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Detectorists who stole £3m worth of buried treasure ordered to repay £1.2m in three months

George Powell and Layton Davies were jailed for more than 18 years after failing to report their find and handing over just three ‘valueless’ coins out of a 1,100-year-old collection from the reign of King Alfred

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022

Metal detectorist who failed to declare £5.2m Viking hoard claims he gambled cash away

Warehouseman George Powell, 40, failed to declare the rare coins and jewellery that had been buried for over 1,100 years at a farm in Herefordshire

Daily Mirror · Oct 27, 2022