AN ISSUE AT ALL.
AND YOU MIGHT JUST GET A REWARD.
BED AND BREAKFAST OWNER KAREN
COOPER IS USUALLY FAR TOO BUSY
MAKING SCONES FOR HER GUESTS TO
SCAN THE GRASS FOR GOLD, BUT
COVID CHANGED THAT.
>> LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE
HOSPITALITY BUSINESS IT’S BEEN A
REALLY DIFFICULT YEAR.
SO AS I LIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL
LOCATION RIGHT NEXT TO THE
OLDEST ROMAN ROAD IN ENGLAND I
THOUGHT THROUGH THE FIRST
LOCKDOWN, I REALLY OUGHT TO
DISCOVER WHAT I’VE GOT AT MY
DOORSTEP.
>> Reporter: HER FARMHOUSE SAND
WICHED BETWEEN A 5,000 BURIAL
SITE AND ROMAN TEMPLE.
ALL OF THESE WERE FOUND AT THE
SITE JUST DOWN THE ROAD?
>> YES.
I MIGHT HAVE GOLD BURIED HERE
BECAUSE ROMANS WALKED PAST MY
FRONT DOOR.
>> Reporter: NOT AS FARFETCHED
AS IT MIGHT SOUND.
>> DURING LOCKDOWN, THE PERIOD
WE’VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW
MONTHS, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN DOING A BIT OF
GARDENING WORK, PARTICULARLY IN
THE SUMMER, AND SOME AMAZING
DISCOVERIES HAVE COME UP. >> Reporter: LIKE THIS PILE OF
>> Reporter: LIKE THIS PILE OF
50 SOLID GOLD COINS FROM
APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA.
ANOTHER HOMEOWNER FOUND THIS
HOARD DATING BACK TO 15G9
CENTURY TUDAR ENGLAND WHILE
PULLING WEEDS, INSCRIBED WITH
THE NAMES OF KING HENRY VIII’S
WIVES.
IT’S SO POPULAR IT’S BECOME A
HIT SHOW CALLED "DETECTORIST."
>> HOLY GRAIL OF TREASURE
HUNTING.
>> NO, THE HOLY GRAIL IS THE
HOLY GRAIL OF TREASURE HUNTING.
>> CONSTANT STREAM OF BACKYARD
FINDS.
NOT ALL VALUABLE BUT IS IT SOME
STILL HISTORICAL, FOUND IN
CHURCHYARDS, PASTURES, WOODLANDS
AND ALONG WALKING PATHS, EVEN
UNDER BIG OLD TREES, THE PERFECT
LANDMARK.
>> PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY DIDN’T HAVE
BANKS TO KEEP THEIR SAVINGS IN.
THEY WOULD BURY THEM IN THE
GROUND AND SOMETIMES, OF COURSE,
PEOPLE FORGOT WHERE THEY LEFT IT
OR COULDN’T COME BACK FOR IT GL
ONLY TO BE FOUND HUNDREDS OF
YEARS LATER.
>> EXACTLY.
>> CRAZY.
>> Reporter: HERE IN LONDON
ALONG THE THAMES, YOU DON’T EVEN
HAVE TO DIG.
JUST WAIT FOR THE TIDE TO GO OUT
AND LOOK DOWN.
SO MUCH HAS BEEN FOUND AND LOST
TO PRIVATE BIDDERS IN BRITAIN
THAT ANYTHING GOLD, SILVER OR
MORE THAN 300 YEARS OLD NOW HAS
TO BE REPORTED TO THE
GOVERNMENT.
IF IT’S DECLARED A TREASURE, YOU
CAN COLLECT A REWARD.
>> I HAVE A FEW POTTERY SHARDS
HERE, BUT PEOPLE HAVE FOUND
EVERYTHING FROM A TUDOR RING TO
THE TEETH OF A WOOLLY MAMMOTH
HERE.
>> IT IS A LITTLE DIE CAST JEEP.
>> Reporter: KAREN’S FINDS ARE
STARTING TO PILE UP.
A TOY, A TRAY, AND WHILE WE WERE
VISITING, ANOTHER BEEP.
AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DIGGING
AND WITH A BIT OF HELP, SHE
FOUND IT.
>> IT IS A COIN!
UNFORTUNATELY IT’S A 20 P.
>> ALMOST VINTAGE, FROM 1989 AND
WORTH ABOUT 30 CENTS.
NOT EXACTLY A WINDFALL, GUYS,
BUT SHE’S JUST GETTING STARTED
WITH THIS.
SO YOU NEVER KNOW.
SHE MAY STILL FIND THOSE ROMAN
COINS.
SHEINELLE AND AL, YOU CAN ALSO
FIND THINGS IN THE U.S.
JUST BECAUSE OUR HISTORY DOESN’T
GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
ROMANS, OR AT LEAST WE DIDN’T
VROMANS SHAVE ROEMMANS IN OUR CO
THERE WAS A FIND ON A BEACH A
FEW YEARS BACK OF A COIN A FEW
HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
>> GIVE THE KIDS SOMETHING TO
DO.
>> GO OUTSIDE AND FIND TREASURE.