#metal-detecting

#metal-detecting

While looking for ways to pass the time during the pandemic, cousins Lucie Gray and Ellie Bruce, 34 and 26 respectively, tried out a metal detector in their grandfather's garden. That same day, they found a button from a naval jacket, which piqued their curiosity. It made us wonder what other hidden things might be out there, Gray recalls. She had recently moved from her native New Zealand to Lincoln, England, where her relatives live.

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"We have been notified by colleagues at the Metropolitan Police that a coin, believed to be part of the Herefordshire Hoard, has surfaced for sale in Croydon."