Metal detectorist unearths ‘kid’s toy’ – then finds out it is a rare 2,000-year-old brooch

Martin Williams initially thought the 2,000-year-old brooch was a children's toy - (BBC Spotlight)

A metal detectorist unearthed a rare 2,000-year-old brooch - and first mistook the Roman artefact for a children’s toy.

Martin Williams discovered the decorative bronze item just 15 minutes into searching a recently ploughed field near his home in Dorchester.