Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Indiana who? Meet mini Angus treasure hunter
MEET the mini treasure hunter with a passion for digging up the past.
Four-year-old Harley-Rose Williams from Brechin loves nothing better than going out with a metal detector and she’s become the talk of her nursery class.
That’s because Harley-Rose dug up a medal commemorating Queen Victoria’s 60th Diamond Jubilee shortly after taking up what has become a family hobby.
The amazing find on farmland has only increased Harley-Rose’s daily demands to her parents to head out every evening to go in search of buried treasure.
Describing the moment she found the treasure, mum Lorna said: “My husband Carl and I took Harley-Rose Williams out for an evening of metal detecting – or treasure hunting as she calls it.
“We were graciously given permission to access local fields in the area by the Cessford family, and it was in these fields that we made a fantastic discovery.
“Guided by my daughter, who took great delight in digging up the buried treasure, we found what we believe to be a medal commemorating Queen Victoria’s 60th Diamond Jubilee.
“Although missing the clasp fixture, it is still in otherwise a good and wellpreserved condition.
“The inscriptions are still relatively clear to read and date the memorable dates of her birth, 1819, crowned Queen 1838, married in 1840 and the year of the Diamond Jubilee 1897.
“When we told Harley-Rose what exactly we had found, she was ecstatic, as she had been learning about the Queen’s current platinum jubilee at nursery.
“Over the last few weeks she has spoken about nothing else, pointing out all the Union Jacks and the bunting in the square that was put up for the local events.
“Even her nursery had been preparing a picnic celebration, which she unfortunately had to miss.
“However finding this medal made up for it and she hasn’t stopped talking about it since.
“To find this medal from Queen Victoria’s 60th jubilee on the year of our Queen’s 70th jubilee is really something special and memorable.”