  We present preliminary results from a novel search for X-ray Line Emitting
Objects (XLEOs) in XMM-Newton images. Three sources have been detected in a
test-run analysis of 13 XMM-Newton observations. The three objects found are
most likely extremely absorbed AGN characterized by a column density
NH~10^24cm^-2. Their redshift has been directly determined from the X-ray data,
by interpreting the detected emission line as the 6.4 keV Fe line. The measured
equivalent width of the X-ray line is, in all three cases, several keV. This
pilot study demonstrates the success of our search method and implies that a
large sample of XLEOs can be obtained from the public XMM-Newton data archive.
