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Meet the lost jewellery hunters: ‘I will be for ever grateful. It wasn’t just a ring’
Metal detecting isn’t just about searching for ancient treasure – the missing belongings of living people are just as precious. Meet the volunteers reuniting the twoI’ve been standing in a soggy field in Bristol for two hours and I’m starting to lose hope. I try to smile optimistically at the woman beside me, but she’s staring ahead at the metal detectorists slowly sweeping the ground like crime scene inspectors. Suddenly there’s a screech. A man drops to his knees and digs into the mud. Is this the moment we’ve all been waiting for?In 2013, Morley Howard launched one of Britain’s biggest metal detecting communities, with a twist. Its members don’t focus on ancient treasure; instead they look for the lost belongings of living people. There’s a chance they’re in your neighbourhood, wading through weeds and plunging into ponds for missing jewellery. They’re an altruistic service just waiting for your call, formed as a result of one chance purchase 15 years ago.Morley Howard: ‘We’ve been called the fifth emergency service.’ Photograph: Joel Redman/The Guardian Continue reading...
Metal detecting isn’t just about searching for ancient treasure – the missing belongings of living people are just as precious. Meet the volunteers reuniting the two
I’ve been standing in a soggy field in Bristol for two hours and I’m starting to lose hope. I try to smile optimistically at the woman beside me, but she’s staring ahead at the metal detectorists slowly sweeping the ground like crime scene inspectors. Suddenly there’s a screech. A man drops to his knees and digs into the mud. Is this the moment we’ve all been waiting for?
In 2013, Morley Howard launched one of Britain’s biggest metal detecting communities, with a twist. Its members don’t focus on ancient treasure; instead they look for the lost belongings of living people. There’s a chance they’re in your neighbourhood, wading through weeds and plunging into ponds for missing jewellery. They’re an altruistic service just waiting for your call, formed as a result of one chance purchase 15 years ago.
Morley Howard: ‘We’ve been called the fifth emergency service.’ Photograph: Joel Redman/The Guardian Continue reading...
