January
30
/ 2022
Metal detectorists have become important allies to the archaeology community. Over the past few years, several exciting finds of ancient coins, jewelry, tools, weapons, and other assorted metallic objects have been credited to their tireless treasure-seeking efforts. These amateur explorers have made quite the impact in British archaeology in particular, and now a new searcher has joined the ranks of the acclaimed discoverers. While scanning a field in Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire in March 2021, detectorist William Nordhoff got a hit that he at first thought had been generated by yet another piece of lead, which is all his latest surveys had been uncovering. However, when he dug down and pulled the tiny object that had triggered his device out of
