On this day, Eric Lawes, a retired gardener and amateur metal detectorist, unearthed a ‘treasure chest‘ of Roman silver and gold from the fourth and fifth centuries while helping his farmer friend, Peter Whatling, to recover a lost hammer. Having discovered some silver spoons, gold jewellery, and numerous gold and silver coins, the two men notified the Suffolk County Council and the police without attempting to dig out any more objects. Their prompt notification, allowed the remarkable hoard to be dug out in situ by professional archaeologists the following day. The Hoxne Hoard, as it came to be called, contains several rare and important objects, such as a gold chain and silver-gilt pepper-pots, many of which are on permanent display in the British Museum. Lawes received a £1.75 million reward (about £4.5 million in 2023) which he choose to share 50-50 with his farmer friend.
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