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Buried pleasure

Daily Star

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January 23, 2026

INDIANA JONES, LOOK OUT..

Buried pleasure

BRITS are turning treasure hunters as the nation goes potty for metal detecting.

We revealed this week that the hobby is behind a record-breaking number of Brit archaeological finds, with the British Museum saying that 94% are made by members of the public.

The pastime's popularity was boosted by the TV comedy Detectorists, starring Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones. Here JAMES MOORE has dug up a dozen fascinating facts about it...

Handheld metal detectors were first invented by Gerhard Fisher and Shirl Herr in the 1920s. They work by transmitting an electromagnetic field into the ground to pick up the presence of any metal object below.

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