Auctioneers say the relic unearthed by Chris Ulliott could fetch up to £30,000.
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The bowl, described as "almost complete," is expected to fetch between £20,000 and £30,000 at auction on Tuesday.Usually copper-alloy from Anglo-Saxon times fail to survive, according to auction boss Brett Hammond Describing the moment of discovery, Mr Ulliott said: "I'd gone down the length of this field without finding anything when suddenly the detector picked something up.
"There were people there who were a lot more experienced than me," he said. "They told me they thought it looked Anglo-Saxon."Mr Ulliott said the find was "really exciting", adding he had previously only found "the odd Roman and medieval coin". Meanwhile, Mr Ulliott said he had only taken up metal detecting in 2020 as a way of making his daily exercise during the pandemic more interesting.
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