WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An English man from Whitehaven, in the provinces of Cambria, has found a 312-gram gold medal dating back to the Bronze Age by a metal detector, the Daily Mail reported on Friday.
Billy Vaughan, 54, combed the field with a metal detector and listened to a strong signal from him. He was surprised by a piece of metal at a depth of 13 centimeters.
At first he thought it was a piece of equipment used by mountaineers and never thought it was a piece of gold. "
Vaughan sent a picture of the piece found to his colleagues. After studying it, experts declared it a gold piece that the rich had previously attached to the neck to show off their wealth.
According to preliminary calculations, the gold piece weighs 22 carats and is about 4,000 years old.
Vaughan presented the gold piece found to a goldsmith to determine its weight and value, it appeared to weigh 312 grams of pure gold and was priced at 11 thousand pounds sterling. But its historical value is much greater.
Vaughan informed the representative of the local museum about the gold piece found and its value. If the competent committee confirms that it is an archaeological piece, it shall sell it to the museum for the price determined by the treasures evaluation committee.