Roman child's coffin found in Leicestershire

The finders

Once again, in England, amateurs make a significant find and looked after it while the professionals sleep ('Roman child's coffin' found in Leicestershire):

A child’s coffin believed to date back to the 3rd Century AD has been found beneath a Leicestershire field by metal detectorists. The Digging Up The Past club found the lead coffin and Roman coins at a farm in the west of the county. Club spokesman David Hutchings said: “I knew it was something a bit special as soon as I saw it.” Archeologists have now been appointed by the group to help remove the coffin and analyse the find. Mr Hutchings said he and a group of volunteers had been keeping a nightly vigil at the site because they were “scared of looters coming in and taking the grave away”. Read more.

Probably archeologists disgruntled about being caught napping and beaten to the find by amateurs.