Teenage detectorists cash in with rare coins
Historic coins dug up by two teenage metal detectorists in separate discoveries have sold for thousands of pounds at auction.
Catering apprentice Reece Pickering, 17, of Great Yar - mouth, found a Saxon coin while out in a farmer's fields in Topcroft in Norfolk.
It sold for £4,000 when it went under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers in Et wall, Derbyshire, exceeding its guide price of £2,500 to £3,000. Meanwhile, schoolboy Walter Taylor ,16, who lives near On gar in Essex, uncovered a Henry I silver penny in a field in Essex.
It sold for £3,100 to a UK buyer, achieving its guide price of £3,000 to £3,500.
Hansons historica exp er t Adam Staples said: “We're delighted with the results - and for the boys.
“They were two exceptional finds that deserved to do well.
“As a metal detectorist myself, I know how exciting it feels to make discoveries like this .”