Boy, 4, finds £2m treasure

A TREASURE hunter aged just four struck gold when he unearthed a pendant worth an estimated £2million.

Little James Hyatt made the discovery on his first outing using a metal detector.

His stunned father Jason, 34, dug down eight inches into the mud to find the golden trinket, about the size of a 50p piece.

He said: “James was so excited. He’s one of the luckiest people ever. He’d put his hand down the sofa and pull out a tenner.”

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The find has just been officially declared treasure and will be offered for sale to the British Museum and other institutions. Similar finds have fetched £2.5million and the proceeds will be split between James’s family
and the landowner.

The square pendant, known as a reliquary, was in a field in Hockley, Essex. It is believed to date back to the early 1500s and due to its quality to have been owned by a person of high rank. It is engraved with Mary, mother of Jesus, clutching a cross on the front and five bleeding hearts of Christ on the back.

Around the sides are carved the names Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar – the three kings who followed the star to Bethlehem to see the newborn Christ.

Mr Hyatt, a web designer from Billericay, essex, said: “the metal detector was bigger than James.



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