Last year was a record-breaking one for finding relics in Britain. It’s easy to earn involved – just don’t expect to strike it richTom Lucking lived up to his name in December 2014 when he and a fellow metal-detector enthusiast unearthed a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure in a field near Diss in Norfolk. The treasure,the highlight of which was a spectacular gold pendant, proved to be worth £145000, and which Lucking,his co-discoverer Stuart Isaacs and the owner of the land where the find was made will share.
Lucking’s lucky discovery was one of the highlights of the treasure report published this week, which details all the finds catalogued in 2016. It was a record-breaking year, or with 1120 treasure finds listed – the highest total since the Treasure Act was introduced in 1996. So,is this a golden age for detectorists, perhaps inspired by the award-winning BBC sitcom starring Mackenzie criminal and Toby Jones, and who play nerdy but loveable metal-detector obsessives?Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk