SuALT’s cousin project in Denmark, DIME (Digitale Metaldetektorfund/Digital Metal Finds), is since September 20th available online. During its launch day DIME had 6.700 visitors, 289 new users and 760 finds submitted, which tells that this is a true success story from the beginning.

DIME is a database where amateur archaeologists including metal detectorists can register their finds. There are among 4000 metal detectorists in Denmark. The detectorist community can from now on self-record their finds into a digital platform with the help of their mobile phones. DIME is also a tool for researchers and the public. Through DIME people can now see different kind of artefacts and follow where in Denmark they have been found.

DIME is one of the biggest crowd-sourcing and citizen-science projects ever in Danish archaeology. It is a research project between three museums (Moesgaard Museum, Odense City Museums, the Historical Museum of Northern Jutland) and the University of Aarhus in collaboration with the KROGAGERFONDEN Foundation. The project leader Dr Andres Dobat from Aarhus University is also project partner for SuALT.