First Time Metal Detectorist Finds Ancient Stolen Treasure Worth Thousands
According to the West Mercia Police Department, Charles Cartwright was trying out his new metal detector in Polfields Coppice, a field in Worcestershire, England. There, he found the buried treasure, which included jewelry from the Roman and Viking ages and artifacts from Ancient Egypt, the Bronze Age, and Medieval times. BBC News added that the total number of items found by Cartwright totaled almost 300, and that it was their placement—inside of an Aldi shopping bag—that initially made him think that something “[wasn’t] quite right....