'oldest' Iron Age Gold Work In Britain Found In Staffordshire

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-39113201

This is a lovely story. Two friends who have loved 'metal detecting' for many years found the oldest ever gold work in the UK.
Julia Farley, of the British Museum, described the discovery, called the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs, as a "unique find of international importance".
Dr Farley, the museum's curator of British and European Iron Age collections, said: "It dates to around 400-250 BC and is probably the earliest Iron Age gold work ever discovered in Britain.

The Coroner Ian Smith, who declared at an Inquest that it was indeed 'treasure' jokingly said it would probably be 'worth a bob or two'.

When one of the two men saw one item they found that he knew was something special he had palpitations, couldn't breathe and his legs went wobbly!

 

Cool story!