A treasure hunter who was inspired by BBC comedy Detectorists to take up the hobby found a £50,000 silver coin hoard just two months later.
Steve Hickman, 59, bought a second hand metal detector from eBay after watching the hit TV show starring Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones.
He secured a 'permission' to search farmland near his home in Buckinghamshire, even though he was told nothing of significance had been found there for over a century.
On a wet day in February 2023 he got a strong signal on his device and dug down to unearth a pottery vessel filled with silver coins.
In total, there were 1,064 coins spanning the reigns of Elizabeth I in the 1560s to Charles I in the 1640s.
