Roman Found, authors of the “uplifting” (Lara Maiklem) Things We Found in the Ground, have just received a lovely feature in The Simple Things magazine delving into their love for the hobby:

“When you know what something is, there’s that instant excitement, but when you don’t know, it piques your curiosity—and you can’t put it down until you know.”

Subscribers can read the full article here in the April edition of The Simple Things magazine.

In this guide-that’s-not-a-guide, metal detectorist cousins Ellie and Lucie explore their local landscape, getting to grips with the hobby, history and themselves along the way.

Beginning with their first meeting in over 20 years at their grandfather’s home in Lincolnshire, the two cousins – Eleanor and Lucilla – quickly learn that each has a fascination with unearthing historic artifacts, which will set them off on their metal detecting journey…

Over many weeks and months spent digging countless holes, the pair make startling discoveries: about the objects they find and what they tell us about our ancestors, about themselves and who they are as people, and about the power of community, as they forge connections with local villagers, detectorists and history lovers along the way.

This charming tale of (self-)discovery will capture the hearts and minds of those seeking escapism through the buried history that we walk over every day.

Things We Found in the Ground is out now. Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookstore and bookshop.org.

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