Taking a walk through the woods with the family pet can sometimes unearth some unexpected surprises. Sticks, stones or even, buried treasure.

In this week’s podcast, we discuss what counts as treasure and how you might distinguish it from trash. We survey the historical legal definitions of treasure, assess the likelihood of a detectorist striking gold and present examples of how finding treasure can ignite our imagination and become a bridge to the past. Finally, we share the treasures we would most like to discover ourselves.

A few things we mentioned in this podcast:

- Detectorists jailed for stealing £12m Viking hoard of gold and silver
- Buried treasure: record UK haul fuelled by rise in metal detectorists
- A Survey of Metal-Detector Users in the UK
- Missing Gold Fabergé Egg Found by Scrap-Metal Dealer

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