UK's hidden treasure capital revealed after £20k gold cross discovered - check your area

UK's hidden treasure capital revealed after £20k gold cross discovered - check your area Impressive treasure finds have been dug up across Britain with dozens being found in some regions alone - it comes after a grandmother uncovered a gold cross while metal detecting in a farmer's field Britain is home to a trove of unearthed treasures, with thousands being discovered by amateur detectorists each day, including a £20,000 gold cross that was recently found. Seaside favourites and holiday hotspots were among the top sites for treasure hauls in the UK. Research found the best place for those looking for buried riches is the Isle of White, where 118.7 recorded treasure finds were made per 38.6 miles. It is more than three times the rate in Midlothian, where the next-highest concentration of treasure finds is located at 33.6 per 38.6 miles. But they are far from the only places with artefacts worth finding. Dorset and Wiltshire took second and third place in the overall ranking respectively, while Midlothian came in fourth. The study comes after grandmother Shelley Couzins was stunned after coming across a rare gold cross worth £20,000 while metal detecting in a farmer's field in Kent. Cornwall, a county famous for smuggling and stories of buried treasure, has just 6.1 recorded treasure finds per 38.6 miles. Despite this, it does boast the highest concentration of protected historic monuments anywhere in the research study by gold investment platform BullionVault. Cornwall has an impressive 1,589 scheduled monuments, from ancient burial sites to historic ruins. East Lothian in Scotland boasted the second-highest concentration of scheduled monuments in the research, despite relatively few recorded treasure discoveries. Dan Jay, director at BullionVault, said: “Britain has an extraordinary history beneath its feet, but looking only at where the most treasure has already been found gives us a very incomplete picture. We wanted to look at two sides of the story: where treasure discoveries have been concentrated and where the landscape shows particularly strong evidence of historic human activity. “The Isle of Wight is the clearest example. Its concentration of treasure finds is extraordinary, but it also has a very high concentration of scheduled monuments, so it performs strongly whichever way you look at the data. “Perhaps most interesting are places such as Herefordshire, East Lothian and Cornwall. They have comparatively fewer recorded treasure finds, but their historical footprint means they stand out as areas where the story may be far from finished.”