A metal detectorist named Peter Heads discovered an “exceptional” Iron Age hoard outside of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, UK.

Experts say the hoard is one of the largest and most significant Iron Age finds in all of the United ... to the Guardian’s Mark Brown. A copper alloy harness fitting found in the cache Durham ...

Regarding his work in Wady Faynan, Bienkowski said: "Faynan was a major centre of copper production during the Early Bronze and early Iron ages, with a gap for most of the Middle and Late Bronze ages.

The Iron Age finding, named the Melsonby Hoard after ... Britain and probably even Europe," Moore said. Iron spearheads and copper alloy artifacts that were found in the Melsonby Hoard.