英男孩玩耍時挖出價值百萬古董

James Hyatt, a three-year-old boy found a gold locket potentially worth ￡2.5million (about$3.98 million) on a metal detecting trip with his father and grandfather at a field in Hockley, UK, in 2009.

2009年，三歲男孩詹姆斯·海厄特跟隨他的父親和祖父在英國霍克利探寶時，用金屬探測器找到一個估價約兩百五十萬英鎊(約三百九十八萬美元)的金屬小盒。

This is a gold container used to hold religious relics。

這個金屬盒子，是用來盛放宗教遺物的聖器。

Experts have dated the locket to the early 16th century - the era of Henry VIII - and say it could have belonged to a member of the royal family。

專家認爲，該容器可追溯至亨利八世統治的16世紀，可能歸屬於某位皇室成員。

The sides of the reliquary are about an inch long and it is 73 percent gold. The front is engraved with an image of the Virgin Mary clutching a cross while the back has five bleeding hearts。

這個遺物箱大約一英寸長，含金量爲73%。正面雕着緊抱十字架的聖母瑪利亞，背面是五顆流血的心臟。

Only three other reliquaries of this type are known to have survived。

目前此類的遺物箱世間倖存的僅三件。

James's finding will be evaluated and then offered for sale to institutions including the British Museum。

此箱尚待估價，將出售於大英博物館或其他機構。

James's father Jason, 34, said: "My son is one of the luckiest people ever. If we go to the doctors he'll put his hand down the side of the sofa and pull out a tenner."

詹姆斯的父親賈森說："我兒子可有福了。帶他去看醫生，都能在沙發底下找到10英鎊(約合16美元)。"