Undated handout photo of George Ridgway. Coins discovered by metal detectorist inspired by Indiana Jones to go to auction. George Ridgway made the find in a recently harvested barley field in the grounds of Helmingham Hall near Stowmarket, Suffolk, in 2019. Issue date: Friday August 23, 2024.
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The coins were discovered by George Ridgway who was inspired by Hollywood character Indiana Jones.

Indiana Jones-inspired detectorist's coin haul fetches £132,000

 A detectorist who stole an estimated £3m worth of Viking treasure has been sentenced to a further five years in prison after failing to pay back over £600,000.

Detectorist who stole £3m worth of Viking treasure gets extra five years in jail

George Ridgway as a five-year-old who was obsessed with Indiana Jones, and coins from the Helmingham Hoard he found in 2019.
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George Ridgway was inspired by the Indiana Jones films "to start history-hunting" when he was just four years old.

Indiana Jones-inspired detectorist's £75k haul goes to auction

Metal detectorist Nicola White discovered the 17th century coin in the grounds of Sausmarez Manor in Guernsey.

Rare French coin found in grounds of historic house

Darren Wiles has reunited people with items including keys, phones, jewellery and even washing line brackets.

Metal detectorist dubbed Batman after reuniting hundreds with lost items

£90,000 is being given to scientific and educational projects which will study the Le Câtillon II coin hoard, discovered by two detectorists in Jersey in 2012.

Projects to study world's largest Celtic coin hoard get Royal funding

Nobby the fertility figure sold for £3,000 after being found by a detectorist in Cambridgeshire.
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Metal detectorist Bob Jemmett found the bronze figure, which measures 37mm by 10mm, in a ploughed field in Cambridgeshire.

Fertility figurine with oversized genitals sells for £3,000

Metal detectorist Bob Jemmett who discovered the Celtic fertility figure (right) in a Cambridgeshire field and is putting up the item for auction.
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Retired lorry driver and metal detectorist Bob Jemmett found the Celtic bronze during a 2018 rally.

Detectorist to sell 'Nobby' the fertility doll to fund home improvements

A man from Somerset has found the largest ever golden nugget in England. 

Man discovers the largest golden nugget ever found in England 

It was thought a 1,000-year-old ring found by a detectorist in a Sussex field could fetch over £10,000 at auction today.

10th century Saxon ring found in a Sussex field by detectorist fails to sell

Experts are calling for a survey of the Jersey site where more than 70,000 coins were found because of people illegally metal detecting and looting.

Plans to protect field where Jersey coin hoard was unearthed

Metal detectorist Justin Bell made the discovery of 10 silver coins.

Rare coins dating back to Henry VIII officially declared as treasure

The Britannia section of the ancient Roman map known as the Peutinger Table

The men were spotted by an officer using a thermal imaging camera last year and arrested on suspicion of using a metal detector on an ancient monument,

'Nighthawk' detectorists sentenced over dig at site of ancient Roman town

Jason Jones, 44, with his wife and daughter, found a Viking artefact in a field in Norfolk.
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A Viking artefact unearthed by a metal detectorist in Norfolk could fetch up £24,000 at auction.

Viking artefact dug up in field could fetch thousands at auction

History enthusiast Finley Gregg flew over from Colorado to take part in a search with a UK group.

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