detectorist
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Jason Price, an amateur metal detectorist, claimed he had unearthed the horse figurine in a field near Leasingham, Lincolnshire, in 2019 and was paid £5,000 so it could go on display in a museum.
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Lincoln Crown Court heard the authorities began to suspect that some of the 188 items submitted by Price had been "seeded" – terminology used in the detectorist community for being planted in the soil.
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The earliest known coin to be minted in Scotland almost 900 years ago has been acquired for the nation after it was found by a metal detectorist.
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Archaeologist Stephen Young says Mr Derby "embodies the best of what it means to be a metal detectorist and an archaeological enthusiast".
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A metal detectorist first saw the chain of the lamp before uncovering the whole thing.
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