COUNTY NEWS:'˜I thought it was a bomb'- treasure hunter's amazing find

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Jun 2017, 13:26 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 22:16 BST
Bruce Hearn and his son Ethan made a fantastic findBruce Hearn and his son Ethan made a fantastic find
Bruce Hearn and his son Ethan made a fantastic find
Treasure hunter Bruce Hearn thought he had found a bomb when his metal detector pinpointed an unusual object in the middle of a field.

And as he dug deeper, and carefully unearthed more of his ‘find’, Bruce believed he had discovered a Victorian sewing kit. But his discovery proved to be much more exciting - pieces of Anglo Saxon jewellery almost 1,400 years old.

“I didn’t know what I had,” said Bruce, 43, from Fittleworth, who was out that day with his son Ethan having only taken up metal detecting four months previously.

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