS: DIGGING DEEPER Episode 4. Mudlarking with Jason Sandy The river Thames in London is the world's longest archaeological site. It snakes through the city, keeping it's historical secrets from all but a doughty, committed, unique community of history hunters: MUDLARKS. Mudlarks have special permission from the Port of London Authority to hunt for history on the foreshore, and this pa...

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST Episode 3. Cardew’s Clues. Meet the Reverend Cardew of Helmingham. Eccentric Victorian. Amateur Archaeologist. History Hunter.  In 1864 Cardew started writing a journal to record all the discoveries he had made around Suffolk: Roman villas, Anglo-Saxon barrows, moated Medieval manors, and ancient burials. All of which he gently covered back up and le...

THE LAND ROVERS: A HISTORY HUNTING PODCAST Episode 2. Storm Severus. Join the boys as they battle gale force storms and mysterious signals in the Suffolk countryside, hunting for Iron Age and Roman treasures. Following up on clues they've discovered in old records and maps, George and Paul head off in the Landy to investigate a peculiar field, in an intriguing landscape, on the edge of a rural vil...

THE LAND ROVERS: DIGGING DEEPER Episode 1. The Helmingham Hoard. Our brand new history hunting podcast kicks off with what every archaeologist and detectorist dreams of finding - a massive Roman hoard! And this one was discovered by our very own George. Join the boys from the site of the discovery and hear the incredible story of the largest Claudian hoard ever discovered in Britain. How did Georg...

Introducing a new podcast about hunting for history, lost treasure and ordinary people discovering extraordinary objects. When it comes to unearthing history George Ridgway and Paul Jacobs have the pedigree. Well, George does. He discovered Britain's largest Claudian hoard stuffed full of gold and silver Roman and Iron Age coins. Paul found some rusty nails and a podcasting buddy. Join George, Pau...