Fields of dreams for dedicated searchers
Striking a massive hoard is the dream of amateur and professional treasure hunters alike.
In January, a metal-detecting couple found one of the biggest hauls in British history, believed to be worth around £5 million.
Adam Staples and partner Lisa Grace unearthed almost 2,600 ancient coins that date back 1,000 years while searching an unploughed field on a farm in Somerset.
The silver haul included King Harold II pennies from the end of Anglo-Saxon England and William the Conqueror coins, after the 1066 Norman conquest.
Ten years earlier, the Staffordshire Hoard became the most valuable ever find of Saxon gold – estimated to be worth £3.3 million – and includes 500 pieces such as gold sword hilts, jewels from Sri Lanka and Christian crosses.
The 1,300-year-old treasure was discovered by unemployed Terry Herbert in a field owned by a friend.
As well as the Galloway Hoard, metal detecting has produced a number of other notable finds in Scotland.
In 2009, ancient gold jewellery believed to be worth more than £1m was found in a field near Stirling.
Four years later, a Roman coin hoard was discovered on the site of the Belladrum music festival in the Highlands during a clean up of discarded tent pegs.
Also in 2013, Mr McClennan and fellow enthusiast Gus Paterson uncovered a huge hoard of medieval silver coins in a field near Kirkcudbright. The haul included seven King Alexander III pennies and 10 out of 13 mints of Edward I, II and III.