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Radio Wales,20 Mar 2025,27 mins,

1. Buried Treasure

Fool's Gold
Contains some strong language.

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June 2015, Herefordshire. Two Welsh detectorists - George Powell and Layton Davies - stumble upon a Viking hoard estimated to be worth up to £12m. They could have become very rich and been celebrated as heroes in museums across the land. But instead, they began to hatch a criminal plot. Narrated by Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Detectorists/Slow Horses), this is the story of how to go from the luckiest treasure hunters on earth, to Newport’s most wanted. Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards Contributors: Holly Morgan, Dawn Chipchase & Simon Wicks Sound design: Peregrine Andrews, Production co-ordinator: Dan Marchini Additional Research: Holly Morgan Associate Producer: David James Smith. Producer: Aron Keller Exec Producer: James Robinson A BBC Studios Audio Production

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