Researchers from Durham University excavated the extraordinary site after metal detectorist Peter Heads first stumbled across the discoveries in 2021, Ancient Origins reported. The sweeping cache ...
Screengrab from Durham University's Facebook post In the fields of North Yorkshire, England, a man with a metal detector named Peter Heads scoured the ground in December 2021. His machine let out ...
The Melsonby hoard containing more than 800 artefacts was discovered by metal detectorist, Peter Heads, in 2021 in two ditches near North Yorkshire village of the same name. Heads reported the ...