Carrot harvest helped detectorist find hoard of ancient coins
When Alan Baxter found a medieval ring in a farmer’s field he knew there could be more ancient artefacts nearby – but the stubble from the thick oat crop made it difficult for his metal detector to get anywhere near the ground. So he waited.
Four years later the farmer had planted and harvested carrots.
“It must have had a deep plough when the carrots got lifted and I could get my detector right to the soil,” the 44-year-old told BBC Scotland News.
“Every 3ft I was getting a signal. I couldn’t move, there was stuff everywhere.
“I didn’t want to go home.”
The highlight of his haul in 2022 was a hoard of farthings from the reign of 15th Century Scottish King James III.
“I got my first one and I knew it was really rare because I know my coins,” he said.
“After that it was just like a tap, it just kept on going, and over the course of a few weeks I pulled 52 of them.”
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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68659675