Episode 3

In this third episode, the team have permission to set up camp near Fincham in Norfolk. At this site, they are working with local detectorists from the Kings Lynn Metal Detecting Group. This group has great prestige and boasts some of the most experienced detectorists in the country among its ranks. Norfolk has a reputation as the metal detecting capital of the UK, so the team are expecting great things here! The site is a stone's throw from where detectorists from the Kings Lynn club discovered the final resting place of the Lancaster bomber featured in episode one of the series. This rich military history and an abundance of Saxon and Viking settlements, and potentially even some Bronze Age activity, meant the Digging for Treasure: Tonight team had to visit. The team are prepared for anything on this field survey in Norfolk. They have secured access to a huge area that hasn't been searched in any detail before — it really should be rich pickings! The research team are hoping to find some Saxon and Viking artefacts from the great conquests of England. And, being so close to Kings Lynn, they expect to find artefacts relating to its evolution as a port town and its growth into a key trading hub in the 17th century.