Claremont graduate university search for more papers by this author tyler mayfield claremont graduate university search for more papers by this author. While most of the dead sea scrolls were found by bedouins the copper scroll which is now on display at the jordan museum in amman was discovered by an archaeologist it was found on march 14 1952 at the back of cave 3 at qumran it was the last of 15 scrolls discovered in the cave and is thus referred to as 3q15. Israel first tv programme 105 nathalie blackham talks with jim barfield director of the copper scroll project about the copper scroll and the search for. The copper scroll and the search for the temple treasure by hershel shanks in the wake of the initial discovery of the dead sea scrolls scholars and bedouin scoured the desert caves near qumran in search of more manuscripts in 1952 one of those caves produced a unique find two rolls of copper now known as the copper scroll among the 900