Detectorists strike gold 20 years after leaving field empty-handed

Friends who returned to abandoned hobby find iron age gold jewellery - the Leekfrith torcs - in Staffordshire field

Two metal detecting friends have found a hoard of superb iron age gold jewellery after returning to a Staffordshire field where they previously found nothing and became so bored that they gave up the hobby and turned to fishing for 20 years.

The four iron age gold torcs - three collars and a bracelet-sized piece, including two made of twisted gold wire, two with trumpet shaped finials and one with beautiful Celtic ornament - are of international importance.