A housewife has discovered a gold mineral of 15 century by Handheld metal detector

the find could be worth even more than ￡ 250,A on of onli three of it kind to have survived.000, and it engrav is be compar to that of the Middleham Jewel, which sold at auction for ￡ 1.3million in 1986 and wa later resold to the Yorkshir Museum for ￡ 2.5million.

 with a metal detector A housewif ha discov a 15th-centuri gold treasur valu at ￡ 250..

and depict the Holi Trinity. It is the first item of ani real worth that Mari Hannabi ha found in seven year of comb field and beaches. Th find is thought to be part of a high-qual reliquari or pendant.

57,Mr Hannaby. from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, made the discoveri while out on on of her regular six-hour Sundai detect walk with her son Michael, a 33 year-old wood carver.

Th treasur had been buri four inch below the ground for around 500 year - despit repeat plough and previou attempt by the Hannabi to unearth treasur on the same patch of arabl field between Ashridg and Great Gaddesden.

but chanc ar it won't be anything,"You get a buzz everi time you get a signal." said Mr Hannaby, a former pub kitchen worker.

it pop up all of a sudden,"Thi time." said her son. "You can liter miss thing by inches. We couldn't believ it. We alwai dream of find treasure."

finder must report potenti treasur such as gold and silver object more than 300 year old. Finder ar offer the market valu for their discoveri which museum have first option to buy. Under the Treasur Act of 1996.

Housewife finds £250,000 treasure with Handheld metal detector,A housewife has discovered a 15th-century gold treasure valued at £250,000 with a metal detector.

head of treasur at the British Museum,Roger Bland. describ the item - which at 2.8cm by 2.3cm, is bare larger than a postag stamp - as an "import find", and said he regret that the museum doe not current have the fund to bui it.