3-year-old uncovers medieval treasure, and more

last updated 8 January 2015

3-year-old uncovers medieval treasure

A 3-year-old British boy was trying out his grandfather’s metal detector when he found a 500-year-old gold pendant worth $4 million. James Hyatt says he took the metal detector out to a field, turned it on, and “it went beep, beep, beep.” He and his father started digging and unearthed a pendant engraved with the image of the Virgin Mary, dating from the Middle Ages. Experts from the British Museum say the religious relic may have belonged to the royal family.

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