| If the farmer loses equipment, he can call on a metal detectorist to come and find it. |
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| Found in Staffordshire by a metal detectorist in 2003, it has been bought jointly by the three museums. |
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| He is a keen metal detectorist and has an extensive collection. |
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| The largest hoard of Iron Age gold and silver coins yet found in Britain was found by a detectorist walking a field in Leicestershire earlier this year. |
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| The cache, thought to date back to between 675 and 725AD, was unearthed on Staffordshire farmland by a metal detectorist. |
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| The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan, discovered by a metal detectorist in Staffordshire in 2003, was made as a functional vessel and a souvenir. |
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| The haul was found by metal detectorist Terry Herbert, 55, just below the surface of a cultivated field in south Staffordshire in July. |
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| In April 2010, the Frome Hoard, one of the largest ever hoards of Roman coins discovered in Britain, was found by a metal detectorist. |
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| In 2006 a hoard of 599 silver denarii, hidden in a locally made cooking pot, was found at Llanvaches by a metal detectorist. |
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| They were found in aing field in Burntwood by metal detectorist Terry Herbert. |
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| The unique 1,600-piece Anglo-Saxon collection was unearthed by stunned metal detectorist Terry Herbert in July. |
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| And today a metal detectorist is waiting to hear how much he will receive for unearthing the 1,900-year-old piggy bank in a field between Chepstow and Newport. |
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| People always think a detectorist is a guy who finds coke can tops and rubbish but detectors now are very complex and, if you're doing it properly, you can find great stuff. |
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| The beautifully decorated bronze pan, found by a metal detectorist in Staffordshire, lists the western forts of Mais, Coggabata, Uxelodunum and Cammoglanna. |
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