UK Finds Set Another Record

[Steve Herschbach]

“For the second year in a row, a record amount of ‘treasure’ has been found in Britain’s fields and ditches by members of the public. The latest figures reveal 78,000 archaeological items were found during 2017, with 1267 items of treasure unearthed across England, Wales and Northern Ireland during the year. Treasure is defined as gold and silver objects over 300 years old, or groups of coins and prehistoric metalwork. The growth in amateur treasure hunters using metal detectors has boosted the numbers. More than 90% of the finds registered as portable antiquities were found by metal detectorists and Norfolk was the county which produced the most finds, followed by Lincolnshire and Suffolk.”

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