The Roman gold lock that a metal detectorist discovered in Germany may be small, miniature even, but it's no trivial find.

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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 ...

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The extremely delicately crafted gold and iron box lock measures only 1.1 cm x 1.2 cm and must have been made by a highly specialized craftsman/locksmith in the Roman provinces. Credit: LWL /S.

The find looked like a miniature version of some other ancient Roman artifacts — and left archaeologists stunned. Constantin Fried visited a field in Petershagen in 2023 to search the area with ...