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Thursday, 5th November 2009 (675 views)

A metal detector user who uncovered a significant haul of gold Iron Age artefacts the first time he used the device has revealed details of how he found the treasure.

David Booth, a 35-year-old safari park keeper, said he had owned his metal detector for less than a week before he discovered four gold neckbands - also known as torcs - that could be worth £1 million altogether in a field in Stirlingshire.

News of the find emerged earlier this week, but Mr Booth - along with experts at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh - officially made the discovery public yesterday (November 4th).

"It's absolutely unbelievable; I don't think it's really sunk in yet since the moment I discovered it," he commented.

The artefacts are believed to date back to between the third and first century BC and are thought to be the biggest find relating to the Iron Age in Scotland to date.

Earlier this year, the biggest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold items was discovered in a field in Staffordshire by Terry Herbert, another metal detector user.

 

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