Digging up an ancient tomb, a male student found a 'treasure' worth billions of dong

A male student found a treasure worth 4.5 billion VND in an ancient tomb.

According to Metro, Thomas Lucking, 23 years old, discovered a gold necklace and pendant using a metal detector in Winfarthing, Norfolk, England.

"We could hear this big signal. We knew something was big, but we didn't expect it to be this big. When it appeared, the air around it changed," Lucking said .

An Anglo Saxon pendant found in a grave (Photo: PA)

Lucking knew that his finds were recognized as treasures, but he had only just discovered how valuable they were.

Norwich Castle Museum is very interested in these objects, but when the student sells them, he will have to share the profits with the landowner and his metal detecting friend.

The most valuable item recovered was a large gold pendant found on a female skeleton worth up to £140,000.

This woman was buried around 650 to 675 AD and was one of the first Anglo-Saxon converts to Christianity.

'This will make things a lot easier ,' Lucking added.

Excavation of an Anglo Saxon grave at Winfarthing, Norfolk (Photo: PA).

An Anglo Saxon pendant found in a grave at Windfarthing, Norfolk (Image: PA).

Another Anglo Saxon pendant (Photo: PA).

He said he would probably use the money as a deposit to buy a house.

The British Museum has revealed that the number of treasures discovered by the public has reached a record high. The success of Mackenzie Crook's hit TV comedy Detectorists has been linked to a surge in the number of people going treasure hunting.

'Metal detecting can make a huge contribution to archaeological knowledge,' said Michael Lewis, head of the British Museum's portable antiquities and treasures department, and that 'the vast majority of people want their hobby to have a positive impact . '