Pick of the week: Double delight for detectorist
Metal detecting finds, and the success of the 1996 Treasure Act that allows finders a share in the market value of ‘treasure’, have become the market’s key source of medieval jewellery. And for Andrew Riley, a semi-retired architect from North Yorkshire, the hobby has been a particular boon.
Within a four-month period in 2024, while detecting in fields near Northallerton, Riley found two m…