From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-571392-722029
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England (UPI) -- A British woman said her seven years
of combing fields and beaches with a metal detector paid off with a
15th-century piece of gold valued at about $400,000.
Mary Hannaby, 57, said she and her son, Michael, 33, were walking in a
Hertfordshire field when they discovered the item, believed to be part
of a reliquary or pendant, four inches below the ground, a position
experts said it has likely been in for about 500 years, The Daily
Telegraph reported.
"You can literally miss things by inches," Michael Hannaby said. "We
couldn't believe it. We always dreamed of finding treasure."
Roger Bland, head of treasure at the British Museum, said the item,
which depicts the Holy Trinity, is an "important find" but the museum
does not have the funds to participate in its auction, scheduled for
July 9 at Sotheby's in London.