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Isle Of Wight Ranked Top In Country For Finding Buried Treasure

Coins buried in white sand

The Isle of Wight is one of the top places in the country where you can discover buried treasure.

That's according to statistics from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Treasure and portable antiquities statistics collection.

Since 2012, the total number of finds on the Island per 100,000 people is 129.3.

From 2012 to 20219 there were 184 discoveries made on the Isle of Wight, with some items daring back to before the Bronze Age.

According to a report by jewellerybox there were 30 discoveries made on the Island alone in 2013 - making it the best year yet.

Norfolk has been rated the second-best place to find buried treasure followed by Dorest which came in third.

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