ENGLAND -- As it turns out, some of the richest buried treasure in the world is under the farm fields of England.
A 1,000 year old Viking silver was just unearthed, and this week, it was displayed at the British Museum. Last year, 53,000 Roman coins were found in a single pot. Two years ago, a multi-million dollar stash of ancient gold.
That's why this band of Americans, brandishing metal detectors, descend on England every year in search of riches in the mud.
Everything from a 600-year old medieval spoon to what looked like a hunk of rock, and turned out to be a 2,000 year old Roman broach were located while cameras watched.
The most amazing part of all: these guys give all their treasure away to museums. It is, they say, all about the thrill of the hunt.
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