Kevin Duckett is a lucky man.
One morning in 2017 he went out with his metal detector near Market Harborough, a town in Leichestershire in England. At a certain point, under the roots of a tree, the fateful "beep beep" and, removing a clod of petrified earth, a small golden relic appears. "So lucky!" exclaimed Sir Kevin who was already anticipating how many pounds he would get in exchange for that tiny jewel.
But the instinct for business did not abandon him even at that moment and so, instead of bringing those few grams of gold to the trusted jeweler, he kept it on the desk of his studio for 3 years. Until, watching a youtube video a year ago, he came across the 3D printed replica of the tiara in question.
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Amazed by what he was seeing, Duckett visited the museum where the replica was located to see it in person and was baffled to verify the absolute similarity with its finding.
That gold figurine was in fact a fragment of one of the crowns of Henry VIII, the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, who lived at the turn of the fifteenth century. Estimated value: 2.7 million dollars.
The discovery caused a sensation in tabloids across the United Kingdom where scholars were convinced that the crown had been cast in 1694 after the beheading of Charles I.
In truth, the authenticity of the find is still being examined by experts. In any case, if it were confirmed, the object would undoubtedly be purchased by a museum. Meanwhile, the man has created a Facebook page to release updates regarding the precious object.